Lakeland University Athletics

2021-22: Played 10 rounds over five events and led Muskies in stroke average for third straight year with a career-low 77.2 stroke average per 18 holes… Shot four rounds of 75 or better, including season-low round of 73 on second day of the Wisconsin Lutheran Fall Invitational Sept. 19… Posted team’s only top-10 finish of season when he shot matching rounds of 74 to tie for eighth at the MSOE Invite Oct. 4-5… Recipient of Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Scholar-Athlete Award.

2020-21: Played seven rounds over four varsity events and led Muskies with a 79.7 stroke average per 18 holes… Season was highlighted by a scorching round of 68 on the final day of the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Championship to surge into a finish of ninth and earn all-NACC honors… The round was his career-low, the lowest of the tourney and one of the lowest in NACC history, and he moved up from a tie for 21st to ninth on the final day of the NACC tourney… Shot a round of 77 to tie for 13th at the Wisconsin Lutheran Spring Invitational April 10 at Morningstar G.C. in Waukesha.

2019-20: Played nine rounds over a total of five events and led Muskies with an 80.6 stroke average… Shot three rounds in the 70s highlighted by a round of two-over par 73 on the second day of the UW-Eau Claire Invitational at the Eau Claire Golf and Country Club Sept. 9… Tied for 21st at the NACC Men’s Golf Championship with a two-day score of 165 with rounds of 81 and 84.

2018-19: Played eight rounds over four events as a freshman and finished with an 83.6 stroke average…  Carded two rounds in the 70s, both as part of the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Championship, including a low round of 78 on the second day of play at the Whistling Straits Irish Course Oct. 8… Finished tied for 24th at the NACC Championship and as the highest-finishing eligible freshman earned NACC Freshman of the Year honors.

High School: Four-year letter winner on golf team… Four-time first team all-Eastern Wisconsin Conference performer in golf… Three-time team captain… Named WSGCA honorable mention all-state pick as a senior.
 
Personal: Born April 2, 1999… Son of Chad & Karen Braun and has one brother (Derek)… Majoring in sport management and leadership.

 
Favorite TV Show: The Office
Favorite website: Adidas.com
Favorite food: Hamburger
Favorite sports team: North Carolina Tar Heels
Why did you choose Lakeland? I like the small campus and the sports management program, as well as the chance to golf at some of the best golf courses in the area.
Something people may not know about you: I’ve had four hole-in-ones in my life