The Kansas Golf Coaches Association has announced its 2024 boys All-State teams.
All six individual grass-greens state champions earned first-team honors in their respective classes – Garden City’s Maddix Shook in Class 6A, Kapaun Mt. Carmel’s Asher Whitaker in Class 5A, McPherson’s Blaise Hoover in Class 4A, Wichita Collegiate’s Lunden Esterline in Class 3A, Ellinwood’s Drew Heinz in Class 2A and South Gray’s Gavin Wahl in Class 1A.
KGCA All-State honors are based off season-long scoring averages for players whose coaches are members of the association.
KANSAS GOLF COACHES ASSOCIATION ALL-STATE TEAMS
CLASS 6A
First team
James Ackerman, sr., Blue Valley; Jaydon Carruthers, sr., Derby; Elliott Cowden, so., Shawnee Mission East; Chance Rinkol, sr., Blue Valley; Maddix Shook, jr., Garden City; Myles Tarvin, sr., Olathe West.
Second team
Stuart Boulware, fr., Shawnee Mission East; Ty Lasley, sr., Blue Valley West; Jack Randall, sr., Free State; Brady Rapp, so., Blue Valley North; Tyler Strong, sr., Olathe South; Bennett Warren, jr., Olathe West.
Honorable mention
Hudson Bennish, so., Shawnee Mission East; Parker Boggins, jr., Olathe West; Jake Conley, sr., Olathe Northwest; Wylie Curtis, so., Shawnee Mission East; Connor MacGee, fr., Blue Valley; Aidan Robinson, jr., Dodge City.
CLASS 5A
First team
Colt Farrow, so., Andover Central; Jacob Fratzel, jr., St. James Academy; Laken Matthews, jr., Maize South; Aidan Nguyen, jr., Andover; Noah Pirtle, sr., Kapaun Mt. Carmel; Asher Whitaker, sr., Kapaun Mt. Carmel.
Second team
Max Farber, so., Bishop Carroll; Tyler Hardtafer, sr., Eisenhower; Grant Hatzenbuehler, jr., Andover; Jake Kolich, jr., St. James Academy; Luke Springer, so., Eisenhower; Carson Wright, sr., Eisenhower.
Honorable mention
Myles Alonzo, sr., Topeka West; Jason Brokaw, jr., Kapaun Mt. Carmel; MJ Lowe, jr. Pittsburg; Hudson Sauder, jr., Emporia; Brody Scafe, sr., Eisenhower; Beau Sheldon, fr., Blue Valley Southwest.
CLASS 4A
First team
Cash Foltz, sr., Wamego; Anderson Helmer, so., Circle; Blaise Hoover, sr., McPherson; Ethan Small, so., Independence; Talon White, sr., Wamego; Jack Winkler, sr., Bishop Miege.
Second team
Ty Deterding, jr., Eudora; Spencer Hecht, sr., Wamego; Regan Kueker, so., Wamego; Grant McAtee, jr., Pratt; Breckin Miller, fr., Wamego; Jackson Rumford, jr., Scott City.
Honorable mention
Griffin Bloemker, fr., Bishop Miege; Danny Jackson, sr., Chapman; Cooper Lucke, sr., Chanute; Wyatt Sharp, so., Circle; Cayden Turner, jr., Ottawa; Kaden Tyner, jr., Wamego.
CLASS 3A
First team
Bryce Badsky, sr., Silver Lake; Drew Buchman, jr., Council Grove; Dylan Esch, sr., Sooutheast of Saline; Lunden Esterline, fr., Wichita Collegiate; Eli Jones, jr., Norton; Lane Workman, sr., Santa Fe Trail.
Second team
Kyle Eggers, sr., Neodesha; Landon Langston, fr., Wichita Collegiate; Kory Meireis, jr., Kingman; Lucas Prado, jr., Heritage Christian; Roman Scoby, jr., Sabetha; Palmer Welsh, sr., Hesston.
Honorable mention
Brennen Coffield, so., Iola; Noah Garcia, jr., Lakin; Aiden Lynch, sr., Cheney; Cole Niederklein, sr., Frontenac; Talon Reynolds, sr., Larned; Tagen Rodriguez, jr., Hayden.
CLASS 2A
First team
Dylan Budig, sr., Hill City; Noah Dowell, jr., Hoxie; Easton Fink, so., Oakley; Drew Heinz, sr., Ellinwood; Rich Helmbold, sr., Cair Paravel; Michael Matteucci, sr., Sacred Heart.
Second team
Austin Carroll, sr., Ellis; Noah Fry, sr., Hill City; Mason Moore, sr., Ellinwood; Hunter Newell, sr., Sacred Heart; Luke Newell, jr., Sacred Heart; Walker Tuttle, sr., Sacred Heart.
Honorable mention
Lincoln Barnes, jr., Hutchinson Trinity; Heuer Brungardt, jr., TMP-Marian; Mark Entz, sr., Berean Academy; Max McGregor, jr., Garden Plain; Jayden Morris, jr., Plainville; Tate Nelson, jr., Garden Plain.
CLASS 1A
First team
Bodie Higgins, sr., Elkhart; Jaxon Koehn, sr., South Gray; Cael Kooiman, fr., Hutchinson Central Christian; Mitchell Lehman, sr., Ingalls; Cameron Wahl, jr., South Gray; Gavin Wahl, so., South Gray.
Second team
Spencer Coup, jr., Solomon; Jace Hoffman, so., Bishop Seabury; Jeb Kastens, jr., Rawlins County; Cord Kellenberger, jr., Ashland; Ryland Kooiman, jr., Hutchinson Central Christian; Noah Schrag, sr., Goessel.
Honorable mention
Sawyer Campbell, so., Kiowa County; Braxton Dixson, sr., Rawlins County; Daxton Hendrickson, fr., South Gray; Landen McPhail, sr., Ashland; Malachi Meador, sr., Ingalls; Oakley Ritter, jr., Kinsley; Lincoln Shafer, jr., Greeley County.