Pepperdine University Athletics

ACADEMIC AWARDS: WCC Postgraduate Scholarship recipient in 2022 … WCC All-Academic first team in fall 2019 and honorable mention in 2022 … WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “gold” honors in 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 … Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete in 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22.
 
PEPPERDINE XC 2021 (SR): Ran at five of the seven meets … Was Pepperdine’s top finisher (eighth overall) at the Bronco Invitational (10/16) with an 8K school-record time of 24:01.1 … Finished in the Waves’ top four at four meets.
 
PEPPERDINE XC 2020-21 (JR): Did not compete during the shortened season.
 
PEPPERDINE XC 2019 (SO): Competed in four of the six meets ... Was Pepperdine’s top finisher at the NCAA West Regional (11/15) with a time of 31:02.9 in the 10K ... Was the team’s #2 runner (20th overall) at the Bronco Invitational (10/19) with a season-best 8K of 24:36.7, putting him at #5 on the Waves’ all-time list ... Finished in the Waves’ top four at all four meets.
 
PEPPERDINE XC 2018 (FR): Ran at five of the six meets ... Was Pepperdine’s top finisher at the NCAA West Regional (11/9), and his time of 30:43.2 ranked #2 all-time on the Waves’ 10K list ... Was the Waves’ #2 runner at the WCC Championships (10/27) ... Had a season-best 24:50.0 at the Bronco Invitational (10/13), putting him at #9 on the Waves’ all-time list.

PEPPERDINE TRACK 2022 (SR): Competed in two of the 10 meets. 

PEPPERDINE TRACK 2021 (JR): Competed at one meet ... Ran the 5,000 at Azusa Pacific (4/10).
 
PEPPERDINE TRACK 2020 (SO): Ran at both outdoor meets before the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... Had an 8:25.95 in the 3,000 meters (2/22 at Santa Barbara) that put him at #2 on the Waves’ all-time list.
 
PEPPERDINE TRACK 2019 (FR): Established himself as a top distance runner in his debut season, including a school record in the 10,000 meters ... Competed at nine of 10 events ... Ran 30:51.48 in the 10,000 at UCLA (3/29) to break the school record by a half-second ... Also had the team’s season-best times in the 3,000 and 5,000, and put himself at #3 and #5 on the Waves’ all-time list, respectively ... Ran 8:35.76 in the 3,000 at UC Irvine (3/16) to place third ... Ran 14:53.01 in the 5,000 at the Ben Brown Invitational (3/9) to finish second ... Best time in the 1,500 was 3:59.65 at UC San Diego (4/13) ... Also ran the mile once.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Carroll Senior High School, located in Southlake, Texas, in 2018 ... Ran one year each of varsity cross country and track ... Placed 19th at the Texas 6A state meet in cross country ... Was on the third team Nike South Cross Regionals ... Posted the 10th-best 5K in school history in track ... Earned Academic All-State second team ... Graduated summa cum laude and as an AP Scholar with Distinction.
 
PERSONAL: Majoring in philosophy ... Born in Santa Cruz, Calif. ... Son of Jay and Jackie Felkins ... Has two siblings, JoJo and Jaycee ... Chose to attend Pepperdine because “I fit in well with the team and it has a good pre-med program.”
 
FAVORITES: Enjoys playing sand volleyball and pickleball ... Favorites include Steve Nash (pro athlete), San Francisco 49ers (pro sports team), Freakonomics (book), Miracle (movie), Seinfeld (TV show), Pusha T (musical artist), steak (food) and beach volleyball (sport other than running) ... Favorite things about running are “competing and winning.”