2011-12
Played in nine of 10 events...NGCA All-American Scholar...Dayle
May Award winner...wound up third in stroke average (77.67)...battled injuries
through the fall slate that made her miss just the second tournament of her
career (Tar Heel Invite)...finished third at SoCon Championship...tied for 19th at
NCAA East Regional with a season-best 221 (+5)...tied for 15th at Knights &
Pirates Invite...low round of 72 (E) came in the opening round of the Knight
& Pirates Invite and second round of NCAA East Regional...35 total birdies
and 292 pars...her 10.81 pars per round led the squad as did her 3.25 average on
par threes...40 pars in the SoCon Championship was team-best total for the season...three
times recorded 14 pars including the first and final rounds at the SoCon...high
of four birdies in the opening round of the Bettie Lou Evans Invitational...eight
birdies over 54 holes at NCAA East Regional was her best total...played par or
better on 67.3 percent of her holes...counted in 24 of 27 rounds...Dean’s List, Athletic Director’s Honor Roll,
Academic All-SoCon and SoCon Honor Roll.
2010-11
Averaged 76.11 strokes per round... NGCA All-American Scholar...All-SoCon
for second straight year......Commissioner's Medal, Academic All-Conference, Dean's
List and Honor Roll...four top 10s including her last three events...tied for eighth at
NCAA Central Regional losing on first playoff hole to advance to NCAA
Championship making all-tourney team...birdies last three holes and four of last
six to get to playoff at seven over (223)...tied for fifth at SoCon Championship
firing an even-par 72 in the final round...five par or better rounds for the
season, 12 career...was sixth at JMU/Eagle Landing Invitational with a three-over
par 219...had two level par 72's in the event...tied career-low round with a 69
(-3) during the second round of the Mercedes-Benz Championship...it included four
birdies, 13 pars and one lone bogey...best finish was second at JU Labor Day
Shootout (27 holes)...best 54-hole total was 218 (+2) tying for 15th at
Mercedes-Benz Women's Championship...four birdies (Mercedes-Benz 2/SoCon 3/NCAA
Central 3) and 15 pars (Mercedes-Benz Final/NCAA Central 1) were season highs
in a round... twice recorded 40 or more pars with a team-high of 41 at
Mercedes-Benz...had 40 in the win at JMU/Eagle Landing Invite playing 46 of 54
holes at par or better...team-low six bogeys at Mercedes-Benz (47 of 54 holes
par/better)...six total birdies is a tournament high coming four times (Golfweek
Conference Challenge/Mercedes-Benz/JMU Eagle Landing/SoCon)...played 71.0 percent
of her holes par or better for the season with 13 rounds of 15 or more
par/better holes...team counter in 25 of 29 rounds.
2009-10
All-Southern Conference performer...NGCA All-America Scholar...Commissioner's
Medal, Academic All-Conference, Dean's List and Honor Roll...one of 13 UTC
student-athletes (69 in SoCon) to record a 4.0 GPA for the year...one of two
golfers (Emma de Groot) to count in every round during the season...low score of
69 (-3) came in second round of JMU/Eagle Landing Invitational - where she
finished tied for seventh - posting four birdies, 13 pars and just one bogey...carded
four birdies in a round three times and had 12 or more pars 13 times with a
high of 15 in the first round of the SoCon Championship...best result was fourth place
in the SoCon Championship where she keyed a final nine comeback from five
strokes down shooting three-under par down the stretch...beat 13 top 10 golfers
(5 in top 50) finishing tied for 23rd at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational...went
1-1-1 in the Hooters Collegiate Match Play shooting two-under par in her lone
loss...played two tournaments recording zero scores higher than a bogey (Betsy
Rawls Longhorn Invite, NCAA East Regional)...second on the team in pars (342) and
scores higher than bogey (17).
2008-09
Named to the 2009 SoCon All-Freshman team ...tied Emma de
Groot for the second lowest final round (79) in harsh wind conditions at the
NCAA Central Regional in helping lead the team to the NCAA Finals...finished in
the top 20 (t18) in her first collegiate event...solid at Mercedes-Benz
finishing T36 at 225 (+9)...top Mocs finisher at Derby tied for 24th...tied for
17th in Lady Mocs Intercollegiate...lone top 10 is sixth (+3) at JMU/Eagle
landing Invitational...tied for second on the squad with five par or better
rounds...score counted in 24 of 35 rounds.
COLOMBIA
Helped lead Colombia to 2008 South American Junior
Championship...finished third in medal play at 2008 Colombia Amateur and second
in the 50th Bucaramanga International Open in 2008...made it through the first
round of qualifying for the 2008 U.S. Women's Open... won an interesting event
sponsored by FORE at Ruitoque Golf Club in her native Colombia in 2009...FORE
is the foundation started by former UCLA golfer Maria Jose Uribe who turned pro
after the 2009 NCAA Finals...the two-day tournament was played over 36 holes,
but it only allowed an 18-hole score as the best result of the two days on each
individual hole counted as Maju's 69 won the event...finished second in the
2009 Bucaramanga Open shooting the event's low round of 68...finished fourth in
the 2009 Colombian Women's Amateur after leading through 18 holes.
PERSONAL
Born March 31, 1990 in Bucaramanga, Colombia...daughter of Monica
Ortiz and Jorge Loza...has a younger sister, Isabella...full name is Maria Juliana
Loza, nickname is Maju (MAH-who)...majoring in Mechanical Engineering.
CAREER STATS
|
Year
|
Rounds
|
Avg
|
60's
|
Par/Better
|
Top 10's
|
Best 54-hole
|
|
2008-09
|
35
|
78.34
|
0
|
5
|
1
|
219 (+3)
|
|
2009-10
|
31
|
76.45
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
224 (+8)
|
|
2010-11
|
27
|
76.11
|
1
|
5
|
4
|
218 (+2)
|
|
2011-12
|
27
|
77.67
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
221 (+5)
|
|
Totals
|
120
|
77.20
|
2
|
14
|
8
|
218 (+2)
|
CAREER
HIGHS
Finish: 3rd, 2012 SoCon Championship (36 holes or more)
Totals:
54-Hole: 218 (+3), 2010
Mercedes-Benz Women's Championship
36-Hole: 145 (+1), 2010
Mercedes-Benz Women's Championship
18-Hole: 69 (-3), 2010 JMU
Eagle Landing Invite & 2010 Mercedes-Benz Women's Champ.
Rounds:
1st: 72 (E), 4 times (MR:
2012 Knights & Pirates Invite)
2nd: 69 (-3), 2010 JMU Eagle
Landing Invite & 2010 Mercedes-Benz Women's Champ.
3rd: 71 (-1), 2009 Mercedes-Benz Women's Champ.
