K.J. Choi Foundation Seattle Junior Championship
Below is a list of applications received by the AJGA. The tournament application deadline is 3 p.m. ET on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.
Note: THIS IS NOT THE TOURNAMENT FIELD. The tournament field will be posted by Noon ET on Friday, July 25, 2025.
Projected Field Size: 78
Projected Field Breakdown:
To be filled with PBE Status below:
Boys - 32
Girls - 17
Estimated Tournament spots to be filled through AJGA Qualifier:
Boys - 6
Girls - 3
Only PBE status earned thru the Sunday before the Application Deadline (Monday for AJGA events) will be considered when determining this tournament field. This status will be updated by the Application Deadline, provided that results of such events are available. Field Size and breakdown are subject to change.
Note: THIS IS NOT THE TOURNAMENT FIELD. The tournament field will be posted by Noon ET on Friday, July 25, 2025.
Projected Field Size: 78
Projected Field Breakdown:
To be filled with PBE Status below:
Boys - 32
Girls - 17
Estimated Tournament spots to be filled through AJGA Qualifier:
Boys - 6
Girls - 3
Only PBE status earned thru the Sunday before the Application Deadline (Monday for AJGA events) will be considered when determining this tournament field. This status will be updated by the Application Deadline, provided that results of such events are available. Field Size and breakdown are subject to change.
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Boys
59 Applications Received
AJGA Leadership Links participant
| Player | (Citizenship) Hometown | Grad | PBE Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethan Schwan | Sammamish, Wash. | 2027 | Fully Exempt | ||
| 2 | Jayden Jun | La Canada, Calif. | 2027 | Fully Exempt | ||
| 3 | Luke Ringkamp | Palm Desert, Calif. | 2026 | Fully Exempt | ||
| 4 | Taighan Chea | Bothell, Wash. | 2027 | Fully Exempt | ||
| 5 | Christian Choi |
|
Saratoga, Calif. | 2028 | 56 | |
| 6 | Nemo Tsai | Ann Arbor, Mich. | 2027 | 43 | ||
| 7 | Trey Lambert | Coeur d Alene, Idaho | 2027 | 30 | ||
| 8 | Tavin McKinley |
|
Pleasant Hill, Calif. | 2028 | 28 | |
| 9 | Shray Jaggi | Bellevue, Wash. | 2026 | 24 | ||
| 10 | Joseph Anderson | Eastsound, Wash. | 2028 | 23 | ||
| 11 | Austin Downing |
|
Santa Barbara, Calif. | 2027 | 22 | |
| 12 | Jeevyn Lotay | (Canada) Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada | 2027 | 22 | ||
| 13 | Benxing Shi | (Thailand) Bangkok, , Thailand | 2025 | 20 | ||
| 14 | Ayden Stack | Bellevue, Wash. | 2026 | 19 | ||
| 15 | Cormac Meinshausen | Richland, Wash. | 2027 | 17 | ||
| 16 | Gavin Bostrom | Solana Beach, Calif. | 2026 | 16 | ||
| 17 | Carson Church | Seattle, Wash. | 2027 | 16 | ||
| 18 | Reece Williams | Beaumont, Texas | 2027 | 16 | ||
| 19 | Alex Yang | Portland, Ore. | 2026 | 16 | ||
| 20 | Tanner Barra | Manhattan Beach, Calif. | 2026 | 14 | ||
| 21 | Lukas da Silva | El Segundo, Calif. | 2027 | 14 | ||
| 22 | Tyson Valk | (Canada) North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | 2028 | 14 | ||
| 23 | Ethan Zhong | (Canada) Surrey, British Columbia, Canada | 2027 | 14 | ||
| 24 | Boden Freeborn |
|
Yarrow Point, Wash. | 2028 | 13 | |
| 25 | Carson Clinton | Chelan, Wash. | 2026 | 12 | ||
| 26 | Alexander Halpert | Watertown, Conn. | 2026 | 10 | ||
| 27 | Caden Matthias | Fort Wayne, Ind. | 2026 | 10 | ||
