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RJ Manke Career Statistics

CAREER: Over four seasons, had a scoring average of 72.66, good for #10 on the Waves’ all-time list ... Played in 34 tournaments with 99 rounds ... Had two victories, eight top-10 finishes, 12 top-20 results and 29 below-par rounds.
 
PEPPERDINE 2020-21: Received Golfweek All-American honorable mention status as a senior ... Was also GCAA/PING All-West Region ... Ranked #38 by Golfweek/Sagarin and #87 by Golfstat ... Averaged 71.48 strokes in 23 rounds and nine tournaments ... Posted four top-10s, five top-20s and nine below-par rounds ... Tied for third at the Southwestern Invitational (74-69-73=216) ... Tied for fourth at the Maridoe Collegiate Invitational (71-77-70=218) ... Tied for ninth at the Western Intercollegiate (68-70-73=211) ... Was in the lineup for the first round of the NCAA Championships and shot a 75 ... Best round of the season was a 6-under 64 at the Pasadera Collegiate Invitational ... A GCAA All-American Scholar ... Made WCC All-Academic honorable mention ... Named Pepperdine Athletics’ Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... Earned WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “silver” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2019-20: Had a 73.00 scoring average as a junior ... Ranked #197 by Golfweek/Sagarin ... Appeared in five tournaments and 15 rounds ... Tied for eighth at the Mea Lanakila Individual event with an even-par 216 (71-74-71) ... Best of his four below-par rounds was a 2-under 70 at the Southwestern Invitational ... Season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... A GCAA All-American Scholar ... Made the WCC All-Academic first team ... Earned WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “silver” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2018-19: Made the All-WCC first team as a sophomore ... Won the individual title at the WCC Championships, one of his two wins on the season ... Posted a 72.35 scoring average, 19th on Pepperdine’s single-season list ... Played in 12 tournaments with 37 rounds ... Had four top-20 finishes and 11 below-par rounds ... First career win came in record-setting fashion at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational ... Shot a 54-hole record of 21-under (65-66-61=192), with an 18-hole record of 10-under in the final round that saw him go from two strokes back to a four-shot win ... At the WCC Championships, finished tied atop the leaderboard with a 6-under 210 (69-72-69) ... Beat LMU’s Riley Elmes on the first playoff hole to earn the victory ... Tied for 25th at the NCAA Austin Regional (71-75-72=218) and tied for 53rd at the NCAA Championships (79-70-76-78=303) ... His 2-under 70 in the second round was the Waves’ best single-round score at the NCAAs ... Made the WCC All-Academic first team ... Earned WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “silver” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2017-18: Collected All-WCC honorable mention as a freshman ... Averaged 74.04 strokes in eight tournaments and 24 rounds ... Took seventh place at the WCC Championships with a 3-under 213 (70-72-71) ... Tied for 20th at the Western Intercollegiate with an even-par 210 (72-70-68) ... Had five below-par rounds, three of them at 2-under ... Tied for 59th at the NCAA Norman Regional (78-72-77=227) ... Earned WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
JUNIOR/AMATEUR GOLF: Won the 2019 XCII Mexico Internacional Amateur ... Played in the 2019 and 2020 U.S. Amateurs (advanced to match play in 2020) ... Won the 2018 Washington State Amateur ... Played for Team Washington in the 2013, 2014 and 2015 Junior America’s Cup and the 2016 Hogan Cup ... Earned three top-five finishes at AJGA Open tournaments: third at the 2013 Ryan Moore Junior Championship, T-5th at the 2016 ACDS/Ryan Moore Junior and Oakbrook and fifth at the 2016 AJGA Junior at Centennial ... Has played at the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, the IMG Junior Worlds and the Sahallee Players Championship ... Ranked 111th by Golfweek/Sagarin at the time of his signing in November 2016 ... Made his first hole-in-one at the age of 8.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Bellarmine Preparatory School, located in Tacoma, Wash., in 2017 ... Played four years of varsity golf ... Led Bellarmine to three 4A state titles and four league titles ... 2015 and 2016 Tacoma Athletic Commission Golfer of the Year ... 2016 SPSL 4A District Player of the Year ... Won individual league championships as a sophomore and senior ... Had a senior-year scoring average of 71.03 ... Was class valedictorian.
 
PERSONAL: Majoring in business administration ... Born in Tacoma, Wash. ... Son of Mike and Claire Manke ... Has two siblings, Jane and Brett ... A cousin, Kate Frame, played soccer at Redlands ... Chose to attend Pepperdine because “it gives me the best opportunities to succeed as a student and as a golfer. The Putnam brothers represented the Pepperdine community very well, and golfing with them on my home course left a good impression on me.”
 
FAVORITES: Enjoys snow skiing, tennis, pickle ball and ping pong ... Lists his sports hero as Arnold Palmer ... Favorites include C.T. Pan (pro golfer), Chambers Bay (golf course), Dumb and Dumber (movie), The Office (TV show), Van Morrison (musical artist), teriyaki (food) and snow skiing (sport other than golf) ... Favorite thing about golf is “a tap-in birdie. It’s a great feeling to hit a good drive and close approach shot just like I planned in my head. Executing great shots is always fun to do.”