2009-10
All-Southern Conference performer...NGCA All-America Scholar...Commissioner's Medal, Academic All-Conference, Dean's List and Honor Roll...one of 13 UTC student-athletes (69 in SoCon) to record a 4.0 GPA for the year...one of two golfers (Emma de Groot) to count in every round during the season...low score of 69 (-3) came in second round of JMU/Eagle Landing Invitational - where she finished tied for seventh - posting four birdies, 13 pars and just one bogey...carded four birdies in a round three times and had 12 or more pars 13 times with a high of 15 in the first round of the SoCon Championship...best result was fourth place in the SoCon Championship where she keyed a final nine comeback from five strokes down shooting three-under par down the stretch...beat 13 top 10 golfers (5 in top 50) finishing tied for 23rd at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational...went 1-1-1 in the Hooters Collegiate Match Play shooting two-under par in her lone loss...played two tournaments recording zero scores higher than a bogey (Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invite, NCAA East Regional)...second on the team in pars (342) and scores higher than bogey (17).

SUMMER 2009
Won an interesting event sponsored by FORE at Ruitoque Golf Club in her native Colombia...FORE is the foundation started by former UCLA golfer Maria Jose Uribe who turned pro after the 2009 NCAA Finals...the two-day tournament was played over 36 holes, but it only allowed an 18-hole score as the best result of the two days on each individual hole counted as Maju's 69 won the event...finished second in the Bucaramanga Open shooting the event's low round of 68...finished fourth in the Colombian Women's Amateur after leading through 18 holes.

2008-09
Named to the 2009 SoCon All-Freshman team ...tied Emma de Groot for the second lowest final round (79) in harsh wind conditions at the NCAA Central Regional in helping lead the team to the NCAA Finals...finished in the top 20 (t18) in her first collegiate event...solid at Mercedes-Benz finishing T36 at 225 (+9)...top Mocs finisher at Derby tied for 24th...tied for 17th in Lady Mocs Intercollegiate...lone top 10 is sixth (+3) at JMU/Eagle landing Invitational...tied for second on the squad with five par or better rounds...score counted in 24 of 35 rounds.

ASPAEN GIMNASIO CANTILLANA
Helped lead Colombia to South American Junior Championship...finished third in medal play at Colombia Amateur and second in the 50th Bucaramanga International Open...made it through the first round of qualifying for the U.S. Women's Open.

PERSONAL
Born March 31, 1990 in Bucaramanga, Colombia...daughter of Monica Ortiz and Jorge Loza...has a younger sister, Isabella...full name is Maria Juliana Loza, nickname is Maju (MAH-who)...majoring in Mechanical Engineering.

CAREER STATS

Year              Rounds      Avg      60's    Par/Better    Top 10's     Best 54-hole

2008-09              35         78.34       0             5                1              219 (+3)

2009-10              31         76.45       1             2                2              224 (+8)

Totals                66         77.45       1             7                3              219 (+3)

CAREER HIGHS (Entering 2010-11)
Finish:  4th, 2010 SoCon Championship

Totals:
54-Hole:  219 (+3), 2009 JMU Eagle Landing Invite
36-Hole:  146 (+2), 2008 Mercedes-Benz Wom. Champ.
18-Hole:  69 (-3), 2010 JMU Eagle Landing Invite

Rounds:
1st:  72 (E), two times (MR: 2010 JMU Eagle Landing Inv)
2nd:  69 (-3), 2010 JMU Eagle Landing Invite
3rd:  71 (-1), 2009 Mercedes-Benz Women's Champ.