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Julián Périco Season 2022-23

Ht5-11
Yr5th-Yr Sr. (1)
HometownLima, Peru


» One of the most decorated golfers in Arkansas history (joins Sebastian Cappelen as the only Razorbacks to be four-time GCAA/PING All-Region honorees)
» 2021 Arnold Palmer Cup selection (Team International - Peru) ... The first player from Peru ever selected for the Palmer Cup and was just the third South American.
» 2021 GCAA/PING All-American (honorable mention)
» Four-time GCAA/PING All-Central Region, the 6th Razorback to be honored at least three times
» Earned three SEC Honors ... Two-time All-SEC second eam (2019 and 2020) and SEC All-Freshman Team (2018)
» Has represented his native Peru five times at the Latin America Amateur Championship with finishes of fourth (2017), sixth (2020), 9th (2022), 13th (2018) and 25th (2019)
  ^ Set the 36-hole scoring record at the 2022 LAAC at 9-under par, shooting 69-66=136
» Played in two U.S. Amateurs (2020 and 2021)
» Tied for seventh at the 2022 South America Amateur
» Set the Blessings Golf Club course record, shooting a 64 from the championship tees on August 3, 2020.


In the Arkansas Record Book:
• His career scoring average of 71.40 ranks 2nd
• His season scoring average of 70.38 in 2019-20 ranks 1st; his 2022-23 season scoring average of 70.16 ranks 5th; his 2020-21 scoring average of 71.17 ranks 6th
• His 2018-19 scoring average of 71.54 is an Arkansas freshman record.
• His 197 in winning the 2018 Jerry Pate National is a 54-hole record ... His 199 winning score at Vanderbilt Legends ranks 3rd ... HIs -14 score to par at Vandy ranks 4th, while his -13 score as runner-up at Carmel Cup (203) and -13 in winning Jerry Pate tie for 5th
• Has shot 64 three times, which ties for the second-best, single-round behind a pair of 63's
• Most Rounds in the 60's for a Season: 12 in 2018-19 ranks T3rd - 10 in 2022-23 ranks T5th - 10 in 2019-20 ranks T5th
• Most Rounds of Par of Better in a Season: 21 in 2022-23 ranks T8th
• His 82 career rounds of Par or Better ranks first (had 61 in first four years which ranks 7th)
• Most Birdies in a Season: 139 in 2022-23 ranks 7th - 134 in 2018-19 ranks 8th
• His 573 career Birdies rank first (had 434 in first four years which ranks 7th)
• Most Eagles in a Season: 9 in 2020-21 ranks 1st - 6 in 2022-23 ranks T4th - 5 in 2018-19 ranks T7th - 4 in 2019-20 ranks T11th - 4 in 2021-22 ranks T11th
• His 28 career Eagles rank first (had 22 in first four years which ranks 1st as well)
• His 14 career top-10's rank 8th (had 10 in first four years)


5th-Yeart Senior (2022-23)
» Graduated in the Spring of 2023 with a degree in Recreation & Sport Management.
» GCAA/PING All-Central Region
Named GCAA/PING All-Central Region for the fourth time in his career ... Was second on the team in scoring at 70.16 as he joined Manuel Lozada as the only Razorbacks to play all 13 events and play a team-best 37 rounds ... Led the team with six eagles, which ranks 4th on the school's single-season list ... Ranked second on the team by being the low man for a round 10 times and low man for an event four times ... Had a team-best four top-10's and tied for the team lead with 21 rounds of par or better ... His 10 rounds in the 60's were second-best on the team ... Tied for sixth at the SEC Championship to help Arkansas satisfy the NCAA .500 rule ... Shot a 4-under 206 (68-72-66) ... His 206 tied for third-best, 54-hole score by a Razorback at the SEC Championship ... Tied for fourth at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup (69-68-70=207 / -9) thanks to two eagles and a season-best 17 birdies ... Tied for sixth at the Hal Williams Collegiate (67-71-68) for a 7-under 206 ... Finished with a 2-under 70 to finish seventh (tied) at the Blessings Collegiate (71-74-70=215 / -1) ... Including the SEC Championship, was under par in three straight events - -1 at Lewis Chitengwa Memorial (68-72-72), -2 at SEC and -3 at NCAA Salem Regional (75-67-71).

