Ruben Sondjaja

Photo by: NIU Athletics/Scott Walstrom

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Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Sydney, Australia
High School:
Marcellin College Randwick

2016-17
First-Team Academic All-Big 12 ... second on the team in stroke average (72.00) and sub-70 rounds (11) ... tied for first in top-10 finishes (4) ... averaged 3.07 birdies per round ... ranked No. 120 nationally by Golfweek ... T76 after 54 holes at the NCAA Championship at 221 (75-68-78) ... his second-round 78 was the lowest Cyclone round at nationals ... tied for 10th at the NCAA Austin Regional (73-72-66=211) ... his final-round 66 at the Regional tied for the second-lowest score by a Cyclone in NCAA postseason play ... finished 11th at the Badger Invite at 215 ... carded a tournament-low 67 in the final round ... placed fifth at the Pinetree Invitational, carding a 66 in the second round ... was runner-up medalist at the Bridgestone Collegiate with a career-low 205 (70-66-69) ... led the team and tied for fifth at the Seattle Redhawk invite with a 209 (70-71-68) ... tied for 23rd at the Big 12 Championship (79-73-71-77=300) ... owns the third-best career stroke average in school history at 72.75 ... his career 12 top-10 finishes ranks seventh in school history.

2015-16
First-Team Academic All-Big 12 ... Cleveland/Srixon All-America Scholar ... played in every tournament, compiling a 72.95 stroke average, the second-best average on the team ... second on the team in sub-70 rounds (5) ... averaged 72.00 strokes per round in the spring ... finished 32nd at the Big 12 Championship (76-80-74-72=302) ... tied for 19th at the Arizona Intercollegiate with a 219 (75-71-73) ... tallied a season and career low at the Desert Shootout at 205 (72-68-65) en route to a sixth-place finish ... finished in a tie for 11th place at the ASU Thunderbird Invitational after tallying two sub-70 rounds ... won his first career tournament by three strokes at the Hawkeye Invite (70-70-66) ... in the summer, finished second at the Trans-Miss Amateur.

2014-15
First Team Academic All-Big 12 ... fourth on the team in stroke average at 73.24 ... fired a 215 (72-69-74) at the NCAA Bremerton Regional to tie for 22nd ... tied for 30th at the Big 12 Championship (77-74-77-71=299) ... earned his second top-10 of the season at the Hawkeye Invitational with a 213 (69-70-74) ... tied for 14th at the ASU Thunderbird with a 212... scored consistently at the NIT (75-75-74) for a 224 ... tied for 36th at the Arizona Intercollegiate with a 220 for the tournament... led the team in stroke average during the fall (73.8), placing in the top-20 in all three events ... finished 15th at the VCU Shootout (76-73-71=220) ... tied for fifth at the Badger Invite (71-73-73=217) ... led the Cyclones at the David Toms Invite, tying for 17th at 227 (80-74-73).

2013-14
Big 12 All-Tournament Team .... ranked fourth on the team in stroke average at 72.92, the second-best rookie scoring mark in school history ... tied for second on the team in top-10 finishes with four ... ranked No. 235th nationally by Golfweek ... tallied two sub-70 rounds, including a career-low 64, tying for the second-best 18-hole round in school history ... tied for 125th at the NCAA Championship (73-76-75=224) ... tallied a 212 at the NCAA Columbia Regional, tying for 17th ... earned All-Tournament honors at the Big 12 Championships by tying for ninth ... his 72-hole mark of 293 was solidified by back-to-back 2-under 70s in the third and fourth rounds ... tied for 17th at the ASU Thunderbird Invitational (73-64-75=212) ... fired a bogey-free, 7-under 64 in round two at the ASU Thunderbird to tie the school record for lowest 18-hole score in ISU history ... his 212 three-round total tied for the lowest of the season ... picked up his third top-10 of the season by tying for eighth at the General Hackler Championship (70-77-74=211) ... represented Team Australia at the Spirit International Amateur Championship ... tied for ninth at the VCU Shootout for his second top-10 in three starts ... finished in the top-10 (T6th) for the first time in his career at the Columbia Regional Preview after shooting a final-round 66 (74-74-66) ... one of three freshmen (Scott Fernandez and Nick Voke) in school history to shoot a 66 ... tied for 30th at the Gopher Invitational in his first career tournament (221) ... won the Bonnie Doon Junior Open Championship ... tied for eighth place at the Iowa Open in the Amateur division.

High School
One of the top golfers from Australia ... named captain of the 2013 South Wales junior team ... also a member of the NSW men’s team for the Australian Interstate Matches ... finished runner-up at the 2013 Riversdale Cup, Australia’s oldest amateur event ... was a semi-finalist in the 2012 Australian Amateur and was selected to the 2012 Australian junior team ... tied for 16th at the 2012 Callaway Junior World Championship at Torrey Pines.

Personal
Born May 11, 1995 ... son of Sonny Sondjaja and Ingriani Kuntadi ... accounting major ... has two siblings: Tim and Jordan.

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