Maribel Lopez Porras Class: Junior Hometown: Bogota, Colombia High School: Gimnasio del Norte School Height: 5-3 Birthdate: 12/14/1991 Experience: 2L Major(s): Communication

Tulane: A two-year letterwinner who has played 77 rounds in 25 events and holds a 75.23 (5793 strokes) scoring average...was an honorable mention All-America performer as a sophomore and is a two-time All-Conference USA performer...has finished par or better 20 times, including a career-best 4-under 68 as a freshman during the second round of the Windy City Classic...her best 54-hole total is a 2-under 214, which came at the 2011 Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Championship...has five top-20 finishes and five top-10 showings, including a career-best fifth place finish on three different occasions... became the first individual player in school history to qualify for the NCAA Championships with her 2011 selection.

Junior (2011-12): Fall: Played 12 rounds in four tournaments and sported a 77.75 (933 strokes) scoring average...her best round was an even-par outing during the second round of the Mo Morial, while best finish of 23rd was at the same event... her best 54-hole total was a 223 at the Tar Heel Invitational.

Sophomore (2010-11): Received honorable mention All-America honors and was named 2011 Conference USA Golfer of the Year and was named to the All C-USA and All-Louisiana first teams... the first individual player in school history to play in the NCAA Championships...named to the 2011 C-USA Championship All-Tournament team and garnered C-USA Golfer of the Week honors on March 2, 2011...ranked as high as 18th nationally and completed the season ranked 40th...played 34 rounds in 10 events and logged a 74.13 (2511 strokes) scoring average... the 74.13 stroke average in 2010-11 ranks second all-time among TU's single season golfers...produced four top-10 finishes...recorded a season-best fifth-place finish on three different occasions (Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Championship, the LSU Golf Classic and the C-USA Championships), while her best 54-hole score was a 2-under 214 at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship...finished par or better on 12 times.

Fall 2010: Played 12 rounds in four tournaments and logged a 73.33 (880 strokes) scoring average, which ranked second on the team...posted five rounds of par or better, including a fall-best 3-under 69 during the second round of The Fall Preview...registered a pair of top-20 performances...top finish was 13th place at the Alamo Invitational, while her 54-hole total 217s at The Fall Preview and Alamo Invitational are tied for her career low.

Freshman (2009-10): The 2010 Louisiana Freshman of the Year and third team All-Conference USA selection...played 31 rounds in 11 tournaments and turned in a 75.77 (2,349 strokes) scoring average during her rookie season, which ranked third on the team...produced four rounds of par or better, including a career-low 4-under 68 during the second round of the Windy City Collegiate, which ranks as the second-lowest round in school history...registered three top-20 showings, including an eighth place effort at the 2010 C-USA Championships...tied her low 54-hole total of 220 three times.

Fall 2009: Played seven rounds in three tournaments (two rounds were cancelled due to inclement weather) and recorded her first top-20 finish with an 18th place showing at the Windy City Classic...posted a career-best 4-under 68 at the Windy City Classic...finished the fall with a 76.43 scoring average.

Summer 2009: Earned Laura Diaz first team All-America honors on the Future Collegians World Tour for 2008-09 and was one of 10 All-Americans on the first team that combined to win 26 and 36 top three finishers on the futures tour...picked up an important victory when she won her country's open championship with a one stroke victory at the 2009 Colombian Open. She battled windy and tough conditions all week before she came out victorious in her national event.

Prior to Tulane: Received a scholarship from the Colombian Golf Federacion to attend the prestigious David Ledbetter Golf Academy and spent her final season at Bradenton Prep in Bradenton, Fla.

High School: Notched top international victories and finished in the top seven in six outings in the Future Collegians Tour, including top finishes at The Legends at Orange Lake Open, the Mission Inn-El Campion Open and logged second place at the Golf Club of Bridgewater Open...other top tournament showings included a second place in her home country in the Colombian Open, a top-10 finish at the Doral Publix Junior Classic in Miami, Fla., and a pair of the victories in the Ross Blakie Talbot International Junior Classic in Bermuda in 2007 and 2008...also won the Militar Country Club Open and the Serrezuela Country Club Open in 2008, and was fourth in the SudAmerican Amateur Tournament and turned in a 25th place performance in the Callaway Junior World Championship in Santee, Calif., in 2008.

Personal: A communication major... born Maribel Lopez Porras on December 14, 1991...the daughter of Maribel and Jose Lopez.

Maribel Lopez Porras' Career Statistics

Year	Events	Rds	Strokes	Avg.	L18	L54	Best Finish
2009-10	11	31	2349	75.77	68	220	T8-Conference USA Champs.
2010-11	10	34	2511	74.13	69	214	T5-Three times; most recent C-USA Champs.
2011-12	4	12	933	77.75	72	223	T23-Mo Morial
Totals	25	77	5793	75.23	68	214	T5-Three times; most recent C-USA Champs.

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