All-State teams are awarded based on the Alabama State Junior Golf Rankings System, which awards points per event based on the number of participants in the event combined with the overall strength of the field. These tournaments must also meet additional requirements to be a sanctioned rankings event. Teams are annually based on the player performance over the past 12 months from September 1 through August 31.
All-State team members, the Junior Boys Player of the Year and the Junior Girls Player of the Year winners will be honored with other Alabama State Players of the Year in early 2026.
2025 Alabama Girls All-State Teams
Girls First Team:
Scarlett Schremmer, 2025, of Birmingham, is a recent home-schooled high school graduate. Scarlett won the 93rd Alabama State Women’s Amateur on the fourth, sudden-death playoff hole at RTJ Grand National (Lake) in June. As a result, Schremmer qualified for the U.S. Women’s Amateur at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in Oregon. Schremmer also qualified for the U.S. Girls’ Junior Amateur at the Atlanta Athletic Club in July. Scarlett earned top five finishes in the November 2024 AJGA Rolex Tournament of Champions (second), the South American Amateur (second; January 2025), the AJGA Fortinet Stanford Invitational (tied fourth; February), March’s Junior Invitational (fifth). Scarlett will continue her golf career at Texas A&M University after representing the United States Golf Association on the National Development Team. Schremmer is the number one ranked junior in the State of Alabama and the 2025 Alabama Golf Association Junior Girls Player of the Year.
Frances Brown, 2025, of Mobile, is a recent graduate of UMS-Wright Preparatory School. Frances finished fifth in the 93rd Alabama State Women’s Amateur at RTJ Grand National (Lake) in July after a tied eighth finish in the 62nd Alabama Girls State Junior at Valley Hill Country Club. Brown also qualified for U.S. Girl’s Junior at Atlanta Athletic Club in July. Frances had top ten finishes in the AJGA Junior at Burningtree (tied ninth; April) and the AJGA Moon Junior Championship (tied fifth; July) as well as finished tied sixth in USGA Women’s Open local qualifying in California in April. Frances will continue her golf career at Auburn University.
Julie Waldo, 2026, of Prattville, is a senior at Alabama Christian Academy. After top five finishes in the 62nd Alabama Girls State Junior (tied fifth) at Valley Hill Country Club and the 93rd Alabama Women’s State Amateur (fourth) at RTJ Grand National (Lake), Julie went on to claim 2nd at the Alabama Women’s State Match Play Championship at Anniston Country Club 1-Up over her opponent in July. Waldo also earned top five finishes in the Peggy Kirk Bell Girl’s Golf Tour Southeastern Girls Classic (second; March) and the Alabama-NW Florida PGA Junior (tied fifth; June). As a member of Team Alabama’s victorious side, Julie went 3-0-0 in the 2025 Southern Junior Cup, including a 7 & 5 victory in her singles match. Julie has committed to Jacksonville State University for women’s golf upon graduation from high school.
Courtney Grace, 2030, of Birmingham, is a home schooled ninth grade student. In June, Courtney finished third in the 62nd Alabama Girls State Junior at Valley Hill Country Club and tied seventh in the 93rd Women’s State Amateur at RTJ Grand National (Lake). In late July, Courtney won her second Alabama State 13 & Under Championship title by three strokes with a score of 68-65 (133) at Bent Brook Golf Course. Grace found the winner’s circle in two Southeast Junior Golf Tour events in March and April before winning the AJGA’s Mesa Hohokams Junior All-Star in May. Courtney carded top ten finishes in the AJGA’s CDW Girl’s Junior All-Star (third; August), the Granny Junior Invitational (tied seventh; August), and tied for second place at the Alabama-NW Florida PGA Junior at Musgrove Country Club in June. Courtney went 3-0-0 in the 2025 Southern Junior Cup and won her final three holes in her singles match to clinch Team Alabama’s victory for the ninth consecutive year.
Klare Jamison, 2027, of Huntsville, is a junior at Grissom High School. In fourteen events played, Klare finished outside of the top twenty only twice in the calendar year. Notably, Klare earned a T8 finish at the 62nd Alabama Girls State Junior at Valley Hill Country Club, and had four top ten finishes in AJGA events, including the McCracken Sports Junior (eighth) in July and the AJGA Baltimore UHY (fourth) in August. Klare finished fifth in the Red River Amateur Championship in Minnesota in June and picked up a win at the AJGO’s Oxmoor Valley event in February. At the Alabama-NW Florida PGA Junior at Musgrove Country Club, Klare finished fourth.
