2024-25 (Senior):
Competed in seven tournaments this season… Best finish of the season came at the Dunning Invitational (+8) in a 29th-place effort… Defeated a University of New Orleans counterpart 3&2 at a Match Play event in April.

2023-24 (Junior):
Competed in eight tournaments this season… Earned SSAC Golfer of the Week honors on Nov. 7…  Play as a substitution at the SSAC Championship in April, carding rounds of 79 (+7) and 76 (+4)... Notched two 15th-place finishes, the first coming at the MGCCC Fall Invitational (+11) in October and the other at the Wolf Pack Spring Invitational (+14) in April.

2022-23 (Sophomore):
Competed in eight tournaments as a sophomore … Recorded two Top 5 finishes throughout the season, finishing in the Top 3 in back-to-back events … Tied for second at the Ram Spring Invite with a three-round score of 217 (+1), which is tied for the fifth-best 54-hole tournament score-to-par in program history … Led the team at the Wolf Pack Spring Invitational in March, with a three-round score of 223 (+7) to place third overall … Twice carded a round of 70 (-2), the best round for any Wolf Pack golfer in the 2022-23 season … Went 1-2 at the Faulkner Eagle Match Play Invitational … Through his first two seasons, he has five Top-5 finishes, which already ranks as the third-most in Loyola men’s golf history.

2021-22 (Freshman):
Played in seven tournaments as a freshman, the only Wolf Pack men’s golfer to do so… SSAC All-Conference Team… SSAC All-Freshman Team… Recorded three Top 5 finishes this season… Started his collegiate career with a first-round score of 71 at the Invite at Innisbrook, finishing the tournament in 17th place with a 219 (+6) three-round score… Earned his first Top 5 finish of his career at the Firehawk Invitational, placing fourth with a score of 220 (+4)... Add a fifth-place finish at the SSAC Fall Preview (217, +1) in October… Finished his season with a fourth-place performance at the SSAC Championship (218, +2) in April.

Pre-Loyola:
Attended Clear Creek High School in League City, Texas, where he was a four-year varsity Letterman … Second-Team All-District in 2018 and 2019 … District Champion in 2021 … Third place as an individual at the 2021 regionals … 6A State Qualifier in 2021 … He played one year on the Legends Junior Tour and managed to be exempt in all major events, including the Texas Cup, Junior Byron Nelson, and the Texas Junior Amateur. 

Personal:
Majoring in Business with a minor in Finance … Born March 10, 2003 … Parents are Tony and Marshall Ponce … His favorite food is Pesto Pasta and his least favorite is onions … Favorite book is “One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez … Favorite movie is Jason Bourne … The most influential person in his life is his grandfather … Hobby is spending time with his family … Favorite athlete is Moe Norman.