UNLV: Kim is in his fifth year with the Rebels ... Has played in 45 events, totaling 137 rounds for UNLV with a career scoring average of 73.28, ranking 23rd in program history ... The 137 rounds ranks 13th ... Has recorded 13 top-20 finishes, four top-10s and one top-five (win at Jackrabbit Invitational) ... Has shot par or better 48 times.
2019-20: Earned Academic All-Mountain West honors for the third straight year ... Played in six tournaments, totaling 18 rounds ... Had a scoring average of 75.00 ... His best finish was a tie for 16th at the Windon Memorial ... Shot par or better in five rounds ... Low round of the season was 69 (twice) ...
2018-19: Was a Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar ... Earned the program's Bruce Parker Award, which goes to the Rebel with the highest grade point average ... Was also named to the Academic All-MW Team ... Played in 13 tournaments, totaling 39 rounds ... His scoring average of 72.18 ranked second on the team ... Recorded six top-20 finishes, along with one top 10 ... Shot par or better 16 times ... Shot in the 60s seven times, including a 64 at the MW Championship, which is one of the lowest rounds in program history and is one of only three by a UNLV player ever at the event ... His best finish of the year was eighth at the NCAA Myrtle Beach Regional and he was UNLV's top finisher at the NCAA Championship, missing out on the ninth and final individual spot to advance to the fourth round by falling in a three-way sudden death playoff ... Was named the Outstanding Rebel of the Week after his performance at the regional.
2017-18: Made the Dean's List in Fall 2017 and was selected to the Academic All-MW team ... Played in 14 tournaments, totaling 43 rounds ... Had a scoring average of 73.70, which ranked fifth on the team ... Had three top-20 finishes, including one top-10 ... Shot par or better 14 times, including four rounds in the 60s ... His best round was a 66 during the final round of the Jackrabbit Invitational ... His best finish was a tie for sixth at that tournament ... Made the cut and tied for 34th at the California State Open ... Tied for 21st at the NCAA Championship and tied for 13th at the MW Championship.
2016-17: Played in 13 tournaments, totaling 37 rounds ... Had a scoring average of 73.14, which ranked fourth on the team ... Recorded three top-20 finishes, two top-10s and a top-five ... Won his first career tournament with a 13-under 203 total at the Jackrabbit Invitational ... His 54-hole total of 203 tied him for the 18th-lowest round in program history ... Had 13 rounds at par or better and five rounds in the 60s ... Earned MW Men's Golfer of the Week honors on March 14 ... Won the SNGA Las Vegas City Amateur Championship ... Finished 8-under par over two rounds (11 birdies) to win the historic event ... Shot an opening-round 6-under 64 ... Tied for third at the U.S. Amateur Championship Sectional Qualifying at Crystalaire.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2016 graduate of Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, Calif. ... Lettered four years on varsity ... The Lancers were two-time CIF Champions with Kim on the team ... He earned second team All-America honors ... Won the CIF title and finished second at the state championship in 2013 ... Had a scoring average of 71.7 when he committed to UNLV in Nov. 2015, which was one of the lowest in the nation ... In 2015, was the runner-up at the AJGA - PING Phoenix Junior at ASU Karsten Golf Course with rounds of 68, 70 and 67 ... Was also runner-up at the SCPGA-Toyota Tour Cup at Oak Valley with rounds of 69 and 67, then claimed victory at SCPGA-Toyota Tour Cup at Golf Club of Cali Fallbrook with rounds of 67 and 69 ... Finished seventh at the L.A. Junior Open at Hillcrest Country Club.
PERSONAL: Justin W. Kim was born Sept. 8, 1997, in Atlanta, Ga. ... Majoring in sociology ... The only child of Jessica Han and Tommy Kim ... Hobbies include basketball, listening to music and trying to write ... Lists his parents and teammates as his biggest influences.
