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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

A three-time Rolex Junior All-American, Barber capped off his 2016 season with a win at the Jones Cup Junior Invitational before notching a T3 finish at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley Golf Club.

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

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

Wong started the year with two runner-up finishes and a third-place finish before taking home his first career victory at The Junior PLAYERS Championship presented by TaylorMade-adidas Golf.

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

The Symetra Tour graduated seven AJGA alumnae, while Brendan Steele goes back-to-back at the Safeway Open.

In 2017, the AJGA and evian® will partner to host the evian® International & Senior Showcase, a chance for 156 international and unsigned high school seniors to play in front of college coaches.

Morard (pictured), Van Paris, and Sargent lead the Justin Rose Junior All-Star Invitational at Reynolds Lake Oconee after the first round.

Canon Claycomb eagled No. 18 to break the tournament record set by Jordan Spieth in 2008.