State champions top all-state selections from Georgia high school golf coaches

Two-time state individual champion Grace Lee of Lambert High School and Hamilton Coleman of Lakeside-Evans were among those named player of the year by the Georgia High School Golf Coaches Association.

Lee finished her sophomore year by winning the Class 6A title for the second year and helped the Longhorns win their seventh consecutive state title.

Coleman, the reigning U.S. Junior Amateur champion, helped Lakeside-Evans win its sixth state title and first since 2024. Coleman won a playoff to earn medalist honors at the Class 5A meet.

The teams were selected from nominations collected across the state, with an all-state panel of coaches in each classification making the final selection.

The coaches also awarded Johnny Paulk Scholarships to Tanner Seabolt of North Hall, who will play at Point University, and Payne Lodge of Tift County. The scholarships are in honor of the late PGA professional at Jekyll Island Golf Club who was the course announcer on the 18th green at the Masters for many years.

Class 6A Boys

• Player of the Year: Luke Friend (North Paulding).
• Team: Mackinnley Yarbrough (Carrollton), Mason Pate (Lowndes), Zach Light (Harrison), Blake Spivey (Cherokee), Kaiden Drum (Harrison), Sahish Reddy (Lambert), Ledger Conley (Richmond Hill), Michael Washburne (Lambert).
• Honorable Mention: Aydin Dossa (North Gwinnett) Davis Moore (Etowah).

Class 6A Girls

• Player of the Year: Grace Lee (Lambert).
• Team: Georgia Blount (Camden County), Alexa Mohler (Richmond Hill), Mady Simpson (Carrollton), Allison Maher (North Gwinnett), Catherine Odom (Lowndes), Cadence Nance (East Coweta), Karin Lin (South Forsyth).
• Honorable Mention: Ella Kate Woods (Richmond Hill).

Class 5A Boys

• Player of the Year: Hamilton Coleman (Lakeside-Evans).
• Team: AJ Salierno (Newnan), Cane Carver (Coffee), Asher Sisk (Johns Creek), Kipp Madison (Lakeside-Evans), Sam Rogers (Lakeside-Evans), J.P. Spivey (Coffee), Caden Lee (Milton).
• Honorable Mention: Ryan Gallagher (Creekview), Hampton Keith (Newnan).

Class 5A Girls

• Player of the Year: Addison Peeples (Gainesville).
• Team: Aerin Kim (Johns Creek), Adyson Lukich (Greenbrier), Lily Sitler (McIntosh), Valentina Teran (Johns Creek), Hannah Powell (Coffee), Aanya Vantipalli (Milton), Kennedy Sparkman (Lakeside-Evans).
• Honorable Mention: Alexis Slaton (Pope), Adalynne Forchette (McIntosh).

Class 4A Boys

• Player of the Year: Bodie Brumlow (Cartersville)
• Team: Bear Dollander (Benedictine), Blake Goodroe (Madison County), Reid Henson (Cartersville), Cole Rosich (North Oconee), Jack Weeks (Benedictine), Brooks Cass (North Oconee), Peter Pettit (Westminster), Brooks Adams (Marist).
• Honorable Mention: Sam Carden (North Oconee), Dane Chadwell (Benedictine).

Class 4A Girls

• Player of the Year: Ashlyn Taylor (Marist).
• Team: Alex Gammill (Starr’s Mill), Carlee Brown (Madison County), Kyler Hammond (North Oconee), Leah Reddykotha (Centennial), Delaney McFadden (Blessed Trinity), Olivia Weaver (North Oconee), Wesleigh Myers (Allatoona), Hailey Moffett (North Oconee).

Class 3A Boys

• Player of the Year: Saxon Chastain (LaGrange).
• Team: Braceton Beasley (West Laurens), Tanner Seabolt (North Hall), Wilson Knight (Whitewater), McKnight Beman (Richmond Academy), Hugh Kersey (LaGrange), Brody Graham (West Laurens).
• Honorable Mention: Charlie Pitts (LaGrange), Wallace Leigh (North Hall).

Class 3A Girls

• Player of the Year: Pearl Hughes (Dawson County).
• Team: Ariel Collins (Luella), Gabriella Jones (North Hall), Caroline Brown (LaGrange), Caroline Burroughs (Southeast Bulloch), Tori Beth Condon (Jefferson), Haley Hammett (Southeast Bulloch), Maddie Kate Hall (White County).
• Honorable Mention: Annie Eickman (Calhoun), LC Mullaly (LaFayette)

Class 2A Boys

• Player of the Year: Monty Thakur (Columbus).
• Team: Sam Amerson (Thomson), Bennett Puryear (Pierce County), Hardt Strickland (Pierce County), Ethan Pham (Columbus), Isaiah Price (Burke County), Asher Price (Burke County), Gavin Wood (Laney).
• Honorable Mention: Sam West (Drew Charter), Clay Worley (Sonoraville).

Class 2A Girls

• Player of the Year: Maya Lilja-Vazquez (Savannah Arts).
• Team: Allie Nguyen (Columbus), Emma Shiflet (Hart County), Belle Sinclair (Pierce County), Ashton King (Hart County), Moriah Mims (Appling County), Brooke Dixon (Pierce County), Bailey Mitchell (Morgan County).
• Honorable Mention: Molly Kate Dixon (Pierce County), Larkin Woods (Coahulla Creek).

Class A Division I Boys

• Player of the Year: Colton Lewis (Swainsboro).
• Team: Madden Drake (Elbert County), Nolan Henderson (Elbert County), Will Bowen (Commerce), Griffin Barnett (Bremen), Mason Clark (Ace Charter), Austin Mosley (Vidalia), Hayden Bowman (Gordon Lee).
• Honorable Mention: Ashton Hullett (Jeff Davis), Hudson Feeney (Social Circle).

Class A Division I Girls