BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Campbell University head women's golf coach John Crooks and associate head coach Val Patino have announced the signing of four outstanding student-athletes to athletics grants-in-aid.  Lohaijany Castillo will join the Fighting Camel program in January, while Louisa Bloomfield, Yukino Kudo and Miah Rivas will enroll in August 2026.
 
"Val and I are proud to introduce four outstanding student athletes who will join our women's golf team," said Crooks, who is in his 36th year at Campbell and 35th as head women's coach.  "Each player has proven to be one of the best players from different corners of the world. I believe our new additions will bring exciting competition within our team and for our team.  The athletic talent and the enthusiasm they bring to Buies Creek will help us continue to be one of the leaders in the Coastal Athletic Association.
 
Bloomfield, Castillo, Kudo and Rivas will join a program that has advanced to NCAA postseason competition 12 times in the last 13 years.
 
Louisa Bloomfield | Freshman | Braunschweig, Germany | Hoffman von Fallersleben Schule
Prep/Personal:  Louisa Mary Charlotte Bloomfield… Has one victory (GVNB Landesmeisterschaften Damen) in World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) events…. Finished fourth at 2025 German National Match Play Championship… Finished eighth at 2025 German U18 Girls national championship… 2025 State Champion… Twice represented Lower Saxony in junior state team championship (2023, 2024)… 2022 North German Women's Amateur Champion… Hannover 2025 women's club champion… Won women's club championship at GK Braunschweig four times… First native of Germany to join the Campbell women's golf program… Daughter of Tim Bloomfield and Birgitta Lange-Bloomfield… Born Oct. 20, 2006… Plans an international business major…
 
Lohaijany Castillo | Freshman | San Jose, Costa Rica | International St. Jude School
Prep/Personal:  Lohaijany Belen Castillo… Has three victories and 15 top 10 finishes in World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) events…. Two-time (2024, 2025) winner of the US Kids Panama Invitational (15-18 girls)… Finished second in the 2025 Costa Rica national ranking (champions category) and first among 15-18 female age group… Placed third in the 15-18 Boys & Girls 2024 Costa Rica junior national championship…  Finished third in the 2023 Abierto Metropolitano (champions category)… First native of Costa Rica to join the Campbell women's golf program… Daughter of Elliott Peterman and Yobesly Castillo… Has one brother, Luka… Born Dec. 24, 2007… Plans to major in sport management…
 
Yukino Kudo | Freshman | Tokyo, Japan | Montverde  (Fla.) Academy
Prep/Personal:  Yukino Kudo… Won the opening event in the 2025 IJGA × NXXT College Pathway Series… Competed in Florida State Girls Junior Championship… Won 2025 Lake Nono Junior Open… Ranked No. 432 in Junior Golf Scoreboard… Place fifth in Hudson Junior Invitational… First native of Japan to join the Campbell women's golf program… Daughter of Kozan and Vilawan Kudo… Born Jan. 4, 2008… Plans to major in kinesiology…
 
Miah Rivas | Freshman | Guadalajara, Mexico | Mati Talent Institute
Prep/Personal:  Miah Joss Rivas… Five-time champion of Western Regional Zone of Mexico… Qualified for the 2025 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball and the Annika Invitationa… Finished among the top five at the Mexican Amateur… Runner-up in Mexican Doubles… Won FCG GDL Championship… Top 5 national ranking in Mexico… First native of Mexico to play at Campbell since Sandra Angulo Minarro (2007-11) and Maria Jose Benavides (2010-14)… Daughter of Javier Rivas and Josselyne Bejar… Born June 26, 2008… Undecided academic major…