Girls Second Team:
Anna Christian Beeker, 2027, of Tuscaloosa, is a junior at Tuscaloosa Academy. Anna Christian won the Alabama-NW Florida PGA Junior at Musgrove Country Club in June to qualify for the PGA Junior Championship in West Lafayette, Indiana in August. Beeker had a top ten finish in the 62nd Alabama Girls State Junior in June (tied eighth; 72-82-74) and played in the Epson Tour’s Tuscaloosa Toyota Classic in September 2024. Anna Christian also carded top ten finishes in four AJGA events across the Southeast, including a T2 finish at the AJGA Billy Horschel Atlanta Classic in August.
Beka Yang, 2026, of Pike Road, is a senior at Pike Road High School. Beka finished second in the 62nd Alabama Girls State Junior at Valley Hill Country Club in June and tied second in the Alabama-NW Florida PGA Junior at Musgrove Country Club to qualify for the PGA Junior Championship in August in West Lafayette, Indiana. Yang finished tied 18th in the 93rd Alabama Women’s State Amateur at RTJ Grand National (Lake) in June. Beka took home victories in the AJGO Bud Burns Junior (September 2024) and the AJGA Moon Junior Championship at RTJ Grand National (Lake) in July. Beka recorded top twenty finishes in five other AJGA or SJGT events.
Merritt Daniel, 2029, of Trussville, is a freshman at Hewitt-Trussville High School. Merritt won the 62nd Alabama Girls State Junior at Valley Hill Country Club in Huntsville in June by three strokes with rounds of 74-72-72 (218). With the win, Daniel earned an exemption onto the national stage at the U.S. Girls’ Junior at the Atlanta Athletic Club in July. Daniel also finished tied 20th at the 93rd Alabama Women’s State Amateur in June. Merritt earned top ten finishes in two AJGA events and top five finishes in three SJGT events after a second place finish in December 2024’s Holiday Junior Classic. A member of the victorious 2025 Southern Junior Cup squad, Merritt earned a hard-fought half-point in Four-Ball in her first-ever match play competition.
Shiloh Gilbert, 2027, of Millbrook, is a junior at Ezekiel Academy. In eleven events played, Shiloh finished outside of the top twenty only twice. In June, Shiloh finished 14th in the 93rd Women’s Amateur at RTJ Grand National (Lake) and 17th in the 62nd Alabama Girls State Junior at Valley Hill Country Club. Shiloh earned her first AJGA win in March at the AJGA Preview in Sevierville, Tennessee with a birdie in sudden-death which she then followed up with victories in two SJGT events in April and July. A member of the victorious 2025 Southern Junior Cup team, Shiloh contributed key points in Foursomes as well as a hard fought 1-Up victory in Singles.
Kamdyn Kelley, 2027, of Dothan, is a junior at Providence Christian School. In June, Kamdyn finished fourth in the 62nd Alabama Girls State Junior at Valley Hill Country Club with rounds of 74-75-74 (224) and 26th in the 93rd Women’s Amateur at RTJ Grand National (Lake). After a win at the Hurricane Junior Tour’s North Georgia Holiday Junior in December, Kamdyn also earned top eight finishes in three SJGT events in the and a T8 finish in the Alabama-NW Florida PGA Junior at Musgrove Country Club in June. Kamdyn earned three points for Team Alabama in Four-Ball, Foursomes, and Singles to help lead Team Alabama to victory in the 2025 Southern Junior Cup.
Girls Third Team:
Evelyn Tankersley, 2025, of Montgomery, is a recent graduate of Alabama Christian Academy. Evelyn earned a Quarterfinals appearance in the 2nd Women’s State Match Play at Anniston Country Club in July after finishing 21st in the 62nd Alabama Girls State Junior and 24th in the 93rd Women’s State Amateur at RTJ Grand National (Lake), both in June. Tankersley earned a win in the SJGT Lowell Fritz Junior in August 2024 and tied 12th in Alabama-NW Florida PGA Junior at Musgrove Country Club. Evelyn will continue her golf career at Troy University.
