2014-15: Was solid while playing in the No. 3 spot throughout the season…Ranked third on the team with a 75.5 stroke average…Played in all 11 tournaments…Shot four rounds at par or better…Turned in his career-best round of 68 in the first round of the A-Sun Championship (April 19) to help lead the Spartans to a program-best fourth-place finish…Finished tied for 11th in the tournament for his best finish of the season…Finished in the top half of the field in five tournaments throughout the year, including the Rees Jones Invitational (26th, Sept. 21-23), Wendy’s Kiawah Classic (43rd, Nov. 2-4), General Hackler Championship (17th, March 9-10), Furman Intercollegiate (44th, March 27-29) and the A-Sun Championship (11th, April 19-21)…Posted his best two finishes of the year in the final four tournaments…Was 195-112 head-to-head over the final four tournaments of the year.
2013-14: One of four players to play in all 10 tournaments of the season...Ranked fourth on the team with a 75.1 stroke average...Finished the season with a .596 winning percentage...Shot six rounds at par or better...Finished in the top 1/3 of the field at the Rutgers Invitational (Sept. 13-14) to help lead the Spartans to the team championship...Finished in the top half of the field at the Sea Best Invitational (Feb. 3-4) at the STADIUM Course at the TPC Sawgrass...Claimed three straight top 20 finishes at the Forest Hills Collegiate (16th, March 1), Bash at the Beach (T-20th, March 10-11) and Furman Intercollegiate (T-16th, March 28-30)...Helped lead the Spartans to the championship at the Bash at the Beach.
2012-13: Came on at the end of the season...Played in four tournaments as a freshman, three in the spring...Finished the year with a 75.6 stroke average...Had his best outing in placing in a tie for 20th at the Coca-Cola Wofford Invitational (April 15-16)...Opened the A-Sun Championships (April 21-23) with a 77.
High School: Graduated from Colegio Nueva York…Ranked No. 1 as a junior golfer in Colombia in 2011...The second-ranked amateur overall in 2011…A two-time representative of his country in the South American match play championships…A three-time long-drive champion…Won the 2011 Albierto CC Medellin championship…Finished second at the Campeonato Internacional Club San Andres tournament…Finished fourth at the Parada de Menores CC Armenia championship.
Personal: Born on Jan. 8, 1994…Parents are Luis Alberto Lopez Briceno and Gloria Ines Bulla…Has two brothers, Luis (27) and Julian (17)…Is majoring in business administration with a concentration in marketing…Hobbies include playing ping pong, watching movies and eating…Enjoys eating pork ribs…Says his favorite movie is “Despicable Me” and “The Big Bang Theory” his favorite TV show…His favorite actor is Denzel Washington…Spring is his favorite season…Lists The Bible as his favorite book…Claims his favorites are Tiger Woods and Roger Federer…His favorite quote is, “Winners don’t make excuses”…Dream job is to be a professional golfer.
