INDIANAPOLIS — UTSA senior Camryn Carreon has earned an NCAA postseason berth as an individual and will play in the San Antonio Regional hosted by the Roadrunners and San Antonio Sports on May 8-10 at TPC San Antonio's Oaks Course.
A native of San Antonio, Carreon is one of six individuals assigned to the San Antonio Regional along with Victoria Gailey (Nevada), Allysha Mae Mateo (BYU), Haley Vargas (Kansas State), Jasmine Leovao (Long Beach State) and Alex Giles (UIW). The individuals will join 12 teams — (1) Texas A&M, (2) Auburn, (3) Pepperdine, (4) Oklahoma State, (5) SMU, (6) UCLA, (7) New Mexico, (8) Denver, (9) Illinois, (10) Sam Houston, (11) ULM and (12) Missouri State — at UTSA's home course.
All six regional sites will have 12 teams and six individuals. The top five teams (30 teams total) and the low individual not on an advancing team (six individuals total) from each regional site will advance to play in the national championships to be played May 19-24 at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. Championship play will be hosted by Arizona State and The Thunderbirds, with the final three days of the championships televised live by the GOLF Channel.
Carreon's selection marks the second time a member of the UTSA women's golf program has received an invitation to compete as an individual in an NCAA Regional. Former standout Fabiola Arriaga qualified for the 2014 NCAA West Regional in Cle Elum, Washington, and finished in a tie for 49th.
Last year, Carreon became the first UTSA golfer to advance past an NCAA Regional when she tied for fourth place in Franklin, Tennessee, to earn a spot in the NCAA Championships in Scottsdale. The all-conference performer fired a 5-under-par 211 (74-70-67), helping lead the Roadrunners to sixth place for their best NCAA Regional finish. She then capped her junior campaign by posting a 9-over 225 (73-78-74) at Grayhawk, missing the cut by only two strokes.
This season, Carreon owns a 72.85 stroke average, including a 71.73 mark in the spring. She has finished in the top 10 in three straight and six overall tournaments and has turned in 15 par-or-better scorecards, including six sub-70 rounds.
Carreon smashed school records for low 18- and 54-hole scores en route to claiming her first collegiate win and the 18th in the 18-year history of the program at the Trinity Forest Invitational on March 6-7 in Dallas. After opening with a 7-under 137 (68-69), which matched the second-best 36-hole tally in program annals, she fired a 7-under 65 on the final day to eclipse the previous UTSA low-score standard of 66 held by Paola Valerio and Hunter Nugent. A two-time all-conference selection, her 14-under total beat the previous 54-hole mark of 9-under established by Arriaga at the 2014 C-USA Championship and matched by Ana Gonzalez at the 2019 league event, and her 202 was a three-shot improvement from Gonzalez's 8-under 205 posted at the 2017 Mercedes Benz-Collegiate Championship. She was named Conference USA Women's Golfer of the Week for her performance.
An Incarnate Word High School graduate, Carreon earned All-Tournament Team honors in her last outing after carding a 2-over 218 (77-69-72) to finish fourth at the C-USA Championship on April 13-15 at PGA National Resort in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
Carreon tied for 10th place at the Chattanooga Classic earlier this month after posting an even-par 216 (73-73-70) and also grabbed a share of 10th at the Paradise Invitational in February with a 2-under 214 (71-72-71). She recorded a 217 (75-71-71) for sixth at the Dale McNamara Invitational and a 3-under 213 (74-72-67) to tie for eighth at the Jim West Challenge last fall.
The Roadrunners now own a total of nine NCAA postseason team or individual appearances, all since they earned their first trip in 2011 to the NCAA West Regional in Auburn, Washington. This marks UTSA's fifth consecutive NCAA berth, qualifying as a team in each of the past four tournaments (the 2020 NCAA postseason was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic).
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