Adalyn Pike, 2027, of Athens, is a junior at Athens High School. Adalyn won her first-ever AJGA event at the AJGA Huntsville Junior in July with rounds of 70-70-71 (211) to seal a two-stroke victory after taking the SJGT’s Peninsula Junior Classic in November 2024. Adalyn had three other top thirty finishes with the AJGA: Junior at Burningtree (tied 16th; April); Callaway Junior at Canebrake (27th; April); and AJGA Visit Tuscaloosa (tied 12th; July). Adalyn finished 25th in the 62nd Alabama Girls State Junior at Valley Hill Country Club.
Kate Ha, 2026, of Auburn, is a senior at Auburn High School. In June, Kate finished ninth in the 93rd Women’s Amateur at RTJ Grand National (Lake) and fifteenth in the 62nd Alabama Girls State Junior at Valley Hill Country Club. Ha earned top 25 finishes in five AJGA events, including 21st in the Callaway Junior at Canebrake in Athens (April), tied 16th at the Moon Golf Junior Championship in Opelika (July), 20th at the Visit Tuscaloosa Junior in Tuscaloosa (July), and tied 24th in the Babygrande Atlanta Classic in July (Atlanta). Kate has committed to continue her golf career at Williams College in Massachusetts after graduation.
Esha Gupta, 2025, of Auburn, is a recent graduate of Auburn High School. Esha’s T5 finish in the 62nd Alabama Girls State Junior in June at Valley Hill Country Club propelled her to top 20 finishes during the remainder of the summer at the Alabama-NW Florida PGA Junior at Musgrove Country Club (tenth) and three AJGA events: T19 at the Huntsville Junior (July), 17th place in the Babygrande Atlanta Classic, and 20th place in the Billy Horschel Atlanta Classic (August). A member of the victorious 2025 Southern Junior Cup squad, Esha earned two key points in Foursomes and Singles matches. Esha will continue her golf career at Georgia Southern University.
Shaelyn Kennedy, 2027, of Enterprise, is a junior at Enterprise High School. In June, Shaelyn finished T10 in the 93rd Women’s Amateur at RTJ Grand National (Lake) and 18th in the 62nd Alabama Girls State Junior at Valley Hill Country Club. Kennedy also carded top five finishes in three SJGT events, including second at the Southern Junior at Saugahatchee in July, and a top fifteen finish in the Alabama-NW Florida PGA Junior at Musgrove Country Club (June). In March’s AJGA Preview at Oakwing in Louisiana, Shaelyn finished tied tenth with rounds of 81-77-76 (234).
2025 Alabama Boys All-State Teams
Boys First Team
Tyler Watts, 2026, of Huntsville, is a senior in high school who is homeschooled. Tyler’s victory at the Sunnehanna Amateur in June and his top six finishes in the North & South Amateur (second; June) and Northeast Amateur (tied sixth; June) as well as his T17 finish at the Western Amateur in late July led Watts to the 2025 Elite Amateur Cup Champion Title. Victory in the Elite Amateur Cup Standings provides Tyler with one (1) PGA Tour exemption and 2026 exemptions into Final Qualifying for the U.S. Amateur and the U.S. Open as an amateur. Tyler advanced to the Round of 16 in USGA Junior Amateur at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Texas and qualified for the U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club in California in August. In addition, Tyler earned top twenty finishes in four AJGA events, including tied fourth in the Rolex Tournament of Champions (November 2024). Watts continues to represent the United States Golf Association as a member of the National Development Team and has committed to continue his golf career at University of Tennessee upon graduation. Tyler is the number one ranked junior in the State of Alabama and the 2025 Alabama Golf Association Junior Boys Player of the Year.
Bailey Sutter, 2026, of Vinemont, is a senior at West Point High School. Bailey won the 109th Alabama State Amateur at the Robert Trent Jones Trail’s Senator Course at Capitol Hill by a four-shot margin in early June with rounds of 65-68-68-70 (271). Sutter’s victory earned an exemption to the U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club (California) in August. Sutter also earned victory in the 2025 Southern Junior (Dataw Island Club, St. Helena, SC) in a sudden-death playoff. Completing a “hot” month of play, Bailey finished second in the Boys State Junior at WynLakes Golf & Country Club. Sutter made the cut in the Southern Amateur in July at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Bailey finished inside the top seventeen in six different AJGA events, including a T4 finish in the Justin Thomas Junior and tied seventh in the Junior Players Championship (both August 2024). Bailey has committed to continue his golf career at University of Alabama upon graduation.
