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title: Washington Golf Names 2019 Players of the Year
description: Federal Way, Wash. – Washington Golf (WA Golf) has announced the 2019 Player of the Year recipients.
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# [Washington Golf Names 2019 Players of the Year](https://wagolf.org/news/2019-players-of-the-year)

 Written by [WA Golf Staff](https://wagolf.org/news/author/wa-golf-staff) | Oct 23, 2019 7:00:00 AM

**Federal Way, Wash.** – Washington Golf (WA Golf) has announced the 2019 Player of the Year recipients. The category winners are as follows: Men’s, Joe Highsmith of Lakewood; Women's, Emily Baumgart of Walla Walla; Men's Mid-Amateur, Reid Hatley of Hayden Lake, Idaho; Women's Mid-Amateur, Tina Papatolis of Issaquah; Senior Men's, Tom Brandes of Bellevue; Senior Women's, Leslie Folsom of Tukwila; Junior Boys', Ian Siebers of Bellevue; and Junior Girls', Gihoe Seo of Mercer Island.

The recipients will be honored at the 98th WA Golf Annual Meeting, which is being held Saturday, November 2, at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Wash.

[**Click here for a complete list of accomplishments**](https://wagolf.org/play/player-of-the-year-award/) of this year’s WA Golf Player of the Year recipients.

#### Men's Player of the Year

**Joe Highsmith (Lakewood)**

#### Women's Player of the Year

**Emily Baumgart (Walla Walla)**

#### Men's Mid-Amateur Player of the Year

**Reid Hatley (Hayden Lake, Idaho)**

#### Women's Mid-Amateur Player of the Year

**Tina Papatolis (Issaquah)**

#### Senior Men's Player of the Year

**Tom Brandes (Bellevue)**

#### Senior Women's Player of the Year

**Leslie Folsom (Tukwila)**

#### Junior Boys' Player of the Year

**Ian Siebers (Bellevue)**

#### Junior Girls' Player of the Year

**Gihoe Seo (Mercer Island)**

The WA Golf Championship Committee meets annually in early October to vote and select the Players of the Year in the categories of Men’s, Women’s, Senior Men’s, Senior Women’s, Men’s Mid-Amateur, Women’s Mid-Amateur, Junior Boys' and Junior Girls'. The WA Golf Performance Points list is used as the primary guide for the selection. Since WA Golf does not have a performance points list for juniors, WA Golf receives the nominations for selection from the Washington Junior Golf Association.

Founded in 1922, WA Golf is a 501c4 non-profit, amateur golf association governed by men and women volunteers. Serving nearly 70,000 individual members at more than 650 member golf clubs and 270 golf courses throughout the state of Washington and Northern Idaho, WA Golf works to continually expand the game of golf to people of all backgrounds.

WA Golf also serves as a statewide representative of the United States Golf Association and works closely with a number of allied associations within the golf industry for the betterment of the game.

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