Fourth seasons at San José State…eight top-five finishes and 13 other top-20 finishes in her career… three-time Academic All-Mountain West and Mountain West Scholar Athlete…WGCA All-America Scholar…currently ranked 73rd on the WAGR.
San José State Golf Honors
2023-24 First Team All-Mountain West
2023-24 WGCA All-American Scholar
2022-23 WGCA Honorable Mention All-America
2023 NCAA Individual Runner-up – Stroke Play
2022-23 First Team All-Mountain West
2022-23 WGCA All-American Scholar
2021-22 Mountain West Freshman of the Year
2021-22 First Team All-Mountain West
2021-22 WGCA All-American Scholar
2023-24: First team All-Mountain West…played in all 11 tournaments and 32 rounds…72.78 stroke average…low round of 67 twice including the first round of the MW West Championship…14 rounds of par or better including seven rounds in the 60s…finished tied for second at The Molly Collegiate Invitational with a 9-under 207…third place a 5-under 211 at the MW Championship…MW Player of the Week after her sixth-place finish at 3-under at the Pac-12 Preview…made two eagles on the season…started the year with an eagle during her first round at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate…added another at the Stanford Intercollegiate.
2022-23: Honorable mention WGCA All-American selection…finished tied for second at the NCAA Championships at 9-under 279, one shot behind champion Rose Zhang…one of only three golfers at the championship to shoot under par all four rounds (68-69-71-71)…made an eagle on par-5, #18 in the second round and reached the green in two shots in each of the four rounds…first team All-Mountain West selection…played in all 11 tournaments and 34 rounds...71.88 stroke average, the fourth-best in school history…ranked 27th in Golfstat…tied for fifth at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge where she shot even-par 213…finished in the top-20 in nine of the 11 tournaments played…tied for ninth at the Stanford Intercollegiate where she shot a 4-under 67 in the first round…tied for ninth at the Mountain West Championship where she shot 2-under 214 for the tournament...only eagle of the season came at the MountainView Collegiate she had one on the par-4 #6 in the first round…tied for 16th at the NCAA Athens Regional where she shot 4-over 220 including a 71 in the second round.
2021-22: Mountain West Freshman of the Year…first team All-MW honoree…played in all 11 tournaments…73.09 stroke average and finished 89th in the Golfstat rankings…tied for third at the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional at even-par 213…finished second at the Mountain West Championship at three-under 213, seven strokes behind teammate Natasha Andrea Oon… two other top-five finishes – third at the MountainView Collegiate and fourth at the Juli Inkster at Meadow Club Invitational…finished even or under par in all four top-five placings…10 rounds under par this year… shot a 68 four times this season including the first round of the MW Championship…also shot a 69 in the second round of the MountainView Collegiate…finished tied for 57th at the NCAA Championships where she shot a 2-under 70 in the third round…made an eagle in each of the first two rounds of the NCAA Championships…started the season tying for 16th at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational… tied for 20th at The Molly Collegiate Invitational…honored as the September Mountain West Freshman of the Month for her two top-20 finishes, two MW Freshman of the Week honors in March and the MW Golfer of the Week for her finish at the Juli Inkster at Meadow Club Invitational…made five eagles during the season…sank a hole-in-one in the first round of the Juli Inkster at Meadow Club Invitational…did it on the par-3 #11 from 131 yards.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: Was ranked fourth in the U18 Spanish National Rankings and 24th in the U18 European Golf Rankings…represented Team Spain at the European Team Championship and Spanish Team Championship in July of 2021…finished fourth at the 2021 Spanish Amateur Championship…won the 2021 Memorial Celia Barquin Copa Principado de Asturias…second at the 2021 Campeonato de Madrid…won the 2020 Golf East Mallorca Cup and ninth at the 202 Spanish Ladies Amateur Championship.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from les Ortega y Gasset in Madrid in 2021.
PERSONAL: Majoring in biological sciences BA…would like to go to medical school after graduation…San José State President’s Scholar…two-time Academic All-MW honoree…two-time Mountain West Scholar Athlete…likes sports and animals…Lucia Lopez Ortega was born in Manacor, Mallorca.
| 2023-24 Season | ||
| ANNIKA Intercollegiate | 67-74-69-210 | T9th |
| The Molly Collegiate Invitational | 68-69-70-207 | T2nd |
| Illini Women's Intercollegiate | 71-74-72-217 | T27th |
| Stanford Intercollegiate | 74-72-71-217 | T35th |
| Pac-12 Preview | 69-76-71-216 | T6th |
| Juli Inkster at Meadow Club Invite | 68-79-147 | T27th |
| Silicon Valley Showcase | 76-76-75-227 | 15th |
| Chevron Silverado Showdown | 74-77-74-225 | T48th |
| Mountain West Championship | 67-74-70-211 | 3rd |
| NCAA Cle Elum Regional | 74-77-71-222 | 18th |
| NCAA Championships | 76-75-79-230 | T106th |
| Totals 32 rounds | 2,329 strokes | 72.78 avg. |
| 2022-23 Season | ||
| USF Intercollegiate | 69-75-70-214 | T10th |
| Illini Women's Invitational | 70-72-74-216 | T40th |
| Stanford Intercollegiate | 67-74-69-210 | T9th |
| Landfall Tradition | 72-74-69-215 | T20th |
| Therese Hession Regional Challenge | 69-69-75-213 | T5th |
| Juli Inkster Meadow Club Invitational | 68-69-72-220 | T15th |
| MountainView Collegiate | 69-74-69-211 | T12th |
| Silverado Showdown | 76-73-83-232 | T61st |
| Mountain West Championship | 75-69-70-214 | T9th |
| NCAA Athens Regional | 75-71-74-220 | T16th |
| NCAA Championships | 68-69-71-71-279 | T2nd |
| Total 34 rounds | 2,444 strokes | 71.88 avg. |
| 2021-22 Season | ||
| Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational | 75-68-75-218 | T16th |
| The Molly Collegiate Invitational | 76-76-75-227 | T20th |
| Illini Women's Invitational at Medinah | 74-73-75-222 | T59th |
| Stanford Intercollegiate | 73-72-78-223 | T55th |
| Lamkin Invitational | 78-73-74-225 | T22nd |
| Juli Inkster at Meadow Club Invitational | 71-71-68-210 | 4th |
| MountainView Collegiate | 68-69-71-208 | T3rd |
| Silverado Showdown | 75-76-74-225 | T33rd |
| Mountain West Championship | 68-73-72-213 | 2nd |
| NCAA Ann Arbor Regional | 72-71-70-213 | T3rd |
| NCAA Championships | 76-80-70-75-301 | T57th |
| Totals 34 rounds | 2,485 strokes | 73.09 avg. |
| Career Total - 100 rounds | 7,258 strokes | 72.58 avg. |