XXXIV Pan Am Junior Championships & BWF World Junior Championships 2026 – Team and Individual Athletes
- April 24, 2026
- 5:00 pm
USA Badminton is pleased to announce the athletes selected to represent USA at the XXXIV Pan Am Junior Championships and the 2026 BWF World Junior Championships. See here for the full list of winners.
The 2026 YONEX U.S. Selection Event for Pan Am Junior Championships & World Junior Championships was held on April 3 – 6, 2026, at Wayside Athletic Club located at 80 Broadmeadow St., Marlborough, MA 01752
Thank you to all the staff, volunteers, and technical officials that put together a fantastic Selection Event!
| U19 TEAM EVENT: 4 Girls and 4 Boys | |
| *listed in alphabetical order by last names | |
| Micah Cruz | Noah Chien |
| Sydney Li | Rithik Rasamsetti |
| Sophia Wu | Srinivas Raghav Subash |
| Cassidy Yeh | Justin Xia |
| U19, U17, U15, U13 INDIVIDUAL EVENT | ||||
| U19 BS | U19 GS | U19 XD | U19 BD | U19 GD |
| Shriyans Bhagavatula | Micah Cruz | Justin Xia Cassidy Yeh | Noah Chien Rithik Rasamsetti | Micah Cruz Sydney Li |
| Srinivas Raghav Subash | Sophia Wu | Ansen Liu Charity Lam | Shriyans Bhagavatula Arush Shyam Chitgopkar | Zoey Enqi Tan Cassidy Yeh |
| Rithik Rasamsetti | Lydia Chao | Vaughn Zhao Jennifer Xu | ||
| Caden Wang | Charity Lam | Jun Heng Lai Sydney Li | ||
| U17 BS | U17 GS | U17 XD | U17 BD | U17 GD |
| Aarya Vijay | Michelle Yourong Zhang | Allen Yang Angela Wang | Brendan Chen Ethan Wu | Clarinda Jin Katie Wong |
| Saatvik Shetty | Katie Wong | Noah Chien | Srinivas Rashav Subash Aarya Vijay | Angela Wang Selina Xu |
| Christopher Gunawan | Aadya Pitani | Brendan Chen Erica Chen Lin | ||
| Vincent Chen | Selina Xu | Vincent Chen Jennifer Bangcaya | ||
| U15 BS | U15 GS | U15 XD | U15 BD | U15 GD |
| Jacob Ma | Alice Meng | Srineet Atluri Stephanie Jiayi Song | Srineet Atluri Mikael Chang | Mihika Jaiswal Alice Meng |
| Jason Gu | Mihika Jaiswal | Jason Gu Elena Zhang | Jacob Ma Jacob Zhou | Janice Chen Stephanie Jiayi Song |
| Jacob Zhou | Sophia Sun | Jacob Ma Bella Liu | ||
| Srineet Athuri | Keira Winarto | Jacob Zhou Alice Meng | ||
| U13 BS | U13 GS | U13 XD | U13 BD | U13 GD |
| Kevin Xie | Hannah Xiao | Michael Yufu Sun Grace Cheng | Anirudh Rudharraju Kevin Xie | Grace Cheng Sophia Z Liu |
| Aayush Jaladurgam | Sophia Z Liu | Aayush Jaladurgam Siddhi Thorat | Vignan Chandrasekaran Michael Yufu Sun | Krishnavi Kasu Claire QiuChen Li |
| Michael Yufu Sun | Grace Cheng | Kevin Xie Claire QiuChen Li | ||
| Vignan Chandrasekaran | Aadya Yanamandra | Anirudh Rudharraju Krishnavi Kasu | ||
The BWF World Junior Championships 2026 will take place from October 5-18, 2026. Location to be announced by BWF.
USA Badminton will announce the Head Coach and Assistant Coach(es) for this tournament at a later date. The main goal of the Head Coach, with the assistance of the Assistant Coaches, is to prepare the Team and individual athletes for success on the field of play, including the coach setting the line-ups for each tie.
The Coach position is a voluntary funded position by USAB for travel & lodging. However, in the event that funding falls short, reimbursement of expenses will be reduced at USAB’s sole discretion. USAB High Performance Committee (USAB HPC) reserves the right to adjust/change the number and assignment of Coach(es) selected.
The Team Manager for this event will also be announced at a later date. The Team Manager’s duties are to serve as the primary point of contact and liaison between the athletes, coaches and USAB before and during the WJC Team and Individual competition and to be the primary contact to coordinate and communicate with the host/organizers onsite on behalf of the USAB team.
The first part of the World Junior Championships will feature the U19 Mixed Team Competition. In the Individual Competition, USA Badminton will have 20 athletes competing.
Congratulations to all the athletes who will be representing the USA in the BWF World Junior Championships 2026 (location TBA by BWF).
| TEAM EVENT: 5 Girls and 5 Boys | |
| *listed in alphabetical order by last names | |
| Audrey Chang | Shriyans Bhagavatula |
| Micah Cruz | Noah Chien |
| Vivian Feng | Rithik Rasamsetti |
| Sophia Wu | Srinivas Raghav Subash |
| Jasmine Yeung | Zicheng Xu |
| INDIVIDUAL EVENT | |
| *listed in alphabetical order by last names | |
| Audrey Chang – WS, WD | Shriyans Bhagavatula – MS, MD |
| Micah Cruz – WS, WD | Noah Chien – MD |
| Vivian Feng – WS | Arush Chitgopkar – MD |
| Charity Lam – XD | Ansen Liu – MD, XD |
| Sydney Li – WD | Rithik Rasamsetti – MS, MD |
| Zoey Tan – WD | Srinivas Raghav Subash – MS |
| Sophia Wu – WS | Caden Wang – MS |
| Jennifer Xu – XD | Justin Xia – MD, XD |
| Cassidy Yeh – WD, XD | Zicheng Xu – XD |
| Jasmine Yeung – WD, XD | Vaughn Zhao – XD |
The selected athlete list was reviewed by the USAB High Performance Committee and approved on April 23, 2025. The Selection Procedure can be found here.
USAB High Performance Committee: Members (Ms. Jamie Subandhi is the current Coach Director on USAB Board of Director; Contact.