Haley Harrington, a senior at Silliman
Institute, has signed a national letter of intent to play golf at Samford
University in Birmingham, Ala.
Harrington is a two-time MVP of the boys golf team at
Silliman, leading them to a MAIS Class AA state runner-up finish last year. She
is also a two-time member of the Baton Rouge area All-Metro team as selected by
The Advocate newspaper, and was named The Advocate’s 2012 “Star of Stars” as
the top player in the Baton Rouge Metro area for girls high school golf.
She is a two-time winner on the Arrowhead Junior Golf Tour
and was the 2011-12 Arrowhead Tour points champion. She has been selected twice
by Golf Connection Magazine to play in the Louisiana Junior Cup Matches and was
a member of the 2012 Louisiana Women’s Golf Association Tri-State Junior Cup
team.
Harrington is the daughter of Scott and Laurie Harrington of
St. Francisville. She signed on Nov. 14, the first day of the NCAA early
signing period for Division I golf.
Jacob Ross, a senior at Brookhaven Academy has signed to play golf at the University of Mississippi.
Ole Miss men’s golf head coach Ernest Ross announced the signing of the standout golfer to a national letter of intent on Wednesday. Ross will join the Rebels for the 2013-14 academic year.
A native of Brookhaven, Miss., Ross attended Brookhaven Academy, where he won the 2011 Mississippi State Junior Championship and is the four-time defending Mississippi Class 2A High School state champion.
“Jacob has been the top player in his class for many years,” said Ernest Ross. “He has an incredible desire to be the best and will play immediately at Ole Miss. I am really happy to have Jacob join our program. He works very hard on the course and in the classroom. He has above average distance and a great short game; he really knows how to score around the greens. I have been following Jacob’s golf career since he was about 12 years old and he impresses me every time he plays.”
A two-time Mississippi Junior Golfer of the Year, Ross is ranked the No. 1 golfer in Mississippi for the class of 2013 and owns a career-best round of 62. He also qualified for the 2012 USGA Junior Championship in New Hampshire, where he made the 64 player cut (out of 156 golfers) to advance to match play.
