FEDERAL WAY -- The Washington State Golf Association announced Chris Williams of Moscow, Idaho (top men), Erynne Lee of Silverdale (top woman) Andrew Whalen of Ephrata (junior boys), Jordan Ferreira of University Place (junior girls), Tom Brandes of Bellevue (senior men) and Ginny Burkey of Fircrest (senior women) as its top players of 2011.

For Williams, he earned U.S. Open qualifying medalist honors at Gold Mountain Golf Club. His stellar play would lead to his selection to play for the U.S. team at the Palmer Cup where his undefeated record helped the U.S. beat the European team at the Stanwich Club in Greenwich, Conn.

Williams would also win a pair of major amateur championships with back to back victories at the 18th Sahalee Players Championship and the 45th Pacific Coast Amateur in July. He would shoot a 16-under par, 268 to earn medalist honors at the 109th Western Amateur, where he would end up finishing as a quarterfinalist. Williams' outstanding summer culminated in August with his selection to the prestigious Walker Cup Team, where his record of 2-1-0 was one of the shining performances on the U.S. squad that came up short against the Great Britain and Ireland team at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club in Scotland.

Lee, 18, has now been awarded her third Women's Player of the Year honor in the past four years. Lee's accomplishments on the state and national level have been nothing short of remarkable. In June, Lee won the Washington State Women's Amateur by defeating little sister Katie Lee by two strokes with a 54-hole total of 3-under par, 213. The most notable performance of Lee's season came just weeks later at the U.S. Women's Amateur at the Rhode Island Country Club where she would make the quarterfinals for the second year in a row. Also of note for Lee in the past year is that she was the 4A Champion at the Washington Interscholastic Athletic Association and participated in the Canadian Women's Tour events at Beloeil, Blue Springs and Squamish Valley.

Whalen made the quarterfinals of the U.S. Junior Boys' Amateur which was held at Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton. Whalen also made the semifinals of the Pacific Northwest Junior Boys' Amateur and finished the year as the 59th ranked Junior in the American Junior Golf Association's rankings.

Ferreira's summer included a runner-up finish at the Washington State 4A high school championship and was highlighted by qualifying for the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship. She qualifed for the Junior America's Cup Team where she would finish tied for 27th.

Brandes won his second consecutive Senior Men's award. He qualified for the U.S. Senior Open in each of the past two years and won his first Senior Washington Open title at The Cedars at Dungeness. Then, he would qualify for his first USGA Senior Amateur Championship in his first attempt. Brandes capped off his season by winning the Washington State Senior Men's Amateur Championship at Bellingham Golf and Country Club.

Burkey qualified for the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship and won the Washington State Senior Women's Amateur Championship by five strokes.