Former Auburn Star Chad Baker-Mazara Has Three Words After Major Personal Achievement
Chad Baker-Mazara has had a whirlwind of a college career. His time in college has included stints at each of Duquesne, San Diego State and Northwest Florida State before playing the last two seasons with the Auburn Tigers.
Baker-Mazara was also part of the Auburn Final Four team, but the 25-year-old decided to enter the transfer portal for his final year of eligibility.
Shortly after entering the portal, Baker-Mazara went back to the state of California and decided to join the USC Trojans program with Eric Musselman, who is in his second year as head coach after coming over from Arkansas.
However, Baker-Mazara put a ribbon on his time at Auburn with a special achievement.
On Sunday, a video surfaced of Baker-Mazara at the Auburn graduation ceremony, and he was one of the final two names called alongside Auburn teammate Denver Jones.
After the video surfaced online, Baker-Mazara had the perfect reaction to it.
"Forever War Eagle!!" said Baker-Mazara.
Forever War Eagle!! https://t.co/gLHG2eLJLG
— Chad Baker-Mazara (@ChadBaker2700) May 11, 2025
A total of 77 student-athletes took part in Auburn's commencement ceremony with Baker-Mazara as one of the more notable names.
Baker-Mazara's first college season at Duquesne didn't count due to the COVID-19 eligibility ruling. Moreover, since he played at Northwest Florida State, he took advantage of the NCAA's waiver since he previously competed at a non-NCAA school.
Despite a decent couple of seasons at Auburn, Baker-Mazara now heads to play one more year of college basketball at USC, although he is an Auburn graduate and will always remember his time at the school.