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Alberto Sanchez Bio - Arizona State University Official Athletic Site



04/14/2013

Jon Rahm's Eighth-Place Finish Surges Men's Golf Into Top Ten

Rahm shot 1-under-par on Sunday, helping the Sun Devils to finish alone in ninth place.

04/13/2013

Jon Rahm Leads The Way For Men's Golf At Western Intercollegiate

Rahm shot two-over par through the first 36 holes and is tied for 12th.

04/06/2013

Second Round Concludes From ASU Thunderbird Invitational

Jon Rahm shot three-under par on the day and is tied for 24th.

03/12/2013

Freshman Golfer Jon Rahm Wins San Diego Classic

Win is his second on the year as he posts five birdies in final round.

03/11/2013

Men's Golf Competing In San Diego On Monday And Tuesday

Sun Devil lineup includes three freshmen, Rottluff has six rounds in the 60s in four spring events.

•Nogales' Sanchez living life to fullest (by Pat Finley, Arizona Daily Star/June 4, 2012)

•Cross-border golf phenom makes U.S. Open (by Tod Leonard, San Diego Union Tribune/June 13, 2012)

•Sanchez goes to school with Mickelson (by Tod Leonard, San Diego Union Tribune/June 13, 2012)

•Sanchez enjoys a spectacular debut at the U.S. Open Championship

•Sun Devil incoming student-athlete Sanchez shoots 6-under over 36 holes to earn berth at Olympic Club (San Diego Union-Tribune/June 4, 2012)


2012 PATRIOT ALL-AMERICA
Tied for 18th in the 82-player field at the Patriot All-American with a 6-over 216 (75-69-72). The event was held in late December at The Wigwam in Litchfield Park, Ariz.

PRIOR TO ASU
At the age of fourteen played in the 2009 Thunderbird Invitational, becoming one of the youngest competitors in the event's history...top-12 finish at the 2009 Junior World Championship at Torrey Pines South...along with former Sun Devils Scott Pinckney and Philip Francis represented the Arizona Delegation on the Morse Cup team at the 2010 Pacific Coast Amateur...qualified for the 2010 Pacific Coast Amateur, winning the qualifier while shooting a final round 63 at The Legacy Golf Club...tied for 25th at the 2010 Pacific Coast Amateur...at age of 15 was low amateur in Monday Qualifier for the 2009 PGA Tour's Frys.com (69)...has played in prestigious events like the Footjoy Invitational, The Rolex Tournament of Champions, The Junior Players Championship, HP Invitational, The Polo Golf Junior Classic, The Western Junior Championship, and twice qualified for the United States Junior Amateur Championship...qualified for the 2012 U.S. Open, turning 18 on the day of the final round...shot a 2-over par and was tied for 23rd after the first round of the U.S. Open, but missed the cut after the second round.

  Alberto Sanchez
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Nogales, Ariz.
High School:
La Jolla Country Day School
Height:
6-0