Shane Lebow
Santa Barbara High School’s Shane Lebow and Laguna Blanca’s Niall Platt made Santa Barbara look pretty smart on Wednesday, as both were named HP Scholastic Junior All-American golfers. Only 12 male student-athletes across the nation are awarded the decoration made by the American Junior Golf Association each year.
While the prerequisite to be considered for the distinction is doing well on the course in AJGA events, grade-point average, class rank, SAT/ACT scores, leadership skills, community service and writing ability in the classroom are all taken into account.
For their acheivement, the pair will travel to Florida in November to the PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. An awards banquet and a golf tournament on the resort’s Champion and Haig Courses are all part of the package.
Niall Platt
Platt had an impressive summer, finishing second at the AJGA Junior Tournament at Wenatchee. The future Notre Dame player shot 2-under par (70-71-73) in the event. He was also the only junior to make the cut in both the SCGA Amateur in July and the California State Fair Amateur in early September. This past weekend, he won the SCPGA Toyota Tour Cup at Cypress Ridge, shooting 71-73 in extremely windy conditions.
Lebow, who recently found out he’ll be playing at Stanford next year, is now been named an academic All-American two years in a row. The Dons senior tallied three top-10 finishes at AJGA events during a two-month stretch over the summer. In June, he placed 10th at the Rolex Tournament of Champions in Missisippi. In July, Lebow posted his most impressive result at the Callaway Junior World Golf Championships held at world-famous Torrey Pines in San Diego, where he was playing against a highly-competetive international field. Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo won the event finishing 3-under par over four rounds. Lebow tied for ninth place. His highest result was an eighth place at the Emerson Junior Golf Classic at the Maderas Golf Club in Poway.
Here’s the full team:
BOYS TEAM
Sam Bernstein, Riverdale, N.Y. The Ethical Culture Fieldston School GPA: N/A Rank in Class: N/A SAT: 2140
Patrick Kennedy, Orland Park, Ill. Carl Sandburg High School GPA: 4.742/4.0 Rank in Class: Top 10% ACT: 32
Shane Lebow, Santa Barbara, Calif. Santa Barbara High School GPA: 4.66/4.0 Rank in Class: Top 2% ACT: 32
Niall Platt, Santa Barbara, Calif. Laguna Blanca School GPA: 4.45/4.0 Rank in Class: N/A SAT: 2200
Theodore Lederhausen, Hinsdale, Ill. Hinsdale Central High School GPA: 5.8571/5.0 Rank in Class: 16 of 691 ACT: 33
Jeffrey Lee, Overland Park, Kan. Blue Valley North High School GPA: 4.4762/4.0 Rank in Class: 14 of 368 ACT: 30
Kyle Lewis, Shawnee, Okla. Bethel High School GPA: 4.292/4.0 Rank in Class: 1 of 96 ACT: 28
Seiji Liu, Beverly Hills, Calif. The Pendleton School GPA: 4.54/4.0 Rank in Class: 1 of 108 SAT: 2270
David Mills, Evansville, Ind. North High School GPA: 4.0/4.0 Rank in Class: 1 of 340 ACT: 31
Patrick Rodgers, Avon, Ind. Avon High School GPA: 4.6397/4.0 Rank in Class: 1 of 582 SAT: 1980
Jes Sanders, Rogers, Ark. Rogers High School GPA: 4.071/4.0 Rank in Class: Top 5% ACT: 32
Paul Sansom, Russellville, Ky. Russellville High School GPA: 4.3043/4.0 Rank in Class: 1 of 92 ACT: 29
GIRLS TEAM
Ashley Armstrong, Flossmoor, Ill. Homewood-Flossmoor High School GPA: 5.840/6.0 Rank in Class: 6 of 752 ACT: 30
Jane Dong, Fremont, Calif. Irvington High School GPA: 3.906/4.0 Rank in Class: 23 of 438 SAT: 2240
Casey Grice, College Station, Texas A Consolidated High School GPA: 4.2861/4.0 Rank in Class: 24 of 659 ACT: 28
Bonnie Hu, Fremont, Calif. Mission San Jose High School GPA: 4.0/4.0 Rank in Class: 1 of 509 SAT: 2350
Rui Li, Kent, Wash. Kentwood High School GPA: 3.963/4.0 Rank in Class: 11 of 487 SAT: 2170
Marika Liu, Beverly Hills, Calif. The Pendleton School GPA: 4.54/4.0 Rank in Class: 1 of 108 SAT: 2150
Rachel Morris, Carlsbad, Calif. Carlsbad High School GPA: 4.225/4.0 Rank in Class: N/A SAT: 1820
Kelli Oride, Lihue, Hawaii Kauai High School GPA: 4.0/4.0 Rank in Class: 1 of 318 ACT: N/A
Sun Gyoung Park, Vail, Ariz. Cienega High School GPA: 4.95/4.0 Rank in Class: 1 of 397 ACT: 28
Michelle Piyapattra, Corona, Calif. Lutheran High School GPA: 4.6078/4.0 Rank in Class: 1 of 34 SAT: 1640
Stani Schiavone, Bangor, Pa. Bangor Area High School GPA: 103.15/100 Rank in Class: 3 of 275 SAT: 1760
Emily Tubert, Burbank, Calif. John Burroughs High School GPA: 4.1159/4.0 Rank in Class: 32 of 619 SAT: 1850
