Graduated with a 3.54 GPA from Berry College with two degrees, Business Marketing and Business Management in 2010.

His favorite golf courses are Valderrama and El Saler, both located in Spain.

Juan de Lope is his golf instructor.

He prefers visors instead of regular hats as head wear.

Marks his ball with an old 100 Spanish Pesetas coin.

The oldest club in his bag is a putter he has been using for three years now.

Uncle, Inaki Onaederra was a pro soccer player in the Spanish professional football league (La Liga) for many years and played in teams like Athletic Club Bilbao and Zaragoza.

His favorite athletes are Rafael Nadal, Seve Ballesteros, Roger Federer and Cristiano Ronaldo. His favorite Spanish Football teams are Athletic Club Bilbao and Real Murcia. His favorite cities to visit are Barcelona and Boston, while his favorite vacation spots are Egypt and Spain's Costa Brava. His favorite dish is paella. His favorite charities are Doctors Without Borders and Caritas.

First tee walk-up song would be "Paradise" by Cold Play.

Aspirations outside of golf include, "Start[ing] a business in my home country, Spain, hopefully golf related, and retire there."

"One of my earliest golf memories is my first birdie on a par 4 after hitting driver off the tee, followed by a 3-wood and a 5-wood in the hole when I was 7 years old."

Won back-to-back Southern States Athletic Conference Player of the Year honors in 2008 and 2009, while also winning the NAIA Region XVIII individual medal.

Won eight tournaments while at Berry College in Georgia, including two wins at the Southern States Athletic Conference Championship.

Was awarded NAIA Scholar-Athlete awards after each of his seasons with the Vikings.

In 2007, he won the Spanish National Match Play Championship, an event best known as La Copa Nacional Puerta De Hierro. Del Val joined Seve Ballesteros, Sergio Garcia, and Pablo Martin among the winners of that event, acknowledged as the oldest tournament

In Spain, he also won the Copa Murcia in 2004 and 2005 and claimed the Spanish National Junior Championship in 2004.

Two-time first All American NAIA division, Two-time conference individual medalist, 2007 Spanish Amateur Match Play Champion.