While I have no evidence that he's anything other than a fine and upstanding person, Ronnie Schneider is indeed underranked and has indeed just finished at university last summer. He was among the top 25 university students in singles.
L32: (4) Cam Norrie WR 113 (CH = 110 last month) vs Denis Kudla (USA) WR 206 (CH = 53 in May last year)
L32: (WC) Luís Valero (COL) WR 1917 (CH = 1427 in June last year) vs Liam Broady WR 170 (CH = 158 in August 2015)
Alex could well have struck lucky in the main draw - assuming his opponent isn't some underranked college brat, that is:
L32: (WC) Ronnie Schneider (USA) WR 643 (= CH) vs (Q) Alex Ward WR 403
Bit unnecessary, no? You obviously do a lot of useful posting on this forum regarding draws and results but your dislike of all things American is... interesting.