Felipe Suarez

Class:
2nd Year
Hometown:
Cordoba, Argentina
High School:
La Santisima Trinidad
Prev School:
Missouri Valley College

Awards & Honors:
2025-26 NAIA Phil Mickelson Outstanding Men’s Golf Freshman of the Year
2025-26 NAIA All-American First Team
2025-26 Heart of America Conference Golfer of the Year
2025-26 Heart of America Conference Freshman of the Year
2025-26 All-Heart of America Conference First Team
2025-26 Heart of American Conference Individual Champion
6x Individual Medalist in 2025-26
2x NAIA Men’s Golfer of the Week
5x Heart of America Conference Golfer of the Week

Collegiate Tournaments Won (6):
2026 Heart of America Conference Championship – April 27-28, 2026 (w/Missouri Valley)
2026 CBC Spring Invitational – March 16-17, 2026 (w/Missouri Valley)
2026 Texas Invitational – Feb. 23-24, 2026 (w/Missouri Valley)
2025 Heart of America Conference Preview – Oct. 20-21, 2025 (w/Missouri Valley)
2025 Pioneer Prairie Classic – Oct. 12-14, 2025 (w/Missouri Valley)
2025 Missouri Valley College Fall Invitational – Sept. 8-9, 2025 (w/Missouri Valley)

EMU: Comes to Ypsilanti after one season at Missouri Valley College and will have four years of eligibility remaining… Named the 2025-26 NAIA Phil Mickelson Outstanding Men’s Golf Freshman of the Year and an NAIA All-American… Won six times in 11 tournaments, including the Heart of America Conference crown.

MISSOURI VALLEY: Attended Missouri Valley College for one year and helped the Vikings to their most successful campaign in program history… Helped the team to only its second Heart of America Conference team title and a 14th-place finish at the NAIA Championships in only the second appearance in the event by MVC… Finished 14th at the NAIA Championships to earn NAIA All-America First Team honors… Selected as the recipient of the 2025-26 NAIA Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman of the Year honor… Won six times on the season with his last coming at the HOAC Championships where his 10-under score gave him the individual victory by four strokes… Named the HOAC Golfer of the Year, HOAC Freshman of the Year, and All-HOAC First Team… Captured titles at the MVC Fall Invitational (17-under), Pioneer Prairie Classic (12-under), HOAC Preview (6-under), and Texas Invitational (5-under) before taking the conference crown… Also added a pair of runner-up finishes… Finished the season ranked No. 3 in the Scoreboard/Clippd NAIA rankings (June 8)… Over the summer break, he finished fifth at the Amador de Golfe do Brasil event.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Instituto la Santisima Trinidad… Recorded four top 10 finishes in his native Argentina prior to heading to Missouri Valley College… Was the runner-up at the El Federal and added a fifth-place showing at the XVIII Campeonato Abierto el Potrerillo de Larretta… In 2024, he competed in several events and placed among the top 10 seven times, including second-place finishes at the Campeonato Argention de Menores, the Torneo Nacional de Menores, and the Campeonato Abierto del Centro… Was eighth at the Toyota Junior World Cup in Japan… Competed once in the U.S. and placed 28th at the Junior Orange Bowl International.

PERSONAL: Full Name: Felipe Suarez… Son of Fernando and Eugenia Suarez… Has two sisters, Emilia and Franca… Business Administration major.