2024 NebGolf Junior All-Star Team Announced
Karmazin, Gutschewski Headline All-Stars
OMAHA (November 11, 2024) - The Nebraska Golf Association’s 2024 Junior All-Star Team has been announced and includes team captains Julia Karmazin of Omaha and Trevor Gutschewski of Omaha.
Members were selected based upon their performance in state and/or national tournaments and select team events this past season. In addition, other criteria considered include a player’s integrity and conduct both on and off the golf course.
Members of the 2024 team include:
| Jackson Benge, Omaha | Elly Honnens, Lincoln |
| Trevor Gutschewski, Omaha* | KayLynn Jorgensen, Minden |
| Coltrane Mittag, Ashland | Julia Karmazin, Omaha* |
| Beau Petersen, Gretna | Naryn Kim, Lincoln |
| Sam Vocelka, Omaha | Olivia Lovegrove, Lincoln |
* Team captains
Julia Karmazin of Omaha, is the only repeat selection, making her third straight team, all as captain. The graduate of Elkhorn North High School swept the NebGolf girls' championships and is now competing for Creighton University. Elly Honnens of Lincoln, KayLynn Jorgensen of Minden, Naryn Kim of Lincoln and Olivia Lovegrove of Lincoln are all first-time selections.
Four players return on the boys' side from last year's team, including captain Trevor Gutschewski of Omaha, the 2024 U.S. Junior Amateur Champion. It's a third-straight selection for Gutschewski, a senior at Omaha Westside who is committed to the University of Florida. Omaha's Jackson Benge, a Westside graduate now competing for the Huskers, also makes his third-consecutive team. They are just the fifth and sixth players to make three all-star teams on the boys' side. Ashland's Coltrane Mittag, the Low Junior at the 2024 Nebraska Amateur, returns from last year's team, as does the 2024 Nebraska Junior Amateur and Nebraska Match Play Champion, Beau Petersen of Gretna. Mittag, who is homeschooled and in the class of 2026, recently committed to the University of Oklahoma. Petersen, a graduate of Gretna High School, is now competing for Northern Illinois University. Omaha's Sam Vocelka, a Millard North graduate who is now competing for the Omaha Mavericks, is the lone first-time selection.
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About NebGolf
The Nebraska Golf Association (NebGolf), founded in 1966, is comprised of all members of public and private clubs and/or municipal or regional golf associations which utilize an approved handicap service recognized by the USGA and provided by NebGolf. Our mission is to uphold and promote the game of golf and its values to all golfers in Nebraska. Among the duties of the Association include governance of member clubs and service as their handicapping and course rating authority, conduct of state golf championships, local USGA qualifying & other notable competitions, promotion of junior golf, presentation of worthwhile educational programs and support of allied golf organizations in Nebraska. The Nebraska Golf Association is an Allied Golf Association of the USGA and carries out core services including Handicap Administration and Oversight, Course Rating, Rules of Golf and Rules of Amateur Status, Tournaments and USGA Championship Qualifiers and USGA Initiatives and Community Programs.
