AUBURN, Ala. (5/11/25) – Arkansas State’s Jack Maxey and Thomas Schmidt were individuals selected into the NCAA Auburn Regional at Auburn University Club starting May 12 over three days.

Maxey, A-State’s first individual conference champion since 1997, begins the first round with a tee time of 9:31 a.m. Schmidt, an at-large selection, follows two groups later with tee time of 9:53 a.m. Maxey and Schmidt are among 10 individuals and 13 teams competing at the regional. The second round is Tuesday with the third and final round of the 54-hole regional Wednesday.

The low individual not on among the five advancing teams from each regional site will advance to compete in the national championships to be played May 23-28 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif.  

Maxey won the individual title at the Sun Belt Conference Championship to earn an automatic spot in NCAA Regionals. With his Sun Belt Conference title, he earned back-to-back individual medalist honors after earning his first collegiate win at the final regular season event. Maxey won on a third playoff hole to take individual honors at the SBC Championship, A-State’s second all-time individual champion and first since 1997. Including his win at the A-State Spring Invitational in which he posted a career low 8-under 64 in the final round, Maxey earned five top 15 finishes on the season and finished with a stroke average of 72.23. In 30 rounds played, Maxey logged a pair of eagles, 117 birdies and 311 pars over his 2,167 strokes.

Schmidt, the 2025 Sun Belt Conference Golfer of the Year, was among the top players in the league with a single-season program record stroke average of 70.87. In 30 rounds played, he finished 31-under par posting seven eagles, 123 birdies and 319 pars among his 2,126 strokes. Schmidt finished tied for third at the Sun Belt Conference Championship stroke play and had a career-low round of 64 to open the event. On the season, 22 of his 30 rounds were par or better and he finished inside the top 35 individuals in all 10 events, winning individual medalist honors at the Bubba Barnett Intercollegiate and UC San Diego Invitational.

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Auburn Regional 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. Charleston
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 Xionis – UT Martin