| 28 | Landon Russell |
|
Bothell, Wash. | 2028 | 10 | |
| 29 | Hyunsoo Son | (South Korea) Issaquah, Wash. | 2028 | 10 | ||
| 30 | Ethan Yang | Sammamish, Wash. | 2028 | 10 | ||
| 31 | Lincoln Hipp | Kirkland, Wash. | 2028 | 9 | ||
| 32 | David Xu | Irvine, Calif. | 2028 | 9 | ||
| 33 | Jackson Dammann | Snohomish, Wash. | 2027 | 7 | ||
| 34 | Henry Kippenhan | Mill Creek, Wash. | 2025 | 7 | ||
| 35 | Drake Lai | Sammamish, Wash. | 2030 | 7 | ||
| 36 | Nathan Pai | Lake Oswego, Ore. | 2027 | 7 | ||
| 37 | Jairo Sanchez-Godinez | Everett, Wash. | 2030 | 7 | ||
| 38 | Preston Townsend | Orange County, Calif. | 2031 | 7 | ||
| 39 | Elijah Yang | Irvine, Calif. | 2028 | 7 | ||
| 40 | Bo Kim | Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. | 2030 | 6 | ||
| 41 | Curtis Liu | (Canada) Richmond, British Columbia, Canada | 2026 | 5 | ||
| 42 | Ji Heon Oh | Wesley Chapel, Fla. | 2028 | 5 | ||
| 43 | Makeo Rallanka | Kenmore, Wash. | 2031 | 5 | ||
| 44 | Zijun Zhao | (Hong Kong) Thousand Oaks, Calif. | 2026 | 5 | ||
| 45 | Aaron Yu | Bellevue, Wash. | 2028 | 4 | ||
| 46 | Nate Cheriel | Lake Oswego, Ore. | 2026 | 3 | ||
| 47 | Cooper Gaffney | Snoqualmie, Wash. | 2027 | 3 | ||
| 48 | Elijah Johnson |
|
Gig Harbor, Wash. | 2026 | 3 | |
| 49 | Michael Kang | Bellevue, Wash. | 2027 | 3 | ||
| 50 | Michael Kim | Tenafly, N.J. | 2029 | 2 | ||
| 51 | Joshua Lee | (Canada) Bellevue, Wash. | 2028 | 2 | ||
| 52 | Tucker Nash |
|
Sammamish, Wash. | 2029 | 2 | |
| 53 | Mickey Barber |
|
Redmond, Wash. | 2028 | 1 | |
| 54 | Winston Grabenhorst | Portland, Ore. | 2030 | 1 | ||
| 55 | Paxten Gumke | Spokane, Wash. | 2029 | 1 | ||
| 56 | Colton He | Bellevue, Wash. | 2030 | 1 | ||
| 57 | Marcus Kang | Bellevue, Wash. | 2028 | 1 | ||
| 58 | Ryan Kang | Sammamish, Wash. | 2029 | 1 | ||
| 59 | Haorui Yu | (China) Bellevue, Wash. | 2030 | 1 |
Girls
29 Applications Received
AJGA Leadership Links participant
| Player | (Citizenship) Hometown | Grad | PBE Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niuniu Zhao |
|
Woodinville, Wash. | 2028 | Fully Exempt | |
| 2 | Nicole Tang |
|
Bellevue, Wash. | 2027 | Fully Exempt | |
| 3 | Blayne Brown | Riverside, Calif. | 2025 | Fully Exempt | ||
| 4 | Kaylee Chung | (Canada) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | 2026 | 48 | ||
| 5 | Alyssa Rigby | Vancouver, Wash. | 2028 | 22 | ||
| 6 | Serene Kim | Granite Bay, Calif. | 2027 | 17 | ||
| 7 | Zhihanyue (Annie) Liu | (Canada) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | 2026 | 17 | ||
| 8 | Esther Yu | Renton, Wash. | 2027 | 17 | ||
| 9 | Charlotte Tam | (Canada) Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada | 2028 | 15 | ||
| 10 | Lindsey Park | Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. | 2028 | 12 | ||
| 11 | Christina Choe | Galt, Calif. | 2031 | 11 | ||
| 12 | Hailey Lim | Lake Oswego, Ore. | 2026 | 11 | ||
| 13 | Vishaka Priyan | Portland, Ore. | 2026 | 9 | ||
| 14 | Zhehui Yu | (Canada) Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada | 2026 | 9 | ||
| 15 | Cassie Chen | (Canada) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | 2028 | 8 | ||
| 16 | Isabella Zhu | Redmond, Wash. | 2030 | 8 | ||
| 17 | Chloe Cho | (Canada) Bothell, Wash. | 2031 | 6 | ||
| 18 | Grace Fan | (Canada) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | 2029 | 4 | ||
