PEPPERDINE 2009-10: Appeared in all four fall tournaments of his sophomore season and is averaging 74.08 strokes through 12 rounds ... Best finish was a team-leading tie for ninth place at the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate, which led to WCC Player of the Month honors for September ... Shot a 3-under 213 (72-72-69) ... His 3-under 69 in the third round was his best of the fall.

PEPPERDINE 2008-09: Earned All-WCC first team honors as a redshirt freshman ... Finished second on the team with a 73.36 stroke average ... Was in the lineup for all 13 tournaments (39 rounds) ... Had four top 10 and eight top 20 finishes ... Finished in third place at his second collegiate tournament, the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate, with a 4-under 212 (71-69-72) ... Tied for fifth place at the NCAA South Central Regional (75-72-75=222) ... Tied for eighth place at the WCC Championships with a 1-under 215 (72-74-69) ... Had a total of nine sub-par rounds, including a season-best 4-under 68 in the third round of the Turtle Bay Intercollegiate ... Shot a 5-under 211 at the Turtle Bay Intercollegiate, tying for 10th place.

PEPPERDINE 2007-08: Did not see any action as a true freshman and redshirted.

JUNIOR/AMATEUR GOLF: Is believed to have become the first active Pepperdine player to compete in a PGA Tour event when he took part in the Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines in February 2009 ... Unfortunately, he missed the cut by one stroke as he shot a 3-over 147 (73-74) ... Won a one-round qualifying event for amateurs in fall 2008 to earn his place in the Buick ... Won the 2007 California Amateur Championships ... Placed second at the 2009 Pacific Northwest Amateur ... Named the Southern California Junior of the Year in 2006 ... Played in the 2008 U.S. Amateur and was a tri-medalist at the qualifier in Santa Barbara, Calif. ... Competed in the U.S. Junior Amateur Championships twice.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2007 graduate of Murrieta (Calif.) Valley High School ... An all-state first team selection in 2005 and a four-time All-Valley team member ... Named the 2007 Southern California Player of the Year ... Led team to a second-place finish at the California State Championship in 2005.

PERSONAL: Born in Oxnard, Calif. ... Son of Robert and Andrea Anderson ... Has one brother, Jake ... Majoring in advertising with a minor in marketing ... Chose Pepperdine because of "the campus, the schooling and the golf team."

FAVORITES: Hobbies include playing video games and going to the beach ... Favorite professional golfer is Rickie Fowler ... Favorite golf course is San Francisco Golf Club ... Favorite book is Talent Is Never Enough ... Favorite movie is Rounders ... Favorite TV show is Two and a Half Men ... Favorite musical artist is AFI ... Favorite sport other than golf is baseball ... Favorite thing about golf is "the challenge that the game brings to me every day."