THE BASICS
Louis Anceaux of ULM men's golf is set to compete as an individual at the NCAA Auburn Regional held at the Auburn University Club starting on Monday (May 12) and concluding on Wednesday (May 14).
Anceaux is the first ULM golfer to be an NCAA Individual Qualifier since 2021 when Guillaume Fanonnel competed in the 2021 NCAA Stillwater Regional. Fanonnel competed in a pair of NCAA Regionals as he played in the 2019 event. Anceaux joins Doug Farr (1971), Kenny Buchan (1989), Brad Surles (1995) and Gustaf Kocken (2011) as ULM golfers to qualify for an NCAA Regional, and is the sixth Warhawk to earn an individual bid.
The top five teams and the low individual not on an advancing team will advance to the finals, held at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California from May 23-28.
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AUBURN REGIONAL INFORMATION
13 Teams (Clipp'd Ranking): #1 Auburn (host), #12 Texas A&M, #13 UCLA, #24 SMU, #25 Georgia Tech, #36 Oregon, #37 Purdue, #48 Little Rock, #50 TCU, #62 College of Charleston, #63 New Mexico State, #142 Loyola Maryland #227 USC Upstate
10Â Individuals (seeded in the following order):
1. Louis Anceaux, ULMÂ
2. Claes Borregaard, Kennesaw State
3. Xing Luo, North AlabamaÂ
4. Thomas Schmidt, Arkansas State
5. Parker Claxton, Georgia Southern
6. Camden Braidech, Chattanooga
7. Yixiang Wang, Memphis
8. Jack Maxey, Arkansas State [Sun Belt Conference]
9. Jeep Patrick, Presbyterian [Big South Conference]
10. Jonathan Xoinis, UT Martin [Ohio Valley Conference]
Date:Â May 12-14, 2025
Format:Â 54 Holes (18-18-18)
Course:Â Auburn University Club
Location:Â Auburn, Alabama
Yardage (Par): 7,607 yards (72)
Live Scoring Link:Â https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/236554/scoring/player
NOTES ON LOUIS ANCEAUX
SOPHOMORE SEASON HIGHLIGHTS (2024-25)
HONORS
NCAA REGIONAL QUALIFIER
#94 SCOREBOARD National Ranking
All-Sun Belt Conference First Team
Sun Belt Men's Golfer of the Week (9/26/24 & 2/6/25)
Earned an individual bid to the NCAA Auburn Regional and became the first ULM men's golfer to compete as an individual in the national tournament since 2021...Named All-Sun Belt Conference First Team for the first time in his career...Consistently posted top finishes against elite fields, highlighted by seven top-10 performances and five top-five finishes...Opened the spring with his first career victory at the Vaqueros Intercollegiate, firing rounds of 68-71-71 to finish at 6-under and take medalist honros in a 90-player field...Earned SBC Men's Golfer of the Week (Feb. 6, 2025) - one of two weekly conference awards he claimed during the season...Shot a career-low 63,which was the lowest single round in ULM program history, in his second round at the GMAC Invitational, where he finished T-2 at 14-under (202)...Helped the Warhawks capture a share of the GMAC Invitational team title and break the ULM 54-hole scoring record with an 834... Posted a 10-under 206 at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic (T-4) and tied for 4th at Old Waverly Collegiate after a 68-66 start...Finished under par in seven events, placed T-8th at the Argent Financial Classic to begin the fall, and added a T-3 at the Gulf Coast Collegiate (-3), helping the Warhawks to a team championship.
FRESHMAN SEASON HIGHLIGHTS (2023-24)
Began his collegiate career with a strong performance at the Golfweek Collegiate classic, carding rounds of 68-72-72 for a 4-under 212 to finish 5th out of 72 players...Registered a top-5 finish at the GMAC Intercollegiate, firing a season-low 66 in the final round to post an 8-under 208, good for a tie for 4th in a field of 84...Cracked the top-15 at the North Texas Intercollegiate (12th/41) and finished under par at the UNCG Dorado Beach Collegiate (T-38, -3) before the final round was canceled...Recorded rounds of 74-73-72 to place T-16th at the Sun Belt Championship with a +3 and helped the Warhawks to a runner-up finish.