Career Highlights

2017 All-Big Ten First Team
2017 PING All-Midwest Region

Sophomore - 2016-17

• Appeared in the Illini lineup in all five fall tournaments 
• Finished as the individual runner-up at the Northern Intercollegiate with a score 3-under par
• Placed among the top 25 individuals in all five appearances during the fall
• Won his matches in both the semifinal and final rounds at the East Lake Cup, the only Illini to do so
• Shot even or under par in five of 12 rounds played during the fall
• Earned five finishes among the top 25 during the spring season, highlighted by a sixth place finish at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate
• Tied for eighth at the Big Ten Championships
• Placed among the top 20 at the NCAA West Lafayette Regional
• Tied for 16th at the NCAA Championship
• Turned pro at the conclusion of the season

Summer 2016

• Shot 8-under par to tie for third overall at the Berkshire Trophy 
• Tied for 40th at the Brabazon Trophy

Freshman - 2015-16

• Played in three tournaments during the fall season, competing in the lineup at the OFCC/FIghting Illini Intercollegiate
• Placed among the top-20 in two of three fall events
• Tied for 10th overall at the Crooked Stick Intercollegiate
• Competed at the NCAA Championships for the first time in his career, tying for 75th in stroke play
• Won his quarterfinal match against South Carolina’s top player, Matthew NeSmith
• Shot a season-low 68 in the final round at the Big Ten Championships on his way to a 17th place finish
• Joined the lineup for the first time in the spring at the 3M Augusta Invitational
• Tied for 18th overall at the Boilermaker Invitational recording a season low 69 (-3) in the first round of play
• Closed the year with a 73.87 stroke average. 

High School

• Made the cut and finished 64th at the European Tour's Italian Open in August after standing tied for 20th following the third round
• Won the 2013 Italian Men's National Championship Medal and the 2013 Italian Amateur
• Finished 13th at the 2014 Spanish Amateur Championship
• Finished 12th at the English U18
• Placed 15th at the 2014 Duke of York at Royal Aberdeen
• Finished 17th at the 2014 European Boys Team Championship
• Tied for fifth at the 2013 French Boys Stroke/Match Play

Personal

• Born February 15, 1997
• Son of Elena Barbara Manca and Fabio Liparelli
• Lists Tiger Woods as his favorite athlete because he is one of the best golfers in the history of the sport
• Dreams of winning the Augusta Masters