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Adam Buchanan has been named the 2025 NAIA Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Award recipient presented by StrackaLine.
Buchanan becomes the fifth Seahawk to receive the prestigious award, joining
Jakob Stavang Stubhaug, Carl Didrik Meen Fosaas,
Wilhelm Ahlgren and
Javier Neira Garcia.
Adam Buchanan, First Year, Ballyclare, Northern Ireland
- Honored as the 2025 NAIA Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Award recipient presented by StrackaLine
- Becomes the fifth Seahawks to be named the top freshman in the nation
- Named a First-Team NAIA PING All-American for the first time in his career
- Garnered NAIA PING All-South Region honors for the first time
- Became the fifth Seahawk to win the Sun Conference Freshman of the Year honors
- Marked the first Freshman of the Year honor since the 2022 season (Jack Maxey)
- Named to the All-Sun Conference Team for the first time
- Appeared in 10 events for the Seahawks for a total of 30 rounds
- Had five top-10 finishes with four in the top five
- Won the Sun Conference Championship, posting an 8-under, 208 (70-67-71)
- Shot a low-round, 54-hole, 196 at this year's Seahawk Shootout (Sept. 16-17)
- Notched a top-5 finish at the Roadrunner Classic (April 7-8), tying for fourth with a 1-over, 217
- Carded another top-5 finish, tying for fifth with a 4-over, 220, at the Battle at Laughlin Ranch (March 24-25)
- Entered the NAIA National Championship with an adjusted scoring average of 70.8
- Named the Sun Conference Golfer of the Week (April 14)
- Ranked No. 12 by clippd, entering the NAIA National Championship
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