Senior (2021-22)
Had a season-best 15 birdies in the season opener, thanks to a final-round 67, to tie for 17th at the Carmel Cup ... Had season bests at the Cabo Collegiate including low round (65), low 54-hole score (206), low score in relation to pat (-7) and best finish (T-12th) ... After an opening-round 79 and standing tied for 53rd at the Aggie Invitational, bounced back with rounds of 75-73 to finish T-15th ... Tied for the second-best Razorback finisher at both the NCAA Regional and NCAA Championship ... Tied for 29th the Regional (68-74-75=217 / +4) as the Razorbacks finished fourth and advanced to nationals ... Helped Arkansas finish ninth at the NCAA Championship, tying for 25th (74-70-72-72=288 / +8).

Junior (2020-21)
» GCAA/PING All-America (Honorable Mention)
» GCAA/PING All-Central Region
» Second Team All-SEC
» SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
Named GCAA/PING All-America (honorable mention) ... Voted GCAA/PING All-Central Region for the third time .... Added second team All-SEC honors ... Repeated on the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll ... Was #47 in the final Golfstat rankings and #51 in the Golfweek rankings ... Helped the team finish runner-up at the SEC Championship, runner-up at the NCAA Kingston Springs Regional and 11th at the NCAA Championship ... Led the team in scoring for a third straight year and his average of 71.18 ranks third on the school's single-season list ... Was #47 in the final Golfstat rankings and #51 in the Golfweek Sagarin rankings ... Was the only Razorback to play all 34 team rounds and his score counted a team-best 31 times ... Led the team with eight top 25 finishes, including five in the top 20 ... Won the Vanderbilt Legends Collegiate (versus an all SEC field) for his second collegiate win with scores of 64-66-69 for a 14-under total of 199 ... Had three eagles in the round, including the 18th hole twice ... The 199 ties for the second-lowest 54-hole score in school history ... The -14 is the third-best, 54-hole score in relation to par in school history ... Followed that with a T-19 at Jerry Pate National (71-71-67=209/-1) and T-18 at Gators Invitational (65-70-70=205/-5) ... Posted a 4-under-par 212 to tie for 13th at the Tiger Invitational (69-72-71) ... Posted a tie for 10th the following event - the Collegiate Invitational - with a 2-under total of 213 (74-64-75) ... Cruised to a 6&5 win in the SEC Championship match ... Carded a 1-over 214 (71-70-74) to tie for 24th at the NCAA Regional ... Shot a closing-round 68 at the NCAA Championship to push the Razorbacks up three spots to an 11th-place finish ... For the Championship, tied for 44th (74-73-75-68=290/+10) ... INDIVIDUAL: Earned an exemption to the 2020 U.S. Amateur based on his world ranking ... Tied for seventh after stroke play (67-71) ... Advanced to the Rd of 32 in Match Play.

Sophomore (2019-20)
» PING All-Central Region
» First Team All-SEC
» SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
Voted PING All-Central Region for the second straight year. Earned first team All-SEC ... Added SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll honors ... His season scoring average of 70.38 is an Arkansas record ... Led the team in scoring average for a second-straight year ... Ranked 60th on the Golfweek Power Ranking and 95th on the Golf Stat ranking ... In eight events, had a team-best three top 5's and a team-best 10 rounds in the 60's, which ranks fifth-best on the school's single-season list, prior to the season being canceled Mar. 12, 2020 due to COVID-19 ... Also led the team in being low man for a round (10), low man for an event (4) and having 23 of his 24 rounds count toward the team total ... Had 16 birdies at an event three times ... Was runner-up at the Carmel Cup, shooting a 13-under 203 (68-68-67) ... The 203, 54-hole score ranks sixth-best in school history while his 13-under-par ties his career-best and ties for third-best in the Razorback record book ... Tied for fourth at White Sands Intercollegiate, carding a 10-under 206 (67-69-70) ... Also tied for fourth at the Cabo Collegiate, turning in a 5-under-par 208 (69-70-69) ... Lead most of the final round at Cabo thanks to a double eagle on the 550-yard, par 5 16th hole in the final round - hit driver and 50-degree wedge from 140 yards out to hole out for the albatross  ... INDIVIDUAL: Had rounds of 69-75-70 to tie for 26th at the Sun Bowl All-America ... Shot a final-round 69 to tie for sixth at the Latin America Amateur Championship (76-79-72-69) ... Earned exemption to play in the 2020 U.S. Amateur Championship.

