Hokie ClubVirginia Tech women's golfer Alyssa Montgomery has been named a second-team Rolex Junior All-American by the American Junior Golf Association, as announced on Monday.
Montgomery, a freshman from Knoxville, Tennessee, is a two-time Rolex Junior All-American. She earned victories in the Justin Thomas and the Scott Stallings Junior Championship in 2019. She tied for eighth at the 2019 Girls Junior PGA Championship.
At Virginia Tech this season, Montgomery has started in all three events in the fall for the Hokies. She is third on the team in scoring average and has two rounds of par-or-under, including a personal-best 68 in the Hokies' tournament win at the Princess Anne Invitational earlier this month.
Introduced by the AJGA in 1978, the Rolex Junior All-America Teams annually recognize the world's premier junior golfers. The 2019 Rolex Junior All-America Teams are comprised of 96 junior golfers, 48 boys and 48 girls, ages 14-19, from 25 states and eight countries, including Australia, Canada, China, Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom, United States and Venezuela. These young men and women distinguished themselves through outstanding play in 135 national junior golf events, 120 of which were conducted by the AJGA. The teams were determined exclusively through the Rolex AJGA Rankings as of October 15.
Rolex Junior All-Americans have a long history of success. Phil Mickelson, Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth, Tiger Woods, Rickie Fowler, Brooks Koepka, Lexi Thompson, Anna Nordqvist, Paula Creamer, Morgan Pressel, and Inbee Park are among the many Rolex Junior All-Americans who've achieved in college and beyond.