Alex Romo

Height:
5-9
Weight:
155
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Oxnard, CA
High School:
Villanova Prep

2012-13 -- Played in two tournaments as a junior with one top-20 finish ... tied for 20th place in Firestone Grill Cal Poly Invitational with rounds of 74, 72 and 73 for a 219 total ... carded 74.8 scoring average over six rounds ... enters senior season with a 76.17 scoring average over 12 rounds ... over the summer months, shot rounds of 68 and 70 in the Ventura City Championship for a four-under par total and a third-place finish ... made cut in Long Beach City Championship with rounds of 74, 71 and 75 for a four-over-par total and a tie for 70th among 217 players ... advanced to the Round of 16 in the Los Angeles City Match Play Championship ... fired rounds of 76, 69 and 71 in SCGA Public Links Championship at Brookside GC for a ninth-place tie in 110-player field ... shot rounds of 70, 74 and 63 in Ventura County Championship for a seven-under-par total and a third-place finish.

2011-12 -- Played in two tournaments as an individual in his sophomore season ... finished 40th in Folino Invitational hosted by Cal State Fullerton and 41st in Braveheart Classic hosted by UC Riverside ... best round was a 73 in Braveheart Classic ... averaged 77.5 strokes over six rounds ... during the summer, fired rounds of 74 and 72 in the Goleta City Championship for a third-place finish out of 54 players ... made cut in the Santa Barbara City Championship with rounds of 75, 73 and 72 for a tie for 17th out of 79 players ... shot rounds of 74 and 72 in the U.S. Amateur Public Links Qualifier at Brookside GC for a two-over-par total and a tie for 16th out of 120 players, failing to qualify by just four shots ... fired rounds of 69 and 73 in the Ventura City Championship for an even-par total and ninth place out of 53 players ... made the cut in the Ventura County Championship with rounds of 70, 71 and 64 for a nine-under par total and second place.

2010-11: Did not compete on the team as a redshirt freshman ... placed third in Ventura County Amateur Championship with rounds of 75, 70 and 71 ... also was fourth in the San Luis Obispo County Amateur Championship (74, 69) and 16th in both the Ventura City Championship (69, 77) and Simi Valley City Championship (73, 73) ... reached the round of 16 in the 2011 Los Angeles Match Play Championship.

2009-10: Redshirt.

High School: A 2009 graduate of Villanova Prep in Ojai ... four-year letter winner in golf ... earned Frontier League MVP honors as a senior and qualified for CIF-Southern Section Individual Finals ... as a junior was named to All-Frontier League first team ... as a sophomore was a second-team All-Tri-Valley League selection ... qualified for CIF-Southern Section Individual Finals as a freshman ... also lettered in water polo as a freshman and sophomore and in soccer as a freshman ... named to Headmasters List all four years in high school.

Personal -- Son of Richard and Marianne Romo ... no siblings ... nephew Jerad Romo was a quarterback at SMU in 2005 and 2006 ... enjoys weight lifting, running, snowboarding, hiking and basketball as hobbies ... aspires to be a professional golfer ... born June 4, 1991, in Ventura, Calif. ... majors in business administration with a concentration in marketing ... minors in psychology.