As a Freshman (2018-19)
» PING All-Central Region
» SEC All-Freshman Team
Voted PING All-Central Region and named to the SEC All-Freshman team ... Led the team with a 71.54 scorning average, which ranks 10nth in school history and is a Razorback freshman record ... Led the team by shooting the low round 16 times and being the low man five times ... Also had a team-best 34 (of 38) rounds count toward the team score ... Led the team with 12 rounds in the 60's and by having three top 5's, five top 10's and seven top 20's ... Set school records in winning the Jerry Pate Intercollegiate by carding a 36-hole score of 129 and a 54-hole score of 197 ... Overall was 13-under with rounds of 64-65-68 ... His opening-round score of 64 ties for third in school history behind a pair of 63's ... Ended the year ranked 116th in the Golf Stat standings ... In addition to his win, was fourth at the Gopher Invitational, shooting a 3-under 209 (68-74-67) and tied for fourth at the Husker Invitational ... Led at various stages of the SEC and NCAA Regional ... Finished eighth at the SEC's with a 3-under score of 207 (66-67-74) ... Was the only Razorback to go 3-0 in match play to lead Arkansas to the SEC Championship ... In fact, he had a par on the 18th in the championship to clinch the title ... Finished sixth at the NCAA Austin Regional, shooting a 3-under 210 (67-72-71) to qualify for the NCAA Championship ... Had a strong opening round at the NCAA Championship but finished with a 6-over 222 to place 34th-t ... Summer 2019: Represented Peru in the 2019 Pan Am Games - played in Peru - and finished eighth (70-73-66-67=276/-8).

High School
As of August 2018, ranked No. 9 in the country by the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) and checked in at No. 133 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking ... Attended Montverde Academy in Florida and played his prep career for Bishops Gate Golf Academy, was selected to play on the Toyota Junior World Cup Team and earned AJGA All-America honorable mention honors following his junior season ... Tied for 13th, thanks to shooting 67-68 in the final two rounds, at the 2018 Latin American Amateur Championship ... Finished 33rd at the 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur ... Won two pro events in Peru ... Recorded an AJGA victory by winning the Simplify Boys Invitational (11-under par, 205) as well as finishing runner-up at The Major Champions Invitational (64-70-71) ... Named the Bishops Gate Golf Academy Player of the Year as he also won the IMG Academy Junior World Championship and the AJGA Memorial Junior ... Won the South American Championship in Brazil and the Mitsubishi Pro Championship in Peru ... At the 2017 Latin American Amateur Championship, Perico missed the playoff by one stroke, finishing in fourth place overall ... Shot an opening-round 64 to hold the lead and set the record for the lowest round in LAAC tournament history ... In addition, he was the youngest player in the field when he set the mark ... As a sophomore, Perico won the Match Play Championship Peru while finishing runner-up at the South American Junior Championship, the Faldo Series South American Junior Championship, the Hurricane Junior Annual Academy Tournament and the Golfweek Junior Tournament ... Was also the low amateur at the PGA Latin America Lexus Open.
Julián Périco

Sr.*
2021-22

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Julián Périco

Jr.
2020-21

5-11 / -
Julián Périco

So.
2019-20

5-11 / -
Julián Périco

Fr.
2018-19

5-11 / -