2020-21 (Senior):  Utilized NCAA’s season-of-competition waiver for extra year … Academic All-PacWest and D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award honoree ... played all eight tournaments with 14 rounds … averaged 82.36 shots per round … won first career tournament with season-low 4-over-par 76 in dual match vs. Hawai‘i Pacific (Nov. 10) … shot 248 at the Pacific West Conference Championships at the Waikoloa Beach Course (April 19-21).

2019-20 (Senior):  Academic All-PacWest ... participated in four tournaments with six rounds played ... averaged 82.83 shots per round ... season-low 75 in final round of the Dennis Rose Invitational (Oct. 30) ... remainder of season was canceled on March 16 due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2018-19 (Junior):  Academic All-PacWest ... played all eight tournaments ... averaged 79.44 shots per round, second-lowest on team among those completing both fall and spring seasons ... had one finish with lowest team score, four with second-lowest and one third ... shot 6-over-par 222 in PacWest Championships (April 22-24), finishing 11th overall ... was just two shots off the lead heading into the third and final round ... posted 2-under 70 in PacWest Second Round, lowest of the season ... tied for second overall at 4-over 76, two shots behind the winner, in his Chaminade debut in dual match vs. Hawai'i Pacific (Oct. 15).

Previous School:  Played two years at the University of Hawai'i in Honolulu ... averaged 79.1 strokes per round during sophomore year (2017-18) ... averaged 77.9 strokes during freshman year (2016-17) with a low 54-hole round of 8-over par 224 at the Jackrabbit Invitational ... had season-best even-par rounds twice (71 at Maui Jim Invitational, 72 at Jackrabbit Invitational).

Prep:  A 2016 graduate of Moanalua High School in Honolulu ... helped guide Na Menehune to the Hawai'i High School Athletic Association state championship in senior year ... three-time O'ahu Interscholastic Association First Team honoree ... won OIA titles all four years at Moanalua, part of 10 straight league titles ... named to the academic honor roll in senior year ... JGAH Player of the Year.

Personal:  Parents are Douglas and Brenda Mello ... has two sisters, Brittney and Chloe ... majoring in Communications.