Player: Sahith Theegala

Career

• After two seasons has the best scoring average (71.00) in Pepperdine history


• Already sixth on the Waves' all-time below-par rounds list with 38


• In 26 career tournaments, has 19 top-20 finishes and seven top-10 results.

• Earned GCAA/PING All-American third team status and Golfweek All-American honorable mention honors as a sophomore


• The WCC Co-Player of the Year and an All-WCC first team and GCAA/PING All-West Region selection


• A semifinalist for the Jack Nicklaus Award


• Ranked #16 nationally by Golfstat and #33 by Golfweek/Sagarin


• Scoring average of 70.95 ranks second in Pepperdine single-season history


• His 21 below-par rounds rank third and his 12 top-20 finishes tied for fourth


• Also had five top-10 finishes, including his first college win at the Waves' own Southwestern Invitational


• Shot a 10-under 206 (66-66-74) to win by one stroke


• Played in all 14 tournaments and 43 rounds


• Fifth place at the Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational with an 8-under 208 (72-69-67)


• Fifth place at the Arizona Intercollegiate (71-74-69=214)


• Tied for 12th at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational with an 8-under 205 (64-67-74)


• Tied for 28th at the WCC Championships (70-78-70=218)


• Tied for fourth place at the NCAA Stanford Regional with a 4-under 206 (71-68-67)


• Tied for 19th place at the NCAA Championships with an even-par 288 (71-71-71-75) for the Waves' best finish at the NCAA Championship since 2005


• Recorded at least one below-par round in 12 of 14 tournaments and had at least two of them eight times


• Best round was a 7-under 64 in the first round of the Alister MacKenzie, tying the eighth-best round in program history


• Had 11 rounds in the 60s


• Had a score of 12-under after 36 holes of the Southwestern Invitational (#2 in program history) and an 11-under at the Alister MacKenzie (tied for #3)


• Was the top-finishing Wave at eight tournaments


• Named the WCC's Golfer of the Month for both February and March.

• Had arguably the best freshman season of any player in Pepperdine history


• Was named the WCC Freshman of the Year and made the PING All-West Region team and the All-WCC first team


• Ranked #100 nationally by both Golfstat and Golfweek/Sagarin


• His scoring average of 71.06 was then-fourth in Pepperdine single-season history and beat the previous best by any freshman by two full strokes


• Had 17 below-par rounds (more than half of his rounds), another freshman record and then tied for fourth on the Waves' full single-season list


• Played in 12 tournaments (32 rounds) and had two top-10 and seven top-20 finishes


• Led the Waves, or shared the team lead, four times


• Finished with a 54-hole score of 5-under three times


• Tied for fourth place with a 5-under 211 at the Bill Cullum Invitational (75-66-70)


• Tied for 10th at the Southwestern Jones Invitational with a 1-under 215 (70-68-77)


• Tied for 13th at the 3M Augusta Intercollegiate with a 3-under 213 (69-73-71)


• Tied for 18th place at the NCAA Franklin Regional with a 5-under 211 (70-70-71).