| 19 | Sonia Kanwar | New York, N.Y. | 2026 | 4 | ||
| 20 | Kayla Kim | Mill Creek, Wash. | 2027 | 4 | ||
| 21 | Noel Chong | Mukilteo, Wash. | 2029 | 3 | ||
| 22 | Sarah Dyer | Mukilteo, Wash. | 2027 | 3 | ||
| 23 | Xiao Shan (Grace) Guan | (Canada) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | 2028 | 3 | ||
| 24 | Lilian Zhao | (Canada) Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada | 2027 | 3 | ||
| 25 | Christy Man | (Canada) Richmond, British Columbia, Canada | 2029 | 2 | ||
| 26 | Yutong Yu | (China) Bellevue, Wash. | 2027 | 2 | ||
| 27 | Vivian Zhao | (Canada) Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada | 2027 | 2 | ||
| 28 | Allison Gu | Bellevue, Wash. | 2030 | 1 | ||
| 29 | Aoife Kenny | Edmonds, Wash. | 2029 | 1 |
Boys
59 Applications Received
| Player | (Citizenship) Hometown | Grad | PBE Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethan Schwan | Sammamish, Wash. | 2027 | Fully Exempt | ||
| 2 | Jayden Jun | La Canada, Calif. | 2027 | Fully Exempt | ||
| 3 | Luke Ringkamp | Palm Desert, Calif. | 2026 | Fully Exempt | ||
| 4 | Taighan Chea | Bothell, Wash. | 2027 | Fully Exempt | ||
| 5 | Christian Choi |
|
Saratoga, Calif. | 2028 | 56 | |
| 6 | Nemo Tsai | Ann Arbor, Mich. | 2027 | 43 | ||
| 7 | Trey Lambert | Coeur d Alene, Idaho | 2027 | 30 | ||
| 8 | Tavin McKinley |
|
Pleasant Hill, Calif. | 2028 | 28 | |
| 9 | Shray Jaggi | Bellevue, Wash. | 2026 | 24 | ||
| 10 | Joseph Anderson | Eastsound, Wash. | 2028 | 23 | ||
| 11 | Austin Downing |
|
Santa Barbara, Calif. | 2027 | 22 | |
| 12 | Jeevyn Lotay | (Canada) Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada | 2027 | 22 | ||
| 13 | Benxing Shi | (Thailand) Bangkok, , Thailand | 2025 | 20 | ||
| 14 | Ayden Stack | Bellevue, Wash. | 2026 | 19 | ||
| 15 | Cormac Meinshausen | Richland, Wash. | 2027 | 17 | ||
| 16 | Gavin Bostrom | Solana Beach, Calif. | 2026 | 16 | ||
| 17 | Carson Church | Seattle, Wash. | 2027 | 16 | ||
| 18 | Reece Williams | Beaumont, Texas | 2027 | 16 | ||
| 19 | Alex Yang | Portland, Ore. | 2026 | 16 | ||
| 20 | Tanner Barra | Manhattan Beach, Calif. | 2026 | 14 | ||
| 21 | Lukas da Silva | El Segundo, Calif. | 2027 | 14 | ||
| 22 | Tyson Valk | (Canada) North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | 2028 | 14 | ||
| 23 | Ethan Zhong | (Canada) Surrey, British Columbia, Canada | 2027 | 14 | ||
| 24 | Boden Freeborn |
|
Yarrow Point, Wash. | 2028 | 13 | |
| 25 | Carson Clinton | Chelan, Wash. | 2026 | 12 | ||
| 26 | Alexander Halpert | Watertown, Conn. | 2026 | 10 | ||
| 27 | Caden Matthias | Fort Wayne, Ind. | 2026 | 10 | ||
| 28 | Landon Russell |
|
Bothell, Wash. | 2028 | 10 | |
| 29 | Hyunsoo Son | (South Korea) Issaquah, Wash. | 2028 | 10 | ||
| 30 | Ethan Yang | Sammamish, Wash. | 2028 | 10 | ||
| 31 | Lincoln Hipp | Kirkland, Wash. | 2028 | 9 | ||
| 32 | David Xu | Irvine, Calif. | 2028 | 9 | ||
| 33 | Jackson Dammann | Snohomish, Wash. | 2027 | 7 | ||
| 34 | Henry Kippenhan | Mill Creek, Wash. | 2025 | 7 | ||
| 35 | Drake Lai | Sammamish, Wash. | 2030 | 7 | ||
| 36 | Nathan Pai | Lake Oswego, Ore. | 2027 | 7 | ||
| 37 | Jairo Sanchez-Godinez | Everett, Wash. | 2030 | 7 | ||
| 38 | Preston Townsend | Orange County, Calif. | 2031 | 7 | ||
| 39 | Elijah Yang | Irvine, Calif. | 2028 | 7 | ||
