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Class of 2019 Verbal commitment to Duke University Rolex AJGA Ranking: 3 Greenwood, Indiana Shepherd has two career AJGA victories and 13 top-10 AJGA finishes. The 16-year-old is a three-time Rolex Junior All-American and has finished in the top five in four of her seven national junior golf events in the 2017 season, including a win at the U.S. Girls’ Junior. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 20 The PING Invitational 73 73 81 227 1 2017 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship 73 74 147 2 Rolex Girls Junior Championship 69 71 72 67 279 T5 Thunderbird International Junior 73 73 69 215 3 PING Heather Farr Classic 72 75 66 213 T12 ANA Junior Inspiration 76 74 72 222 T17 2016 Polo Golf Junior Classic 73 75 148

Class of 2018 Verbal commitment to Duke University Rolex AJGA Ranking: 6 Chapel Hill, North Carolina Kim is a four-time Rolex Junior All-American and two-time North Carolina 3A State Champion. She has two AJGA career victories and five top-10 finishes in 2017. She also won the 2016 Rolex Girls Junior Championship. Kim also represented the United States at the 2016 Junior Ryder Cup and the 2017 PING Junior Solheim Cup. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 2 The PING Invitational 72 70 67 209 2 AJGA Girls Championship 74 67 72 213 8 2017 Junior PGA Championship - Girls 68 70 69 72 279 T4 Polo Golf Junior Classic 72 71 69 78 290 T13 Rolex Girls Junior Championship 74 75 69 71 289 T6 2017 Scott Robertson Memorial 74 74 32 180 T21 AJGA Girls Junior at Disney 75 80 73 228

Class of 2021 Rolex AJGA Ranking: 8 Irvine, California A two-time Rolex Junior All-American, Zhang has two AJGA victories in her career: the 2016 AJGA Preview at River Ridge and the 2016 AJGA / CJGT Junior at Yorba Linda. She also won the 2017 Girls Junior PGA Championship in July. Zhang also competed as a member of the 2017 Wyndham Cup West Team. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total T17 The PING Invitational 75 72 77 224 1 2017 Junior PGA Championship - Girls 69 65 66 68 268 T3 KPMG Stacy Lewis Junior All-Star Invitational 71 69 70 210 17 Rolex Girls Junior Championship 72 74 69 76 291 JWD0 PING Heather Farr Classic 77 0 T22 ANA Junior Inspiration 74 79 74 227 T5 ANNIKA Invitational 73 71 70 214 T5 2016 Polo Golf Junior Classic 70 73 143

Class of 2020 Rolex AJGA Ranking: 2 Redwood Shores, California Li played in her first AJGA event in 2016 and won the 2017 ANA Junior Inspiration to earn an exemption into the LPGA’s first major of the year. She also won The PING Invitational for her second AJGA Invitational win of the season. The 15-year-old was a member of the 2016 U.S. Junior Ryder Cup Team and 2017 PING Junior Solheim Cup Team. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 1 The PING Invitational 71 70 67 208 T17 2017 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship 71 66 137 T3 2017 Junior PGA Championship - Girls 68 70 68 70 276 T4 Rolex Girls Junior Championship 71 72 70 71 284 1 ANA Junior Inspiration 72 69 72 213 T22 ANNIKA Invitational 72 75 73 220

Alongside Tracy Phillips, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods and Brian Harman, Goodwin is only the fifth male in AJGA history to earn the title of Rolex Junior Player of the Year in consecutive years.

With three top-five finishes at AJGA Invitationals this season, Highsmith is a first-time Rolex Junior All-American.

Mouw recorded four top-five finishes in nationally recognized events in 2017, including a wire-to-wire win at the 100th Western Junior Championship.

Butler surged onto the scene in 2017 with a win at the AJGA Dominican Junior Open presented by the Puntacana Resort & Club.

Liu is a four-time Rolex Junior All-American and had two top-five finishes at AJGA Invitationals this season, including a fourth place finish at the CB&I / Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods.

Rachel Heck and Noah Goodwin named Rolex Junior Players of the Year.