Fairfax, Va. – George Mason University golf head coach Greg Pieczynski has announced the addition of three student-athletes to compete during the 2020-21 season.
 
"I'm really excited about the addition of these three student-athletes," said Pieczynski. "I think they can all come right in and make an immediate impact. Nikita is a local product who won the prestigious Donald Ross Jr. Invitational. Colin just finished fourth in an AJGA, firing blistering rounds of 68-64. James comes from one of the most prolific golf families with his grandfather having won on the PGA tour. Obviously getting a player like James to come from a top 25 program like UCF is a huge steal for us."
  
Nikita Gubenko | Great Falls, Va.
 
A local product from Great Falls, Va., Gubenko played four years of varsity golf for Langley High School. He was a 2-time captain for the Saxons' varsity golf team. He earned first team state honors three times, first-team district honors three times and first-team regional honors all four years. He had a scoring average 71.5 strokes per round. He won the Donald Ross Junior Championship held at Pinehurst in December 2019.  He is a member of the National Slavic honors society.
 
James Nieporte | Boca Raton, Fla.
 
Nieporte is a transfer from the University of Central Florida. He was a four-year captain of the golf team at Boca Raton Community High School where he earned first team all-county. He was number one on the team three of his four years. On the junior circuit, he was a two-time Florida Junior Cup Team Member (2018 and 2019), won a Florida Junior Tournament (FJT), and finished second at Bay Hill (2018) in an American Junior Golf Association tournament (AJGA). He ranked 10^th in Florida among the 2019 high school class. He earned a 4.0 GPA as a senior.
 
Colin Slater | Austin, Texas
 
Slater is a 4-year letterman in golf at Vandegrift High School in Austin, Texas. He earned a place on the 2019 all-district and all-region team. He carded an 8-under-par to finish fourth in the two-round AJGA Bob Estes Junior Championship played July 6-8, 2020 at Abilene Country Club in Texas.