Braidech Earns NCAA Individual Bid

First Look: Chattanooga Mocs sophomore Camden Braidech is headed to the NCAA Tournament. He was selected Wednesday into the Auburn Regionals at the University Club in Auburn, Ala. The tournament is one of six regionals feeding into the NCAA Championships May 23-28 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif. 
 
But first come regionals play. The field converges on the plains May 12-14 with 13 teams and 10 individuals looking to advance.
 
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2025 NCAA Auburn Regionals Field
Teams
1) Auburn

2) Texas A&M
3) UCLA
4) SMU
5) Georgia Tech
6) Oregon
7) Purdue
8) Little Rock
9) TCU
10) College of Charleson
11) New Mexico State
12) Loyola Maryland
13) USC Upstate

Individuals

Louis Anceaux, ULM

Claes Borregaard, Kennesaw State

Xing Luo, North Alabama

Thomas Schmidt, Arkansas State

Parker Claxton, Georgia Southern

Camden Braidech, Chattanooga

Yixiang Wang, Memphis

Jack Maxey, Arkansas State

Jeep Patrick, Presbyterian

Jonathan Xoinis, UT Martin

 

What to Know

• The top 5 teams and best individual finish on a non-advancing squad move on to the NCAA Finals.
• Braidech’s first appearance in the NCAA postseason.
• 5th individual NCAA postseason berth for the program: 1992-Neil Connolly, 1993-Neil Connolly, 2016-Wes Gosselin & 2022-Paul Conroy.
• Led the Mocs with a 72.39 stroke average. He won twice in his first season in the program capturing the Qubein Cup in the fall and sharing medalist honors with teammate Garrett Engle at the Donald Ross Collegiate in the spring.
• 11th Moc with multiple wins in their careers. Teammate Braedon Wear became the 10th a month earlier.
• 1st Moc since A.J. Lintunen in 2020-21 to win multiple times in a season. Others to do it? PGA Tour pro Stephan Jaeger ’12 (3x-2011-12), Hodge ’09 (3x-2007-08) & Bryce Ledford ’07 (2x-2004-05).
• Fourth straight year the program competes in the NCAA Tournament. Paul Conroy made the field as an individual in 2022 (Norman, Okla.) while the team competed in 2023 and 2024.
• The 2023 squad is the last to advance to the finals for the program. That regionals location? The University Club in Auburn, Ala. The Mocs finished third pushing host Auburn and top-ranked Vanderbilt to the very end of the 54 holes.
• Three Mocs teams have advanced to the NCAA Finals: 2009 (Stillwater, Okla.), 2012 (Bowling Green, Ky.) and 2023 (Auburn).
• Two individuals have advanced on their own to the Finals: Neil Connolly (1993-T5-Charlottesville, Va.) and Chris Robb (2024-T4-Eugene, Ore.- Playoff).
• The NCAA Field includes 81 teams and 45 individuals over six locations: Auburn, Ala. (University Club), Tallahassee, Fla. (Seminole Legacy G.C.), Urbana, Ill. (Atkins G.C.), Amherst, Va. (Poplar Grove G.C.), Reno, Nev. (Montreux G&CC) & Bremerton, Wash. (Gold Mountain G.C.).
• ETSU (Reno) and Furman (Tallahassee) are in the field from the Southern Conference along with Collin Dutton of UNCG (Amherst).

 
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