RJ Arone

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

Pronunciation
• Last name: "AH-roan"

Season: 2025-26
• Played and started in two events
• Helped U-M to two top-five finishes, with one top-three finish
   • Pushed Michigan to a third-place finish and led the team with a 54-hole total of 205 (70-70-65, -11) at the
Island Resort Intercollegiate (Aug. 31-Sept. 1)
• Registered two individual top-10 finishes, with one top-five finish
   • Recorded a career-best fifth place at the Canadian Collegiate Invitational (Sept. 14-16) (71-67-70/208, -8)
       • Tied for fifth place with fellow Wolverine Dean Muratore
• Has a team-best scoring average of 68.33
   • Shot a career-best 65 (-7) in the third round of the Island Resort Intercollegiate
• Has six sub par rounds, with two sub-70 rounds
• Averaging a 54-hole total of 206.50
   • Shot season and career-low 205 (70-70-65, -11) at the Island Resort Intercollegiate

Season: 2024-25
• One of two Wolverines who played and started, all 12 regular-season events
   • Made collegiate debut, and first start, at Island Resort Intercollegiate; tied for 15th (215, -1)
• Helped U-M to seven top-five finishes in 12 events, with four top-three finishes
   • Helped U-M in its repeat as team champions at the Virtues Intercollegiate (Sept. 28-29)
• Recorded three top 20 and one top-10 individual finishes
   • Recorded a season-best sixth-place finish at the Virtues Intercollegiate (71-70/141, -3)
   • Event shortened to 36-holes due to weather
• Finished season with a 73.40 scoring average
   • Fourth-lowest freshman average in program history
        • Recorded 14 of 35 rounds at 72 or better
        • Recorded seven sub-par rounds, with one sub-70 round
   • Shot a season-low 69 (-3) at the Buckeye Classic (April 11-12)
• Tallied two sub-par 54-hole totals, averaging 220.73 per event
   • Shot a season-low 214, -2 (73-70-71) at the Canadian Collegiate Invitational (Sept. 16-17)
• Tallied a career-low 36-hole total of 141, -3 (71-70) 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)

Personal
• Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada
• Prep Schooling: Bishop Gorman High School
• Enrolled in U-M's College of Literature, Science, and Arts
• Major: Undecided

Season	Events	Starts	Rounds	Total	Avg.	18	36	54	72	T-5	T-10	T-20	Sub-Par	Par	MP
2024-25	12	12	35	2569	73.40	69 (-3)	141 (-3)	214 (-2)	-	1	1	2	7	3	0-0-0
2025-26	2	2	6	413	68.33	65 (-7)	-	205 (-11)	-	1	2	2	6	0	0-0-0
Career	14	14	41	2982	72.73	65 (-7)	141 (-3)	205 (-11)	-	2	3	4	13	3	0-0-0