Player: Joshua McCarthy
Hometown:
Danville
University: Pepperdine University
Area of Study: Communication
Expected Graduation: 2020
Soldier Honored: Chad M. Trimble
University: Pepperdine University
Area of Study: Communication
Expected Graduation: 2020
Soldier Honored: Chad M. Trimble
2016-17 (Freshman)
- Earned All-WCC first team honors as a freshman
- Was in the lineup for every event and played in all 14 tournaments and 43 rounds
- His scoring average of 72.84 ranks No. 4 among Pepperdine freshmen
- Set a Pepperdine record with 43 rounds, and tied another freshman record with eight top-20 finishes while his 13 below-par rounds were the third-most by a Pepperdine freshman
- Tied for second place at the Western Intercollegiate with a 1-under 209 (70-69-70)
- Tied for 20th at the WCC Championships (76-68-73=217)
- Tied for 12th at the NCAA Stanford Regional (71-69-70=210), the third-best finish by a Pepperdine freshman at a regional
- Tied for 56th at the NCAA Championships (69-75-73-80=297)
- Had at least one below-par round in 11 of 14 tournaments, including all nine spring events
- Best round was a 4-under 67 in the second round of the Alister MacKenzie Invitational and a 4-under 68 in the first round of the Southern Highlands Collegiate and the second round of the WCC Championships
- Led the Waves twice, at the Western Intercollegiate and at The Goodwin (tied for 13th, 68-76-70=214)
- Was listed by Golfweek in the preseason as one of the nation's top-15 freshmen to watch.