UNLV: In his third year with the Rebels ... Has played in 74 rounds in his UNLV career, with a scoring average of 71.38 (second in school history) ... Has two individual wins, which is tied for ninth-most in program history ... Has had 19 top-20 finishes, 13 top-10s and six top-5s ... Has shot par or better in 43 rounds ... Recorded a 64 at the 2015 Western Refining College All-America event, tying for the second-lowest round in program history ... His 54-hole total of 202 at The Goodwin (2016) ties for the 11th-lowest in Rebel history ... His 2015-16 scoring average of 71.63 is the 11th-lowest in program history ... Current World Amateur Golf Ranking is 32.
2015-16: Earned honorable mention All-America honors for the second straight year ... Also earned PING All-West Region honors for the second straight season ... Was a member of the All-Mountain West team again ... Was a recipient of the MW Scholar-Athlete award and on the Academic All-MW team for the second straight year ... Made the Dean's Honor List again ... Winner of the Earl E. Wilson Most Valuable Player Award for the second straight year and also the Bruce Parker Award, going to the player on the team with the highest grade point average ... Was the MW's Golfer of the Week on Feb. 4 and March 30, while he was named the Outstanding Rebel of the Week on May 25 ... That award goes to the student-athlete at UNLV (among all sports) that turned in the best individual performance of the week ... Played in 13 tournaments, totalling 38 rounds ... Led the team in scoring average with 71.63, which is the 11th-lowest in UNLV history for a season ... Recorded 10 top-20 finishes, six top-10s and two top-5s ... Had 23 rounds at par or better ... His best finish was a tie for first at the LMU Invitational ... His low round was a 64 at the Western Refining College All-America, which tied for the second-lowest round in school history ... Had seven other rounds in the 60s ... Played an extremely challenging summer schedule: Tied for fourth at the Trans-Mississippi Amateur, sixth in U.S. Amateur medal play, advancing to the round of 64, seventh at the Northeast Amateur, 14th at the Sunnehanna Amateur and 18th at the Western Amateur.
2014-15: Recipient of the Mountain West Scholar-Athlete Award and member of the Academic All-MW team ... Also made the Dean's Honor List ... Named honorable mention All-America and selected to the PING All-West Region team ... Was the MW Freshman of the Year and also earned All-MW honors ... Named the Earl E. Wilson Most Valuable Player ... Played in 12 tournaments, totaling 36 rounds ... Recorded nine top-20 finishes, including seven top-10s and four top-fives ... Shot par or better 20 times ... He won his first career tournament at the Sea Best Invitational and placed second on two occasions - at the John Burns Intercollegiate and the Jackrabbit Invitational ... Shot 12 rounds in the 60s, including a career-low 64 on three occasions, setting the UNLV freshman record for low round ... The 64s also tied for the second-lowest round in Rebel golf history ... His 54-hole total of 198 at the Jackrabbit is tied for the third-lowest score in program history, while his 199 at The Goodwin is tied for fifth ... He led the Rebels in scoring average with 71.11, which was the fourth-lowest seasonal average in program history and lowest by a freshman, shattering the old mark by 1.44 shots per round ... During the summer of 2015, he played in the USGA Amateur Championship, the Western Amateur, the Sahalee Players Championship and he was selected to represent the USGA at Carnoustie in Scotland at The (British) Amateur Championship ... He tied for 10th at the Sahalee Players Championship and made the round of 36 at The Amateur Championship.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2014 graduate of Moanalua High School in Honolulu, Hawaii ... Was the Hawaii High School Athletic Association Individual State Champion in 2012 and 2014 ... Was the 2012 and 2013 Hawaii State Amateur Champion ... Set the tournament record in 2013 at 19-under ... Was the low amateur at the 2012 Hawaii Pearl Open ... Finished fifth at the 2012 Callaway Junior World Championship and made the round of 64 at the 2012 U.S. Junior Amateur and 2013 U.S. Amateur Public Links ... Advanced to the quarterfinals at the 2014 U.S. Amateur Public Links and tied for sixth at the 2014 Sunnehanna Amateur ... Turned in a 70.5 scoring average as a senior ... His high school team, coached by Gordon Yuen, won the 2012 Hawaii High School Athletic Association State Championship ... He also played in the 2012 PGA Tour's Sony Open (73-73) as an amateur.
PERSONAL: Nickname is Joda ... The son of Jay and Emiko Oda ... Majoring in economics ... Enjoys playing the Ukulele ... Has a sister, Tiffany.
