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2026-27 VSGA College Golfer Tracker

September 14, 2026

The 2026-27 college golf season has reached its natural fall break, with teams around the country pausing until the start of the spring season in late January and early February.

From Junior Golf Circuit alumni and VSGA championship winners to some of the Commonwealth’s most accomplished junior players, Virginia’s top young golfers are competing across the country at the NCAA Division I level.

This tracker provides one place to see where Virginia’s best young golfers are playing collegiate golf during the 2026–27 academic year. Follow along throughout the season as these players represent their schools—and the Commonwealth—on some of college golf’s biggest stages. We've updated the tracker with notable fall performances.

DIVISION I (MEN'S)

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (AAC)

Army

 

ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE (ACC)

Virginia

  • Josh Duangmanee | Senior | Fairfax, VA | 72.56 stroke average in nine rounds, season low round of 68.

  • Michael Lee | Sophomore | Fairfax, VA | One of two Cavaliers to play all 12 rounds in the fall, 74.5 stroke average.

  • Vaughn McMeans | Junior | Leesburg, VA | George Mason transfer played in two events, six rounds, second on the team with a 71.83 stroke average.

Virginia Tech

  • Ashton Harper | Senior | Roanoke, VA | 71.07 stroke average; finished fall with best to-par performance of the season, a 5-under 211 at the Steelwood Collegiate, good for a 22nd-place finish; shot 65 in the final round of the Visit Knoxville Collegiate.

  • Ryan Slonaker | Junior | Harrisonburg, VA

  • Ben Baker | Sophomore | Broadlands, VA | Won Testudo Cup with a 10-under 206; also recorded top 10s at J.T. Poston Invitationl (4th) and Steelwood Collegiate (9th); 70.05 stroke average; low round of 63.

  • Aiden Patel | Sophomore | Ashburn, VA

North Carolina

  • Sihan Sandhu | Junior | Ashburn, VA | Has not played since the season-opening Visit Knoxville Collegiate (as an individual), but shot 66 in the second round of that event.

NC State

  • Rylan Shim | Senior | Centreville, VA | VSGA Amateur champion is second on the team with a 70.3 stroke average, with a low round of 66; one top-10 finish in the fall.

  • Xander Goboy | Junior | Chesapeake, VA | Low round of 65 in the fall, one top-20 finish.

ATLANTIC 10 (A-10)

Davidson

  • Nate Faulkner | Junior | Roanoke, VA | One top-10 (at River Run Collegiate), 72.58 stroke average in 10 rounds.

  • Benjamin Newfield | Senior | Arlington, VA

George Mason

  • Nick Alexander | Senior | Leesburg, VA

  • Pierce Hokenson | Senior | McLean, VA

  • Joe Johnson | Junior | Leesburg, VA

  • Vijay Powell | Senior | Midlothian, VA | Won Rod Myers Invitational in September with a 10-under total over two days (third round was canceled).

  • Aryan Vuradi | Senior | Brambleton, VA | Played first two seasons at GMU before transferring to Delaware, came back to Mason for final season.

 

BIG SOUTH

Radford

  • Benson Blevins | Junior | Wytheville, VA | Finished 8th at Testudo Cup after shooting final-round 67.

  • Isaiah Cantrell | Freshman | Floyd, VA

  • Daniel Goode | Freshman | Wytheville, VA | Won Bryan National Collegiate, by three strokes, shot 8-under 64 in final round; finished T9 at Testudo Cup

  • Carter Wolfe | Freshman | Gate City, VA

Longwood

  • Josh Cummins | Sophomore | Christiansburg, VA

  • Matthew Hartley | Sophomore | Stafford, VA | Finished fall with a T3 finish at the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate, posting a season-best 68 in the final round.

  • Harrison Beaudoin | Freshman | Midlothian, VA

Gardner-Webb

 

BIG TEN

Illinois

  • Trey Marrion | Junior | Chesapeake, VA | Second on team among those with 12 rounds with a 71.9 stroke average, including low round of 66

 

BIG 12

West Virginia

  • Ryan Leach | Junior | Williamsburg, VA | Shot 68-73-69 to finish T9 at the Island Resort Collegiate.

