Allen County-Scottsville’s Eli Stamper hits his ball towards the green on hole 10 during the Spartan Clash at Park Mammoth Golf Course in Park City on July 22.

Allen County-Scottsville senior Eli Stamper was named the Bluegrass Golf Tour Junior Series Player of the Year in the boys’ 15-18 age division on Wednesday.

It is the second straight year Stamper has won the award. He amassed 1,006.5 points on the BGT circuit, earned seven victories with a top 5 finish at the Cullan Brown Invitational, but the decisive points were earned with a victory at the Tour Championship to hold off Prospect’s Graham Schmidt for the second straight year.

All BGT player of the year winners will receive a trophy, and the 18-hole division and 12 & under 9-hole divisions will receive their awards during the Bluegrass Cup banquet on Nov. 2.

Stamper receives an exemption to advance to the team Match Play portion of the Kentucky Central Championship on Oct. 26-27 at Campbellsville Country Club. The Kentucky Central Championship has open registration with exempt and non-exempt participants playing 18-hole of stroke play on the first day to determine qualifiers and teams advancing to match play on the second day of competition. Non-qualifiers complete 18-holes of stroke play on the second day.

A total of 44 players will receive an invitation to compete in the Bluegrass Cup scheduled on Nov. 2-3 at CrossWinds Golf Course. The top 8 class of 2024 or younger players in the boys’ 15-18, girls’ 15-18, boys’ 12-14, and girls’ 14 & under divisions plus the top 4 players in the boys’ 11-12, boys’ 10 & under, and girls’ 12 & under divisions earn an invitation to participate in this Ryder Cup style event.

Stamper and BGT Girls’ Player of the Year (15-18 division) Kenzie Willen are scheduled to serve as the captains for the two teams.

A partnership between the Bluegrass Golf Tour and the FloGas Champion of Champions Junior Invitational provides the Players of the Year and Runner-Up in seven divisions with a VIP invite to compete against some of the world’s top junior golfers in Ireland for the 2025 World Championship. The World Championship receives World Amateur Golf Rankings with golfers from more than 35 countries competing. The top two players in the same divisions qualifying for the Bluegrass Cup will have the chance to compete in Ireland next year. The champion and runner-up in each division of the Bluegrass College Showcase, Cullan Brown Invitational and Tour Championship also receive invitations.

In the girls’ 15-18 division, South Warren’s Elsie Espinola finished third with 796.5 points with three wins and a second-place finish in the Tour Championship.

Bowling Green’s Paxton Fuqua earned an invitation to compete in the Bluegrass Cup with a top-eight finish in the boys’ 12-14 division.

Ellie Morgan of Bowling Green finished fourth in the girls’ 14 and under division after tallying three wins and 761 points in just six events.

Bowling Green’s Ally Jean Stephens claimed runner-up honors in the girls’ 12 and under division (9-hole) after totaling 794.5 points and four victories including the Tour Championship.

Darby Meredith of Bowling Green claimed the runner-up spot in the girls’ 13-18 division (9-hole) after winning six events in seven tournaments to total 665 points.