This week begins the early national letter of intent signing period, and numerous local players are formalizing their commitments to play college golf with specific schools beginning in the fall of 2017. In addition, Colorado-based schools are signing players from the state, elsewhere in the country and internationally.
Included are at least eight Coloradans who will play NCAA Division I golf. Among them are 2015 4A state high school champion Jackson Solem of Longmont (headed to the University of Denver), 2016 JGAC Junior Tour Championship winner Trevor Olkowski of Grand Junction (University of Colorado), 2015 Colorado Junior PGA Championship winner Cole Krantz of Windsor (also CU), 2016 Colorado Junior Match Play champ Griffin Barela of Lakewood (University of Wisconsin), Daniel Pearson of Fairview High School, who placed fourth in the 5A state meet (University of Nebraska) and Glen-Michael Mihavetz of Montrose (Monmouth).
And on the women’s golf side, Jordan Remley of Lakewood, a fifth-place finisher in the 2016 5A state tournament, is headed to the University of Wyoming. Amelia Lee of Castle Rock has committed to Creighton.
(Updated Nov. 11) Here are some of the Class of 2017 players from Colorado who have signed, or are expected to sign, letters of intent this fall:
Boys
Griffin Barela of Lakewood (Lakewood HS) — Wisconsin
Jacob Hoekert of Woodland Park (Colorado Springs Christian School) — Taylor University in Updland, Ind.
Cole Krantz of Windsor (Windsor HS) — Colorado
Glen-Michael Mihavetz of Montrose (Montrose HS) ““ Monmouth University in West Long Branch, N.J.
Trevor Olkowski of Grand Junction (Grand Junction HS) — Colorado
Owen Pasvogel (Discovery Canyon HS) — Northern Colorado
Daniel Pearson of Longmont (Fairview HS) — Nebraska
Jackson Solem of Longmont (attends Longmont Christian HS, played for Silver Creek HS) — Denver
JT Snowden (Rock Canyon HS) — Cal Lutheran
Tyler Zhang of Lone Tree (Regis Jesuit HS) — Regis University
Zach Zurcher (Valor Christian HS) — Faulkner University in Montgomery, Ala.
Girls
Julia Baroth of Denver (Denver East HS) — University of Colorado-Colorado Springs
Alexis Chan (Rock Canyon HS) — Carleton College (Minn)
Tabitha Diehl (Mountain Vista HS) — Rhodes College
Amelia Lee of Castle Rock (Rock Canyon HS) — Creighton
Hannah More of Littleton (Mullen HS) — Colorado Mesa
Jordan Remley of Lakewood (Ralston Valley HS) — Wyoming
Kellsey Sample of Monument (Palmer Ridge HS) — CSU Pueblo
Also
JGAC member Easton Paxton of Riverton, Wyo. — North Carolina State
Out-of-State Players Signing with Colorado Colleges (Updated May 25, 2017)
Boys
Air Force Academy
Kyle Spencer of Mount Pleasant, S.C.
Colorado State University
Jack Ainscough of Hartlepool, England
Andrew Lafferty of Alpharetta, Ga.
Cullen Plousha of Carlsbad, Calif.
Parathakorn Suyasri of Chonburi, Thailand
University of Colorado
Daniel O’Loughlin of Nottingham, England (sophomore-to-be transferring from McNeese State University in Lake Charles, La.)
University of Denver
John Sand of Hoquiam, Wash.
University of Colorado-Colorado Springs
Isaac Spillum of Paradise Valley, Ariz.
Girls
University of Colorado
Alisha Lau of British Columbia, Canada
Katie Stribling of Tustin, Calif.
Colorado State University
Haley Greb of Pendleton, Ore.
University of Denver
Anni Heck of Eagen, Minn.
Caroline Klemp, Lansing, Kan.
Looking ahead to future years, 3A state high school champion Oliver Jack from Kent Denver has verbally committed to attend CU beginning in 2018. And Eaglecrest junior Davis Bryant, runner-up in the 5A state high school tournament this fall, has said he’ll play at Colorado State starting in 2018. Bryant qualified for the U.S. Junior Amateur in 2015.
If other Colorado junior golfers have signed to play college golf beginning in 2017, please email us at golfjournal@coloradogolf.org