 

COASTAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (CAA)

Towson

William & Mary

  • Talon Dingledine | Sophomore | Chesterfield, VA | Season best T11 finish at Nemacolin College Invitational

  • Eli Felty | Sophomore | North Chesterfield, VA | Shot career-best 9-under 207 at Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate

  • Grady Williams | Junior | Manakin-Sabot, VA

  • Preston Burton | Senior | Charlottesville, VA | Shared medalist honors (lost in playoff) at The Goat hosted by Navy, shooting 2-under 211; T6 at 2-under 214 at Nemacolin College Invitational

  • James Gayle | Sophomore | Bristol, VA

 

CONFERENCE USA (C-USA)

Liberty

  • Blake Hogan | Junior | Forest, VA

  • Luke Libbey | Junior | Lynchburg, VA | Posted career-low 65 in second round of the Visit Knoxville Collegiate

  • Noah Maclauchlan | Freshman | Moseley, VA | U.S. Junior Amateur champ posted 70.59 scoring average in 12 rounds

 

IVY LEAGUE

Dartmouth

  • Tyler Brand | Sophomore | Richmond, VA | Shot 71-66-72 to finish 4th at Columbia Autumn Invite; added T6 finish at Metropolis Intercollegiate

Columbia 

  • Charles Lange | Freshman | Richmond, VA
  • Neil Kulkarni | Sophomore | Ashburn, VA | 9th place finish at Columbia Autumn Invitational

 

SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE (SEC)

Auburn

  • Logan Reilly | Sophomore | Lovettsville, VA | U.S. Amateur semifinalist and past VSGA Amateur/State Open winner is ranked #23 in the nation via Clippd; Won stroke-play medal and both matches at East Lake Match Play; Recorded top 10s at Inverness Intercollegiate and Steelwood Collegiate; 68.38 stroke average over 15 rounds; One of 25 players on watch list for the Haskins Award, given to college golf's top player at season's end.

  • Jake Albert | Sophomore | Blacksburg, VA | Ended fall season strong, going 1-1 in East Lake Match Play and posting an 8-under total for an 11th-place finish at the Steelwood Collegiate

Vanderbilt

 

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE (SOCON)

Wofford

 

SUN BELT

James Madison

 

DIVISION I (WOMEN'S)

ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE (ACC)

Virginia

  • Elsie MacCleery | Sophomore | Crozet, VA | Defending VSGA Women's Amateur champion is ranked #84 nationally via Clippd for nation's #1 team; two top 10s in the fall -- 4th at Canadian Collegiate Invitational, 9th at Keswick Cup.

Virginia Tech

  • Raquel Walker | Freshman | Burke, VA | Two top 10s in three fall starts -- 6th at Keswick Cup, 9th at Nittany Lion Invitational; Shot season-best 67 in second round of Keswick Cup
  • Alina Ho | Sophomore | Great Falls, VA

Clemson

  • Keya Naik | Sophomore | Ashburn, VA | Finished 6th at Tiger Classic after shooting 71-72

North Carolina

  • Katie Vu | Junior | Fairfax Station, VA

 

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (AAC)

East Carolina 

 

ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE (A-10)

Richmond

  • Carter Bransford | Freshman | Glen Allen, VA | Earned A-10 rookie of the month honors for October; 69 in second round of Nittany Lion Invitational best round of the year for a UR player; T2 at Spider Invitational.

  • Addie Doroh | Sophomore | Charlottesville, VA | Shot season-low 71 in second round of Spider Invitational

 

BIG EAST

Georgetown

  • Catherine Qiu | Sophomore | Great Falls, VA | Posted season-best 69 in second round of Evie Odom Invitational; T8 at Tribe Invitational

 

BIG SOUTH

High Point

  • Makayla Grubb | Sophomore | Stafford, VA | Has been named Big South golfer of the week four times this fall; Ranked #40 nationally via Clippd; 69.93 scoring average; won twice in the fall (Edisto Island Invitational, Lady Paladin Stroke Play) and was co-medalist at Mercedes-Benz Intercollegiate; finished T14 and T16 in other two starts; nine rounds in the 60s.

Radford

Longwood

  • Madison Lehr | Junior | Mechanicsville, VA | Won Tribe Invitational, shooting 71-71-72; 73.92 stroke average

 

COASTAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (CAA)

Monmouth 

North Carolina A&T

 

MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (MEAC)

Howard

  • Paris Fieldings | Senior | Chesapeake, VA | Two top 10s -- 2nd at Navy Fall Invite and 6th at Elon Women's Invitational
  • Alexis Goboy | Freshman | Chesapeake, VA

 

METRO CONFERENCE

Fairfield 

  • Victoria Giang | Freshman | Ashburn, VA | Finished T4 at SHU Women's Fall Classic

 

NORTHEASTERN CONFERENCE (NEC)

Le Moyne

 

PATRIOT LEAGUE

Lehigh

  • Erin Mullin | Freshman | Clifton, VA | Finished T3 at The Charge at Quail Valley

 

SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE (SEC)

Vanderbilt

  • Kathryn Ha | Sophomore | Roanoke, VA | Made two starts in fall, top finish was T17 at Mason Rudolph Women's Championship

 

THE SOUTHERN CONFERENCE (SoCon)

The Citadel

Mercer 

 

SUN BELT

James Madison

App State