Women’s Golf Announces Four Signees – UCLA
LOS ANGELES – The UCLA women’s golf program has received signed Grants in Aid (GIA) from four future Bruin student-athletes, Maye Huang, Kacey Ly, Zoe Sprecher and GaEun Athena Yoo, as announced Thursday by head coach Alicia Um Holmes.
“Half of our eight players this season are seniors, so this recruiting class was particularly important for our team to reload our roster,” Um Holmes said. “We are adding four 2025’s to the squad: GaEun Athena Yoo, Maye Huang, Kacey Ly and Zoe Sprecher. They are an incredible group of young women – talented, driven, amazing students and feisty competitors. Athena and Maye are joining us from out of state, Georgia and Texas, respectively, and Kacey and Zoe live here locally. I see these four instantly injecting good energy to our team’s bubble and wouldn’t be surprised if all of them break into the starting lineup in Fall 2025. Coach Erynne and I couldn’t be more pleased to officially welcome them to our UCLA golf family!”
Maye Huang
Katy, Texas
Texas Connections Academy at Houston
Huang is currently ranked 26th in the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) rankings … recorded two top-5 finishes in AJGA tournaments in 2024 … won her first AJGA title at the K.J. Choi Foundation Texas Junior Championship in March 2024 with scores of 69-73-73 … the next week, she finished runner-up at the AJGA Lake Charles Junior Championship, shooting 76-69-68 … competed at the 2024 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship at El Caballero Country Club where she made the top 64 of stroke play to advance into match play … won the 2017 National Drive, Chip and Putt in the age 7-9 division … ranked 673rd in the most recent World Amateur Golf Rankings.
Kacey Ly
Temple City, Calif.
Temple City HS
Ly is currently ranked 32nd in the AJGA rankings … recorded three top-5 AJGA finishes in 2024 … won the AJGA Junior at Copper Valley in a field of 27 with scores of 73-68-72 … tied for fourth at the Rolex Girls Junior Championship in a field of 72 with scores of 69-71-69 … qualified for the 2024 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Southern Hill Country Club in Tulsa, Okla. where she missed the cut … ranked 664th in the most recent World Amateur Golf Rankings.
Zoe Sprecher
Sierra Madre, Calif.
Arcadia HS
Sprecher helped lead Arcadia High School to multiple Pacific League and CIF state championships … recorded eight top-10 finishes on the AJGA and Toyota Tour Cup tours in 2024 … finished third at the 2024 Southern California Junior Amateur at Morongo Golf Club in a field of 13 with scores of 72-72-69 … placed runner-up at the UHY Junior Open at Mission Viejo Country Club, an AJGA event, in a field of 27 with scores of 70-71-71 … ranked 153rd in the AJGA rankings.
GaEun Athena Yoo
Alpharetta, Ga.
Lambert HS
Yoo is currently ranked 65th in the AJGA rankings and 341st in the World Amateur Golf Rankings … won two AJGA titles in 2024 … won her first AJGA title in July at the Babygrande Atlanta Classic at Pinetree Country Club (Kennesaw, Ga.) in a field of 27 with scores of 69-68-70 … won the AJGA Atlanta Classic one month later at Planterra Club (Peachtree City, Ga.) in a field of 27 with scores of 70-65-74 after finishing runner-up at the same event the previous year … biggest win to date is at the 2023 PGA Girls High School National Invitational at PGA Frisco, competing for Lambert High School … Yoo clinched her individual title on the par-5 455-yard 18th hole with a 60-foot chip shot for eagle to take the lead, which later ended up at No. 1 on SportsCenter’s Top 10 that evening … won multiple Georgia state championships at Lambert High School.
“Half of our eight players this season are seniors, so this recruiting class was particularly important for our team to reload our roster,” Um Holmes said. “We are adding four 2025’s to the squad: GaEun Athena Yoo, Maye Huang, Kacey Ly and Zoe Sprecher. They are an incredible group of young women – talented, driven, amazing students and feisty competitors. Athena and Maye are joining us from out of state, Georgia and Texas, respectively, and Kacey and Zoe live here locally. I see these four instantly injecting good energy to our team’s bubble and wouldn’t be surprised if all of them break into the starting lineup in Fall 2025. Coach Erynne and I couldn’t be more pleased to officially welcome them to our UCLA golf family!”
Maye Huang
Katy, Texas
Texas Connections Academy at Houston
Huang is currently ranked 26th in the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) rankings … recorded two top-5 finishes in AJGA tournaments in 2024 … won her first AJGA title at the K.J. Choi Foundation Texas Junior Championship in March 2024 with scores of 69-73-73 … the next week, she finished runner-up at the AJGA Lake Charles Junior Championship, shooting 76-69-68 … competed at the 2024 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship at El Caballero Country Club where she made the top 64 of stroke play to advance into match play … won the 2017 National Drive, Chip and Putt in the age 7-9 division … ranked 673rd in the most recent World Amateur Golf Rankings.
Kacey Ly
Temple City, Calif.
Temple City HS
Ly is currently ranked 32nd in the AJGA rankings … recorded three top-5 AJGA finishes in 2024 … won the AJGA Junior at Copper Valley in a field of 27 with scores of 73-68-72 … tied for fourth at the Rolex Girls Junior Championship in a field of 72 with scores of 69-71-69 … qualified for the 2024 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Southern Hill Country Club in Tulsa, Okla. where she missed the cut … ranked 664th in the most recent World Amateur Golf Rankings.
Zoe Sprecher
Sierra Madre, Calif.
Arcadia HS
Sprecher helped lead Arcadia High School to multiple Pacific League and CIF state championships … recorded eight top-10 finishes on the AJGA and Toyota Tour Cup tours in 2024 … finished third at the 2024 Southern California Junior Amateur at Morongo Golf Club in a field of 13 with scores of 72-72-69 … placed runner-up at the UHY Junior Open at Mission Viejo Country Club, an AJGA event, in a field of 27 with scores of 70-71-71 … ranked 153rd in the AJGA rankings.
GaEun Athena Yoo
Alpharetta, Ga.
Lambert HS
Yoo is currently ranked 65th in the AJGA rankings and 341st in the World Amateur Golf Rankings … won two AJGA titles in 2024 … won her first AJGA title in July at the Babygrande Atlanta Classic at Pinetree Country Club (Kennesaw, Ga.) in a field of 27 with scores of 69-68-70 … won the AJGA Atlanta Classic one month later at Planterra Club (Peachtree City, Ga.) in a field of 27 with scores of 70-65-74 after finishing runner-up at the same event the previous year … biggest win to date is at the 2023 PGA Girls High School National Invitational at PGA Frisco, competing for Lambert High School … Yoo clinched her individual title on the par-5 455-yard 18th hole with a 60-foot chip shot for eagle to take the lead, which later ended up at No. 1 on SportsCenter’s Top 10 that evening … won multiple Georgia state championships at Lambert High School.
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