Rawlin Sutter, 2027, of Vinemont, is a junior at West Point High School. Rawlin won the 80th Alabama State Boys Junior Championship at WynLakes Golf & Country Club by one stroke over his older brother, Bailey. Rawlin’s win at the Alabama Boys State Junior earned an exemption into the U.S. Junior Amateur at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Texas in July. Rawlin earned top five finishes in the AJGA’s Huntsville Junior (second; July) and Visit Tuscaloosa Junior (tied second; July) and in five SJGT events. Rawlin finished T11 in Dothan Country Club’s Future Masters in late June. Rawlin has committed to continue his golf career at the University of Alabama after high school.
JP Groat, 2026, of Fort Payne, is a senior at Fort Payne High School. JP earned victory in the 24th Alabama State Match Play Championship in August at Terrapin Hills Country Club. Saving his best for last, Groat won the final match in 19 holes after taking his semifinal opponent to 21 holes. JP had top ten finishes in the 80th Alabama Boys State Junior at WynLakes (tied ninth) and the Alabama-NW Florida PGA Junior (tied third) in June. Groat qualified for the USGA Junior Amateur at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Texas in July. Groat earned a two-stroke victory at the JGA Tour Final presented by Smylie Kaufman at Vestavia Country Club in November 2024. JP represented the victorious Team Alabama in the 2025 Southern Junior Cup.
Andrew Hinson, 2025, of Huntsville, is a recent graduate of the Randolph School in Huntsville. Andrew qualified for and earned a place in the Round of 64 at the USGA Junior Amateur at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Texas in July. Andrew finished fourth at the AJGA’s Visit Tuscaloosa Junior Championship in July. Hinson earned medalist honors at 24th Alabama State Match Play Championship in August. Andrew will continue his golf career at the University of Alabama.
Boys Second Team
Jack Lowery, 2026, of Birmingham, is a senior at Homewood High School. Jack earned a four-shot victory at the Alabama-NW Florida PGA Junior at Musgrove Country Club in June. As a result, Jack earned a spot in August’s PGA Junior Championship in West Lafayette, Indiana. Lowery earned top ten finishes in the AJGA’s Mizuno Junior in Arkansas (tied third; June) and the Visit Tuscaloosa Junior (tied second; July). Jack earned a victory at the AJGO Musgrove event in February and eighth place at the Gator Invitational in Jackson, Mississippi (August 2024). Jack has committed to continue his golf career at Troy University after graduation.
SJ Thomas, 2029, of Birmingham, is a ninth grade student at Mountain Brook Junior High School. Thomas won the AJGA’s Visit the Shoals Junior All-Star in a sudden-death playoff in June and July’s Nemacolin Junior All-Star in Pennsylvania by two strokes. SJ qualified for the 109th State Amateur at RTJ Capitol Hill (Senator) and the 80th Alabama State Boys Junior at WynLakes Golf & Country Club, earned top five finishes in two additional AJGA junior events, and top ten finishes in four SJGT events between October 2024 and July 2025. Thomas was a member of the victorious 2025 Southern Junior Cup team and earned an undefeated record in Four-Ball and Foursomes play for Team Alabama.
Jackson Skinner, 2025, of Birmingham, is a recent graduate of Mountain Brook High School. Top fifteen finishes in the 80th Alabama Boy’s State Junior (eighth place) and tied 14th at the 109th Alabama State Amateur highlighted Jackson’s summer. Jackson had two top ten finishes in AJGA events – tied eighth in the Atlanta Classic (August 2024) and solo second place at Burningtree in Decatur (April 2025) – as well as a T3 finish in the Future Masters in Dothan in July. Jackson will continue his golf career at Mississippi State University.
Buddy Fleming, 2026, of Mobile, is a senior at St. Paul’s Episcopal School. In early June at the 109th Alabama State Amateur, Buddy finished tied seventh at RTJ Capitol Hill (Senator) with scores of 71-68-70-74 – a third-place finish among junior golfers in the event – and, two weeks later, at the 80th Alabama State Boys Junior, Fleming earned a T9 finish at WynLakes Golf & Country Club. Buddy also finished tied fourth in the AJGA’s Moon Junior Championship at RTJ Grand National (Lake) in early July. Fleming has committed to play golf at the University of South Alabama after graduation.
Thomas Crane, 2025, of Mobile, is a recent graduate of UMS-Wright Preparatory School. Thomas will continue his golf career at Troy University after impressive finishes in two Alabama Golf Association State Championships in June. In the 109th State Amateur at RTJ Capitol Hill (Senator), Thomas finished tied ninth after shooting 70-71-70-73 (284). Two weeks later at the 80th Alabama Boys State Junior at WynLakes Golf & Country Club, Thomas finished tied for third, firing rounds of 70-67 in a rain-shortened event.
