- Rated as the No. 14 signee in the Florida Region by TopDrawerSoccer.com
- Starting goalkeeper for the IMG U18 U.S. Soccer Development Academy squad (member of squad since 2010)
- Selected to the 2012 AX/PSC Select U.S. Team, which competed in the European Showcase (Denmark, Netherlands)
- Prior to time at IMG, member of Club Deportivo Los Millonarios in Bogata, Colombia with U15/U17 squads
- Named to the Bogata city all-star team in 2009 and represented the city in the 2010 national tournament
- Prior to time in Columbia, spent two seasons with Atletico de Madrid
- Has triple nationality, United States, Colombia and Spain
- Son of Mario and Corinna Velez, has a sister, Hannah and a brother, Jaime