Coastal Carolina University Athletics

Honors
2004 NCAA Regional participant
2003-04 Big South Golfer of the Year
2003-04 Big South Champion
2003-04 All-Big South
2003-04 Academic All-Big South
2003 NCAA Regional participant
2002-03 All-Big South
2002-03 Academic All-Big South


2003-04 (Senior)

• Named the Big South Golfer of the Year - the first in CCU history
• Earned All-Big South Honors
• Was the 2004 Big South Champion, winning the Big South Championship event by four strokes with rounds of 71, 72 and 68 for a tournament-low score of 211
• His Big South Championship Tournament score of 211 was the second-lowest by a Chanticleer in Big South Tournament history
• Played in all 11 events for the Chanticleers, posting a team-best 72.53 season stroke average
• His 17 rounds of par or better were the second-most in CCU single-season history
• Totaled nine top-20 finishes and five top-10 finishes over his 11 events played
• Was the top CCU golfer in seven of those 11 tournaments
• Finished runner-up at the Hawai'i/Turtle Bay Intercollegiate, carding rounds of 71, 71 and 73 for a 54-hole score of 215
• Placed in a tie for fourth overall with rounds of 73, 71 and 75 for a three-round score of 219 at the Furman Intercollegiate
• Also posted a top-five finish at the Bradford Creek Intercollegiate, placing in a tie for fifth with a 54-hole score of 212 (71-72-69)
• Was ninth overall at the UCF/Rio Panar Intercollegiate with rounds of 72, 73 and 71 for a score of 216
• Shot a 71, 73 and 70 at the Palmetto Intercollegiate to finish in a tie for 12th with a 54-hole score of 214
• Led the Chants and finished in a tie for 13th overall at the General Jim Hackler Invitational with a 54-hole score of 221 (76-69-76)
• Also finished in a tie for 13th overall with a score of 221 (76-71-74) at the Pepperdine/Club Golf Intercollegiate
• Was also the top CCU golfer and finished in a tie for 20th at the Duke Golf Classic with rounds of 76, 71 and 75 for a final three-round score of 222
• Placed in a tie for 30th with a 221, +5, with rounds of 73, 74 and 74 at the NCAA West Regional
• Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big South team

2002-03 (Junior)

• Earned All-Big South Honors
• Finished in a tie for second-place at the PUPS/Big South Conference Championship with rounds of 70, 75 and 77 for a 54-hole score of 222
• Qualified as an individual and finished in a tie for 18th at the NCAA East Regional with a 54-hole score of 214 with rounds of 68, 72 and 74
• Played in 12 events in his first year at Coastal Carolina
• Posted a team-best season stroke average of 72.69 on the year
• Finished in the top-20 in 11 of the 12 tournaments
• Also posted five top-10 finishes
• Tied his career-low with a first-round 68 at the NCAA East Regional
• His team-high 119 birdies on the season were the most ever by a Chanticleer in single-season history
• His 18 rounds of par or better on the year were the most in CCU single-season history
• His 54-hole score of 205, 11-under par, in his first-place finish at the Pacific Invitational was the lowest 54-hole tournament score in Coastal Carolina men's golf history
• Named to the Academic All-Big South team

Prior to Coastal Carolina

• Was the medalist in the 2001 Italian Amateur Championship
• Finished as the fourth-ranked amateur in Spain in 2002
• Qualified for the 2002 British Amateur

Personal

• Full name is Alvaro Velasco
• Son of Felipe Velasco and Angeles Roca
• Majoring in marketing