| 40 | Bo Kim | Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. | 2030 | 6 | ||
| 41 | Curtis Liu | (Canada) Richmond, British Columbia, Canada | 2026 | 5 | ||
| 42 | Ji Heon Oh | Wesley Chapel, Fla. | 2028 | 5 | ||
| 43 | Makeo Rallanka | Kenmore, Wash. | 2031 | 5 | ||
| 44 | Zijun Zhao | (Hong Kong) Thousand Oaks, Calif. | 2026 | 5 | ||
| 45 | Aaron Yu | Bellevue, Wash. | 2028 | 4 | ||
| 46 | Nate Cheriel | Lake Oswego, Ore. | 2026 | 3 | ||
| 47 | Cooper Gaffney | Snoqualmie, Wash. | 2027 | 3 | ||
| 48 | Elijah Johnson |
|
Gig Harbor, Wash. | 2026 | 3 | |
| 49 | Michael Kang | Bellevue, Wash. | 2027 | 3 | ||
| 50 | Michael Kim | Tenafly, N.J. | 2029 | 2 | ||
| 51 | Joshua Lee | (Canada) Bellevue, Wash. | 2028 | 2 | ||
| 52 | Tucker Nash |
|
Sammamish, Wash. | 2029 | 2 | |
| 53 | Mickey Barber |
|
Redmond, Wash. | 2028 | 1 | |
| 54 | Winston Grabenhorst | Portland, Ore. | 2030 | 1 | ||
| 55 | Paxten Gumke | Spokane, Wash. | 2029 | 1 | ||
| 56 | Colton He | Bellevue, Wash. | 2030 | 1 | ||
| 57 | Marcus Kang | Bellevue, Wash. | 2028 | 1 | ||
| 58 | Ryan Kang | Sammamish, Wash. | 2029 | 1 | ||
| 59 | Haorui Yu | (China) Bellevue, Wash. | 2030 | 1 |
Girls
29 Applications Received
| Player | (Citizenship) Hometown | Grad | PBE Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niuniu Zhao |
|
Woodinville, Wash. | 2028 | Fully Exempt | |
| 2 | Nicole Tang |
|
Bellevue, Wash. | 2027 | Fully Exempt | |
| 3 | Blayne Brown | Riverside, Calif. | 2025 | Fully Exempt | ||
| 4 | Kaylee Chung | (Canada) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | 2026 | 48 | ||
| 5 | Alyssa Rigby | Vancouver, Wash. | 2028 | 22 | ||
| 6 | Serene Kim | Granite Bay, Calif. | 2027 | 17 | ||
| 7 | Zhihanyue (Annie) Liu | (Canada) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | 2026 | 17 | ||
| 8 | Esther Yu | Renton, Wash. | 2027 | 17 | ||
| 9 | Charlotte Tam | (Canada) Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada | 2028 | 15 | ||
| 10 | Lindsey Park | Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. | 2028 | 12 | ||
| 11 | Christina Choe | Galt, Calif. | 2031 | 11 | ||
| 12 | Hailey Lim | Lake Oswego, Ore. | 2026 | 11 | ||
| 13 | Vishaka Priyan | Portland, Ore. | 2026 | 9 | ||
| 14 | Zhehui Yu | (Canada) Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada | 2026 | 9 | ||
| 15 | Cassie Chen | (Canada) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | 2028 | 8 | ||
| 16 | Isabella Zhu | Redmond, Wash. | 2030 | 8 | ||
| 17 | Chloe Cho | (Canada) Bothell, Wash. | 2031 | 6 | ||
| 18 | Grace Fan | (Canada) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | 2029 | 4 | ||
| 19 | Sonia Kanwar | New York, N.Y. | 2026 | 4 | ||
| 20 | Kayla Kim | Mill Creek, Wash. | 2027 | 4 | ||
| 21 | Noel Chong | Mukilteo, Wash. | 2029 | 3 | ||
| 22 | Sarah Dyer | Mukilteo, Wash. | 2027 | 3 | ||
| 23 | Xiao Shan (Grace) Guan | (Canada) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | 2028 | 3 | ||
| 24 | Lilian Zhao | (Canada) Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada | 2027 | 3 | ||
| 25 | Christy Man | (Canada) Richmond, British Columbia, Canada | 2029 | 2 | ||
| 26 | Yutong Yu | (China) Bellevue, Wash. | 2027 | 2 | ||
| 27 | Vivian Zhao | (Canada) Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada | 2027 | 2 | ||
| 28 | Allison Gu | Bellevue, Wash. | 2030 | 1 | ||
| 29 | Aoife Kenny | Edmonds, Wash. | 2029 | 1 |