The 12 girls on the 2018 Rolex Junior All-America first team are from seven states, China, South Korea and Australia.
The team features five future college teammates: three at Stanford (Sadie Englemann of Austin, Texas; 2017 Rolex Junior Player of the Year Rachel Heck of Memphis, Tennessee; and Lei (Angelina) Ye of Shanghai, China) and two at Duke (Anne Chen of (Australia) Sugar Land, Texas; and Erica Shepherd of Greenwood, Indiana). Michaela Morard of Huntsville, Alabama, and Megan Schofill of Monticello, Florida, are also committed to Alabama and Auburn, respectively. Eight of the 12 first teamers have earned Rolex Junior All-America team honors three or more times, five for the fourth time (Heck, Morard, 2018 Rolex Junior Player of the Year Yealimi Noh, Shepherd and Yujeong Son of (South Korea) Norman, Oklahoma).
Chen and Schofill earned Rolex Junior All-America honors for the first time in 2018.
Meet the Teams
First Team
Anne Chen of (Australia) Sugar Land, Texas
Sadie Englemann of Austin, Texas
Rachel Heck of Memphis, Tennessee
Lucy Li of Redwood Shores, California
Michaela Morard of Huntsville, Alabama
2018 Rolex Junior Player of the Year Yealimi Noh of Concord, California
Alexa Pano of Lake Worth, Florida
Megan Schofill of Monticello, Florida
Erica Shepherd of Greenwood, Indiana
Yujeong Son of (South Korea) Norman, Oklahoma
Lei (Angelina) Ye of (China) Bradenton, Florida
Rose Zhang of Irvine, California
Second Team
Amari Avery of Riverside, California
Irene Kim of La Palma, California
Xin (Cindy) Kou of (China) Windermere, Florida
Alexa Melton of Covina, California
Katherine Muzi of Walnut, California
Bohyun Park of (South Korea) Farmers Branch, Texas
Brooke Seay of Rancho Santa Fe, California
Aneka Seumanutafa of Emmitsburg, Maryland
Erika Smith of Orlando, Florida
Kornkamol Sukaree of (Thailand) Huntington Beach, California
Christine Wang of Houston, Texas
Elizabeth Wang of San Marino, California
Honorable Mention
Ty Akabane of Danville, California
Zoe Antoinette Campos of Valencia, California
Briana Chacon of Whittier, California
Ya Chun Chang of (Taiwan) Bradenton, Florida
Megan Furtney of South Elgin, Illinois
Ashley Gilliam of Manchester, Tennessee
Agustina Gomez of Cisterna, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Savannah Grewal of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Sophie Guo of (China) Orlando, Florida
Yoon Min Han of (South Korea) Bradenton, Florida
Trinity King of Arlington, Texas
Anina Ku of Basking Ridge, New Jersey
Rachel Kuehn of Asheville, North Carolina
Yu Wen Lu of Shanghai, China
Ashley Menne of Surprise, Arizona
Alyssa Montgomery of Knoxville, Tennessee
Brianna Navarrosa of San Diego, California
Jennie Park of Carrollton, Texas
Sarah-Eve Rheaume of Lac-Delage, Quebec, Canada
Serena Sepersky of Temecula, California
Latanna Stone of Riverview, Florida
Alexandra Swayne of Maineville, Ohio
Nicole Whiston of San Diego, California
Katie Yoo of Orlando, Florida