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Here is a breakdown of the 156 players competing in the 2024 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship field.

Youngest Competitor: Hailey Kim (12 years old) is the championship’s youngest competitor.

Oldest Competitor: Andee Avery (18 years, 11 months and 7 days old) is the championship’s oldest competitor. There are 35 18-year-olds in the field.

Average Age of Field: 16.31

Field breakdown by age:

12: 1 player
13: 3 players
14: 11 players
15: 31 players
16: 30 players
17: 45 players
18: 35 players

International – There are 12 countries represented in the championship: Australia (2), Canada (14), Hong Kong China (2), India (1), Japan (2), Mexico (4), People’s Republic of China (7), Philippines (3), Republic of Korea (3), Taiwan (3), Thailand (3) and the United States of America (112)

U.S. States Represented – There are 33 states represented in the championship: Alabama (4), Arizona (1), California (29), Colorado (2), Florida (11), Georgia (4), Hawaii (1), Illinois (3), Indiana (4), Iowa (1), Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Maryland (1), Massachusetts (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota (1), Mississippi (1),  Missouri (2), Nebraska (2), Nevada (2), New Hampshire (1), New Jersey (2), New York (4), North Carolina (4), Ohio (1), Oklahoma (3), Oregon (3), South Carolina (1), Texas (7), Utah (1), Virginia (5), Washington (2) and West Virginia (1).

USGA Champions (4): Gianna Clemente (2023 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball), Sarah Lim (2024 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball), Asterisk Talley (2024 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball), Avery Zweig (2023 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball)

USGA Runners-Up (3): Gianna Clemente (2022 U.S. Girls’ Junior), Brynn Kort (2024 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball), Rianne Malixi (2023 U.S. Girls’ Junior)

Players in the field with the most U.S. Girls’ Junior starts:

Avery Zweig – 5
Kennedy Swedick – 4

There is one current college player in the field:

Andee Avery, 18, of Carlsbad, Calif. (Long Beach State)

There are 38 players who have signed national letters of intent with colleges for Fall 2024:

Vanessa Borovilos, 18, Canada (Texas A&M University)
Samantha Brown, 18, of Westfield, Ind. (Purdue University)
Isabel Brozena, 18, of North Reading, Mass. (Xavier University)
Bailey Burkett, 18, of Kansas City, Mo. (University of Louisville)
Larissa Carrillo, 18, of Mexico (University of Mississippi)
C.A. Carter, 17, of Lexington, Ky. (University of Kentucky)
Christine Chang, 17, of Auburn, Ala. (Columbia University)
Leigh Chien, 18, of Irvine, Calif. (Stanford University)
Kylee Chong, 18, of Torrance, Calif. (University of Southern California)
Kerri-Anne Cook, 18, of Oceana, W.Va. (Glenville State University)
Lucy Darr, 18, of Stillwater, Okla. (Oklahoma State University)
Darla May Dela Torre, 18, of Fairfield, Calif. (Sacramento State)
June Doerr, 18, of Hampton Falls, N.H. (Merrimack College)
Gabriella Eifrig, 18, of Newport Beach, Calif. (Georgetown University)
Veronika Exposito, 18, of The Woodlands, Texas (University of Louisville)
Jilian Fatkin, 18, of Oak Island, N.C., Mich. (Queens University)
Annika Ishiyama, 18, of Costa Mesa, Calif. (University of Houston)
Julia Karmazin, 18, of Omaha, Neb. (Creighton University)
Jasmine Koo, 18, of Cerritos, Calif. (University of Southern California)
Jayla Kucy, 18, of Canada (Oral Roberts University)
Jacinda Lee, 18, of Camas, Wash. (Colorado State University)
Hsin Tai Lin, 18, of Chinese Taipei (Northwestern University)
Eden Lohrbach, 18, of Ames, Iowa (University of Nebraska)
Olivia Lovegrove, 18, of Lincoln, Neb. (University of Nebraska)
Marissa Loya, 18, of San Antonio, Texas (Abilene Christian University)
Katie Magner, 18, of Winnetka, Ill. (University of Richmond)
Reese McCauley, 18, of Inver Grove Heights, Minn. (University of Minnesota)
Megan Meng, 17, of Pennington, N.J. (Northwestern University)
Mary Miller, 18, of Savannah, Ga. (Georgia Southern University)
Amanda Phillips, 18, of New York, N.Y. (Wesleyan University)
Isaki Sakashita, 18, of Japan (Stetson University)
Sarah Shao, 17, of Green Brook, N.J. (Columbia University)
Ariya Soldwisch, 18, of Henderson, Nev. (Cal State Northridge)
Kennedy Swedick, 17, of Albany, N.Y. (University of Virginia)
Clarisa Temelo, 18, of Mexico (University of Arkansas)
Lauren Timpf, 17, of Macomb, Mich. (Purdue University)
Sofia Vargas, 17, of Riverside, Calif. (University of California-Riverside)
Bridget Wilkie, 17, of Canada (University of Notre Dame)

Drive Chip & Putt: Four players in the field have won titles in the Drive, Chip & Putt National Finals:

Vanessa Borovilos (10-11, 2018)
Maye Huang (7-9, 2017)
Jenna Kim (2022, 12-13)
Sophia Li, (10-11, 2019)

Three players in the field competed in the 2024 U.S. Women’s Open:

Samantha Brown (MC)
Asterisk Talley (T-44, co-low amateur)
Amelie Zalsman (MC)

Twenty-two U.S. Girls’ Junior competitors qualified for the 2024 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball:

Andee Avery
Vanessa Borovilos
Emree Cameron
Lisa Copeland
Aphrodite Deng (qualified with partner but didn't play in championship proper)
Emerson B. Dever
Veronika Exposito
Amelia Guo
Maye Huang
Jenna Kim
Brynn Kort (runner-up)
Sarah Lim (champion)
Mary Miller
Madison Moman
Emerie Schartz
Kennedy Swedick
Asterisk Talley (champion)
Camille Thai
Meg Tilma
Natalie Yen
Celina Yeo
Asia Young

Eight players in the field are members of the U.S. National Junior Team:

Shyla Brown
Gianna Clemente
Ryleigh Knaub
Chloe Kovelesky
Nikki Oh
Emerie Schartz
Scarlett Schremmer
Asterisk Talley

One player in the field has been chosen to represent the USA in the 2024 Curtis Cup Match in England:

Jasmine Koo

ABOUT THE U.S. Girls' Junior Amateur

The Girls Junior Amateur is one of 15 national championships conducted by the USGA. The event is open to female golfers who have not reached their 19th birthday prior to the close of competition and whose USGA Handicap Index does not exceed 5.4. Players that qualify for the national championship compete in a 36-hole stroke play qualifying from which 64 players advance to match play. Regional qualifying is held at sites around the United States.

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