College letters of intent were certainly in the news this week, largely because Wednesday marked the first day Class of 2016 high school football players could sign on the dotted line.
While the equivalent day for golf was in November — when many Colorado players formalized their college plans — there have been numerous additional commitments in recent months, so it’s worth an update.
At least 25 Colorado high school players have now committed to play golf in college. That includes at least 11 at the NCAA Division I level, including Regis Jesuit’s Andrew McCormick (pictured), who recently noted on Twitter that he was headed to Creighton. Last year, McCormick was runner-up in the CGA Junior Match Play and tied for third in the 5A state high school meet while his school claimed the team title.
Here’s a rundown of the Class of 2016 Coloradans who have committed to play college golf beginning in the fall (* — indicates NCAA Division I programs):
Boys
Tim Amundson (Valor Christian HS) — Colorado School of Mines
Austin Burgess (Coronado HS) — CSU-Pueblo
Troy Dangler (Fruita Monument HS) — Denver*
Alex Farrell (Skyline HS) — Milligan in Tennessee
Chase Federico (Pueblo South HS) — CSU-Pueblo
Reese Leiker (Heritage HS) — St. Gregory’s in Oklahoma
Andrew McCormick (Regis Jesuit HS) — Creighton in Nebraska*
AJ Ott (Fort Collins HS) — Colorado State*
Hunter Paugh (Fort Collins HS) — South Dakota*
Isaac Petersilie (Coronado HS) — Denver*
Coby Welch (Valor Christian HS) — Northern Colorado*
Ryan Zetwick (Rock Canyon HS) — Hillsdale College in Michigan
Girls
Delaney Benson (Heritage HS) — Creighton in Nebraska*
Delaney Elliott (Monarch HS) — Montana State*
Kendra George (Heritage HS) — Texas A&M Commerce
Kacey Godwin (Colorado Academy) — Whitman in Washington
Jennifer Hankins (Legacy HS) — Metro State of Denver
Madeline Kern (Broomfield HS) — Regis University
Madison McCambridge (Fairview HS) — Wisconsin-Stout
Hannah More (Mullen HS) — Colorado Mesa
Kiselya Plewe (Montezuma-Cortez HS) — Weber State in Utah*
Morgan Sahm (Grandview HS) — Northern Colorado*
Erin Sargent (Silver Creek HS) — Wyoming*
Haley Smith (Fountain-Fort Carson HS) — Central Christian in Kansas
Mary Weinstein (Regis Jesuit HS) — Regis University
