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Clay Seeber of Newport Beach, California, has won two tournaments in his four years with the AJGA: the 2014 Stockton Convention & Visitors Bureau Junior All-Star and the 2016 Justin Rose Junior All-Star Invitational at Reynolds Lake Oconee.

Erica Shepherd of Greenwood, Indiana, is No. 11 in the AJGA Rankings and competing in her first Wyndham Cup. The Duke University verbal commit has two victories: the 2016 Justin Rose Junior All-Star Invitational at Reynolds Lake Oconee and the 2016 AJGA Junior All-Star at The Virtues. Shepherd has amassed 13 top-10 finishes in her four-year AJGA career, including second at the 2017 Rolex Girls Junior Championship. The two-time Rolex Junior All-American was also named to the 2015 ACDS Junior All-Star Team. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 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 1 AJGA Junior All-Star Invitational sponsored by NIKEGOLF 73 69 72 214 T12 AJGA Girls Championship 75 71 73 219 T18 2016 Junior PGA Championship 74 71 73 218 2 AJGA City of London Junior Championship 70 71 71 212 T17 2016 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship 73 74 147 10 Rolex Tournament of Champions 72 74 73 76 295

Paphangkorn Tavatanakit of Van Nuys, California, is No. 1 in the AJGA Rankings. The UCLA commit has four titles to her name, most recently at the 2016 Rolex Tournament of Champions.

Shuai Ming Wong of The Woodlands, Texas, will represent the West Team. The Southern Methodist University verbal commit has recorded 12 top-20 finishes in his five-year AJGA career.

Kaitlyn Papp of Austin, Texas, has competed with the AJGA since 2012. The high school senior is No.13 in the AJGA Rankings and has signed a National Letter of Intent to compete for the University of Texas at Austin next year. Papp has earned Rolex Junior All-America honors in four consecutive years and won the 2014 PING Invitational and the 2015 AJGA Girls Championship. The seasoned junior also reached the Round of 64 at the 2013 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship. In 2016, Papp was a player representative for the AJGA Board of Directors. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 3 Bishops Gate Golf Academy Junior at Horseshoe Bay 74 69 69 212 T9 ANA Junior Inspiration 73 72 75 220 T9 2016 Polo Golf Junior Classic 73 71 144 13 The PING Invitational 72 76 75 223 T18 2016 Junior PGA Championship 73 74 71 218 T5 Rolex Tournament of Champions 73 73 75 70 291

John Pak of Scotch Plains, New Jersey, earned his first AJGA title at the 2014 AJGA Annapolis Junior. Pak is a two-time Rolex Junior All-American. The No. 14-ranked AJGA junior will represent the East Team for the second consecutive year. The recent graduate will continue his career at Florida State in the fall. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total T11 Thunderbird International Junior 72 69 71 212 T34 2017 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley Golf Club 73 70 78 221 T17 2016 Polo Golf Junior Classic 68 78 146 T22 The PING Invitational 75 73 80 228 T22 The Junior PLAYERS Championship presented by TaylorMade-adidas Golf 73 72 74 219 T35 2016 Junior PGA Championship 73 74 72 219 T3 2016 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship 73 70 143 2 Rolex Tournament of Champions 68 75 66 70 279

Jennifer Chang of Cary, North Carolina, is No. 25 in the AJGA Rankings. The 17-year-old has posted 16 top-10 finishes in her five-year AJGA career. The two-time honorable mention Rolex Junior All-American has verbally committed to the University of Southern California. She will represent the East Team for the second year. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total T33 Rolex Girls Junior Championship 77 73 77 71 298 T3 2017 Scott Robertson Memorial 70 72 36 178 T11 AJGA Girls Junior at Disney 73 72 79 224 T22 ANNIKA Invitational 74 71 75 220 6 The PING Invitational 77 70 72 219 T12 AJGA Girls Championship 75 71 73 219 T12 2016 Junior PGA Championship 70 72 74 216 T17 2016 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship 73 76 149 11 Rolex Tournament of Champions 75 76 72 73 296

Rose Zhang of Irvine, California, is in her second AJGA season. The 14-year-old won tournament titles in 2016 at the AJGA / CJGT Junior at Yorba Linda and the AJGA Preview at River Ridge. She also finished in the top-five in all but two events in 2016. Zhang achieved 2016 honorable mention Rolex Junior All-America honors and started 2017 strong with a 2-under-par 214 finish, good for T5 at the ANNIKA Invitational in February. The No. 22 junior in the AJGA Rankings will compete in her first Wyndham Cup event. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 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 20 The PING Invitational 73 77 80 230 T3 Callaway Golf Junior Championship 68 75 72 215 2 Under Armour® / Alison Lee Championship 75 72 71 218 1 AJGA / CJGT Junior at Yorba Linda 68 71 70 209

Alexa Pano of Lake Worth, Florida, won her first AJGA event at the 2016 PDQ / Philadelphia Runner Junior. The 12-year-old is one of the youngest players to ever win an AJGA title.

Cole Hammer of Houston, is No. 11 in the AJGA Rankings. The 17-year-old has competed with the AJGA since 2013, taking home his first title at the 2015 Junior All-Star at Watters Creek. The two-time Rolex Junior All-American has earned 22 top-20 finishes in his career. At age 15, the University of Texas at Austin verbal commit became the third-youngest player to compete in the U.S. Open. Hammer will represent the West Team for the second year at the 2017 Wyndham Cup. He currently serves on the AJGA Board of Directors as a player representative. Rank Event R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 8 Thunderbird International Junior 69 73 67 209 T27 2017 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley Golf Club 70 73 76 219 T38 CB&I / Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods 71 69 79 219 2 The Junior PLAYERS Championship presented by TaylorMade-adidas Golf 67 67 72 206 T10 2016 Junior PGA Championship 67 74 69 71 281 T9 2016 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship 65 78 143