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
Matthew Duke | Junior | Midlothian, VA
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.
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.
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
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
Laddie Decker | Sophomore | Mechanicsville, VA
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
Matt Delpizzo | Freshman | Vienna, VA
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
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
Miller Carr | Senior | Virginia Beach, VA
SUN BELT
James Madison
Finn Watson | Freshman | Arlington, VA
DIVISION I (WOMEN'S)
ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE (ACC)
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Clemson
North Carolina
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
Radford
Longwood
COASTAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (CAA)
Monmouth
Addison Butler | Sophomore | Nokesville, VA
North Carolina A&T
MID-EASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (MEAC)
Howard
METRO CONFERENCE
Fairfield
NORTHEASTERN CONFERENCE (NEC)
Le Moyne
PATRIOT LEAGUE
Lehigh
SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE (SEC)
Vanderbilt
THE SOUTHERN CONFERENCE (SoCon)
The Citadel
Mercer
SUN BELT
James Madison
App State
