WILLIAM WALSH CAREER STATISTICS
AWARDS:
All-WCC first team – 2024, 25
WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll ‘bronze honors’ – 2024
Pepperdine Scholar Athlete – 2024
Preseason All-WCC Team — 2025
PEPPERDINE 2024-25: Appeared in 40 rounds with a scoring average of 71.95 scoring average … Totaled 19 under-par rounds and three top-20 finishes … Posted a 9-under 63 during the second round of the Amer Ari Invitational - tied for the second best round ever by a Wave … Placed T-11th at the Western Intercollegiate.
PEPPERDINE 2023-24: Appeared in 34 rounds with a scoring average of 72.38 … Recorded three top-10 and three top-20 finishes … Posted 11 below-par rounds … Finished fifth at the Saticoy Showdown (73-74 = 147) … Appeared in NCAA Regional.
AMATEUR/JUNIOR GOLF: Qualified for the U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Amateur in the summer of 2023 … Silicon Valley Amateur Champion in 2023 … Won the California Junior Amateur Championship in 2020 … Placed second in the U.S. Kids Teen Worlds in 2019.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Junipero Serra High School located in San Mateo, Calif., in 2023 ... A four-year varsity player ... Silicon Valley Amateur Champion in 2023 … Awarded WCAL Player of the Year during junior and senior years.
PERSONAL: Born in San Mateo, Calif. ... Son of Patrick and Lindsay Walsh ... Has one brother, Charlie ... Father played football and baseball at San Jose State and also played baseball at the University of Texas … Chose to attend Pepperdine because “of the unique things the golf program offered that others could not. Michael Beard is an amazing head coach, there is a practice facility on campus, and everyone involved in the program is working towards the same goal, and is very determined to win and have fun.”
FAVORITES: Enjoys basketball, playing the guitar, and spending time with friends and family … Favorites include Brooks Koepka (golfer), Steph Curry (pro athlete), San Francisco 49ers (pro team), Pebble Beach (golf course), Where the Red Fern Grows (book), A Few Good Men (movie), Game of Thrones (TV show), Morgan Wallen (musical artist), steak (food), football (sport besides golf).