Boys Third Team
Andrew Turner, 2026, of Tuscaloosa, is senior at American Christian Academy. Andrew earned a T3 finish at the 80th Alabama State Boys Junior at WynLakes Golf & Country Club in June and a victory in the December 2024 Holiday Junior Classic. Turner had six other top ten finishes, including tied third in November 2024’s JGA Tour Final presented by Smylie Kaufman at Vestavia Country Club, tied fourth in the AJGO’s Bud Burns Junior (September 2024), and solo sixth in the Alabama-NW Florida PGA Junior at Musgrove Country Club in June.
Blake Cornell, 2025, of Daphne, is a recent graduate of Daphne High School. With scores of 71-70-68 (209), Blake finished T6 in the 53rd Southern Junior at Dataw Island Club in St. Helena Island, South Carolina in June. One week later, Cornell finished tied 15th at the 80th Alabama Boys State Junior at WynLakes Golf & Country Club. Blake found the winner’s circle in three SJGT events: Patton Kizzire (Aug 2024); UGA Invitational (Sept 2024); and the Tournament of Champions (December 2024). Blake will continue his golf career with the University of West Florida’s golf team.
Denton Brooks, 2027, of Birmingham, is a junior at Mountain Brook High School. A tied fifth finish in the 80th Alabama Boys State Junior at WynLakes Golf & Country Club in June and a third place finish in the AJGA’s Babygrande Atlanta Classic in July highlighted Denton’s season. Denton finished tied fourth in the AJGA’s New Orleans Classic in May and tied 37th at the 53rd Southern Junior at Dataw Island Club in St. Helena Island, South Carolina in early June.
Michael Heaton, 2026, of Fairhope, is a senior at Bayshore Christian School. Starting 2025 with a victory in the JGA’s Lakewood Junior Amateur in January at the Lakewood Golf Club, Michael earned a T5 finish at the 80th Alabama Boys State Junior at WynLakes Golf & Country Club in mid-June. June continued to treat Michael well as he also finished tied third in the Future Masters at Dothan Country Club and third in the SJGT event at Magnolia Grove. Heaton had two top ten finishes in the SJGT’s Reunion Junior Classic (tied fifth; November 2024) and Gulf Shores Junior Classic (tied seventh; February). Michael has committed to continue playing golf at the University of South Alabama upon graduation.
Jon Ed Steed, 2025, of Enterprise, is a recent graduate of Enterprise High School. Jon Ed will continue his college golf career at Vanderbilt University after a strong showing in the 109th Alabama State Amateur Championship at RTJ Capitol Hill (Senator). At the State Amateur, Steed fired rounds of 68-70-66-72 (276). Jon Ed played in three AJGA events and qualified for the 119th Southern Amateur at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
About the Alabama Golf Association (AGA)
The Alabama Golf Association is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational organization founded in 1915 whose mission is to serve and promote amateur golf in Alabama. AGA membership consists of 122 member clubs represented by over 33,000 individuals. The activities and services of the Alabama Golf Association are governed by a Board of Directors consisting of Alabama golfers who wish to serve the game and the association through service. A full-time professional staff of seven individuals handles day-to-day activities.
Based in Hoover, the AGA is the USGA's Allied Golf Association in Alabama conducting national championship qualifying, administering the World Handicap System including the GHIN Handicap service, course & slope rating, and Rules of Golf & Handicapping education. The AGA annually conducts 24 championships; team match competitions for men, women, junior and seniors. The AGA manages the Junior Golf Alabama program that is a joint venture between the AGA and Alabama-NW Florida PGA Section.
In addition to competitions, the AGA administers the AGA Scholarship Fund through the Alabama Golf Foundation that is dedicated to assisting young golfers in higher education. Additionally, the Alabama Golf Foundation supports the Youth on Course Alabama program providing facility access to junior golfers and provides funding for the Alabama Turfgrass Research Foundation. In 2016, the AGA earned the Gold Tee Award for “Outstanding Tournament Operations – Small Association” by the International Association of Golf Administrators (IAGA).
Since 1980, the AGA has managed the affairs of the Southern Golf Association which includes conducting the historic Southern Amateur Championship and Southern Junior Championship, in conjunction with the SGA Board of Directors.
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