PULLMAN, Wash. - Three incoming student-athletes signed National Letters of Intent to the Washington State women's golf team, head coach Kelli Kamimura announced earlier this week.

Darcy Habgood from Nambucca Heads, Australia joins the women's golf team January 2019. Habgood competed for the Queensland Schools' Girls Golf team from 2014-16. While competing, Habgood was an Invincibles Junior Masters Champion and Queensland Junior Girls Amateur runner up. The Australia native was a state runner-up in 2016. In 2016, Habgood placed sixth at the Australian Junior Girls Amateur tournament and won the Australian All Schools Girls Team match play. Habgood competed in the 2016 Katherine Kirk Classic, taking third overall. In 2017, she was a runner up at the Greg Norman Junior Masters and Queensland Junior Girls Amateur Champion. In 2018, Habgood placed third at the AGC Ladies Medal. Habgood was a 2018 New South Wales semi-finalist and a member of the NSW women's state team. As a member of Stursura's College team, Habgood was named the 2017 Senior Sports Star of the Future.

"We're really excited about Darcy joining us in January," said Kamimura. "I think she will add a nice, fresh face for the spring season and beyond. She's a good player from Australia who has a solid junior career resume who looks to come and add some depth to our team."

Ji-Ye Ham is out of The Regent's School BKK in Thailand. In 2015, Ham won the International Schools Junior Golf Tournament and was the first runner up at the Truevisions – Singha Junior Golf Championships. Ham won the 2015 TJGF and the Indonesia Jakarta Junior World Championship. At the 2015 World Stars of Junior Golf Masters, the Thailand native won the girls division class B. In 2016, Ham won the TrueVision Singha Junior Golf Championship. Ham placed second at the 2016 World Stars of Junior Golf Championship. Ham was the first runner up at the 16th Zhang Lianwei Cup International Junior Golf Invitational. At the 2016 Hong Kong Junior International Open Championship, Ham won the girls 15-17. Ham was named the 2016 TrueVisions Singha Best Player of the Year. In 2017, Ham won the TrueVisions Singha Junior Golf Championship. She won the 2017 Singha TSGU Junior Future Tour. In 2018, Ham won the TrueVisions International Junior Golf Championships.

"Ji-ye is from Thailand, originally from Korea, and we are eager to add her to our roster," said Kamimura. "She is a great person and is a really talented athlete who has a really decorated junior career resume. She will bring a lot of experience to the team and will help us on the course immediately."

Janine Surge joins Washington State from Holy Names Academy in Seattle, Wash. As a freshman, Surge was named MVP and helped her team to a 10-2 record and the tournament title at the Metro Championship. As a sophomore, Surge won the WGA Western Open and placed third at the IMG Junior Worlds Qualifier. As a junior, Surge was named team MVP once again and helped lead her team to the title at the Metro Championships. Surge won the High School District Championships and qualified for the Women's Amateur. The Seattle native competed in the 2017 GJAC and 2017 Junior Worlds. As a senior, Surge was named team captain. Surge placed second at the Metro Championships and tied for sixth at the Girls Junior Championship.

"Janine is a good player out of Washington," said Kamimura. "We are happy for her to join us in the fall as a Washington kid close to home. She also has a strong junior career resume and has played in a lot of tournaments over the years. She has improved her game every year and it's exciting to add a local kid to our roster to continue the trend of having a mix of local and international players."