RJ Arone

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Las Vegas, Nev.
High School:
Bishop Gorman High School

Pronunciation
• Last name is pronounced: "AH-roan"

Michigan Career
• Academic All-Big Ten (2026)
• Started 23 consecutive career tournaments
• Career scoring average of 72.25 strokes per round
• Career 54-hole scoring average of 217.14
• Recorded 31 rounds of par or better in 67 career rounds
   • Posted 25 under-par rounds, with 11 in the 60s

Big Ten Championships
• 2025: tied for 58th (222), helping U-M to a 15th-place finish at Baltimore Country Club
• 2026: tied for 14th (211, +1), helping U-M to an 11th-place finish at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club

Season: 2025-26
• Started all 11 tournaments, one of three Wolverines to do so
• Contributed to four top-five team finishes
• Led U-M in a team-high six tournaments
   • Recorded eight top-20 finishes, including four top-10 results
   • Posted a season-best tie for fifth (208, -8) at the Canadian Collegiate (Sept. 14-16)
• Averaged a team-best 71.00 strokes per round, the lowest sophomore scoring average in program history
   • Opened the season with eight straight under-par rounds with 10 under-par rounds in his first 11
   • Recorded 20 rounds of par or better, including 17 under-par rounds and 10 rounds in the 60s
   • Fired a career-low 65 (-7) in the final round of the Island Resort Intercollegiate (Aug. 31-Sept. 1)
• Averaged 213.20 per 54-hole tournament, posting six sub-par totals
   • Opened the season with four consecutive sub-par 54-hole totals
   • Posted a career-best 54-hole total of 205 (70-70-65, -11) at the Island Resort Intercollegiate
   • Posted a career-best 36-hole total of 140 (70-70, -2) at the Cullan Brown Collegiate (Oct. 6-7)

Season: 2024-25
• Started all 12 tournaments, one of two Wolverines to do so
   • Made collegiate debut, first start, at the Island Resort Intercollegiate (Sept. 1-2), tying for 15th (215, -1)
• Helped Michigan post seven top-five finishes, including four top-three results
   • Contributed to the Wolverines' repeat team title at the Virtues Intercollegiate (Sept. 28-29)
• Recorded three top-20 finishes, including one top-10 result
   • Posted a season-best sixth-place finish at the Virtues Intercollegiate (141, -3)
• Averaged 73.40 strokes per round, the fourth-lowest freshman scoring average in program history
   • Recorded 14 rounds of par or better, including seven under-par rounds
   • Shot sssssa season-low 69 (-3) at the Buckeye Classic (April 11-12)
• Averaged 220.73 per 54-hole tournament, posting two sub-par totals
   • Posted a season-best 54-hole total of 214 (73-70-71, -2) at the Canadian Collegiate (Sept. 16-17)
   • Posted a season-best 36-hole total of 141 (71-70, -3) at the Virtues Intercollegiate

Prep & Junior Career
• Prepped at Bishop Gorman High School under Coach Dusty Allen
• (2x), Southern Nevada Junior Golf Association Player of the Year (2023, '24)
• Nevada Interscholastic Athletic Association Class 5A Player of the Year (2024)
• All-Southern Nevada first team (2022, '24) and second team (2023)
• Led Bishop Gorman to the 2023 NIAA Class 5A state championship after finishing fifth (74-75/149); helped the Gaels to a runner-up finish in 2024 and a third-place finish in the 2022 Class 5A finals; individually tied for seventh (2024; 68-78/146) and tied for third (2022; 76-70/146)
• In Class 5A regional play, guided the Gaels to three straight runner-up team finishes (2021, '22, '23) and a third-place finish in 2024; individually, medalist (2024; 66-69/135, -9); tied for 11th (2023; 77-75/152), fifth (2022; 69-75/144), and tied for ninth (2021; 72-77/149)
• Back-to-back medalist at the Nevada State Junior Amateur Championships with a 137 (-7, 70-67) in 2023 and a 133 (-8, 65-68) in 2022; tied for 10th (71-70-78/219, +3) in the 2023 Nevada State Amateur after a sixth-place finish the year prior (67-65-70/202, -12)
• Medalist at the Pahrump Valley Invitational (2024; 70-69/139, -5) after back-to-back runner-up finishes (2022, '23); medalist at the Clark County Amateur (67-78/145), the Boulder City Junior Amateur (66-70/136, -8), the 2023 Las Vegas City Junior Amateur (67-70/137, -7) and the Southern Nevada Junior Golf Association Team event (61-64/125, -19) along with playing partner Christopher "Bear" Riddle
• Medalist runner-up at the 2023 Notah Begay III Junior Golf National Championship (67-70-72/209, -4) and 2022 Champions Invitational (69-71-71/211, -5)

Season	Events	Starts	Rounds	Total	Avg.	18	36	54	T5	T10	T20	Sub-Par	Par
2024-25	12	12	35	2569	73.40	69 (-3)	141 (-3)	214 (-2)	1	1	2	7	3
2025-26	11	11	32	2272	71.00	65 (-7)	140 (-2)	205 (-11)	1	4	8	18	3
2026-27	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Career	23	23	67	4841	72.25	65 (-7)	140 (-2)	205 (-11)	2	5	10	25	6