Naval Academy Athletics

• 2022, ‘23, ‘24 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

2023-24 // Junior Year
• Appeared in six tournaments to finish the year with a 78.22 stroke average
• Turned in the lowest round of his career (70) at the Grand Canyon Invitational where he carded a 9-over par 222 to place 76th ... it was also the lowest 54-hole score of his career
• Also put together a strong performance at the Golden Horseshoe Intercollegiate where he placed 44th with a 16-over par 229
• Closed out the year by making his first-career appearance at the Patriot League Championship where he posted an 18-over par 234 to finish 36th
• Paired up with classmate Benjamin Valdez to cruise past Army’s James Ballato and Patrick Song in the four-ball matches in the annual Army-Navy Star Match
• Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

2022-23 // Sophomore Year
• Saw action in three tournaments to close out the year with a 76.6 stroke average
• Opened the year with a 13-over par 223 at The Doc Gimmler and finished the fall with a 16-over par 229 at the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate 
• Turned in a 24-over par 237 at the Bash at the Beach in his lone appearance of the spring season
• Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

2021-22 // Freshman Year
• Appeared in a pair of tournaments to finish the year with an 81.17 stroke average
• Made his collegiate debut in the Army/Navy Star Match in which he paired up with fellow freshman Benjamin Valdez to halve the four-ball match against Army’s Marshall Daniel and John Heckel Jr., while also halving his singles match against Dragon Theam
• Place 76th at the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate where he shot a 16-over par 229 in his first-collegiate tournament
• Turned in a 42-over par 258 at The Hayt to place 89th
• Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

High School 
• 2021 graduate of Brophy College Preparatory in Phoenix, Ariz.
• Four-year golf letter winner
• Two-time (2019, ‘20) First-Team All-State (Ariz.) selection
• The only golfer to win Junior Golf Association of Arizona (JGAA) “Player of the Year” recognition in the 15-to-18-year-old division in back to back years, doing so in 2016 and ‘17 at the age of 13 and 14
• Led Brophy College Prep to the 2018 AIA Division 1 State Championship
• Member of the National Honor Society

Personal
• Son of Wynfredo Nuez and Laarni Fernandez
• Majoring in Ocean Engineering, he owns a 3.41 grade-point average
• Has earned Superintendent’s (S2023) and Commandant’s (S2022, S2023) and Dean’s (F2023) List accolades
• Won his first golf tournament at the age of 4 in the 7-to-8-year-old division of the JGAA’s Boys Golf Club