Overview
Chattanooga Mocs rising seniors Camden Braidech and Ward Harris are this year's Chattanooga Mocs representatives on the 2025-26 NCAA Division I Cobalt Golf All-American Scholars list released by the Golf Coaches Association of America. Braidech returns to the listing from 2025, while Harris earns his first such honor.
 
The duo helped lead the Mocs to the 2026 Southern Conference Championship and berth in the NCAA Tournament. Their squad advanced through the Bryan Regionals with a strong third-place finish to reach the NCAA Championships finals at La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, Calif.
 
Quotable
"Cam and Ward are max effort guys in everything they do. That's easy to see in their impact on the course, but it's in all we do whether in the weight room or classroom or practice. They truly embody the message that 'how you do anything is how you do everything'." – Coach Blaine Woodruff
 
Breakdown

• 14th year the Mocs have had a representative on the list, sixth with multiple members.
• Harris is the 10th different Moc to earn the recognition.
• Braidech is the 9th Moc to earn multiple All-American Scholar mentions. He is a 4.0 student majoring in American Politics.
• The duo each completed their third years of collegiate competition. Braidech was awarded the NCAA Elite Scholar-Athlete Award for men's golf in 2025-26 as well. The honor goes to the top student-athlete participating in an NCAA Championships final.
• Harris authored just the seventh under par season in school history finishing at 1 under over his 27 rounds. The last Mocs to shoot under par was John Houk '24, who set the record at 25 under in 2023-24.
• Harris' season is even more impressive considering he sat out 2024-25 with an injury that kept him off the course until summer 2025.
• The minimum requirements to make the team are be in their second year or later in competition along with participating in at least 50 percent of competitive rounds maintaining a 76.0 or better stroke average and cumulative GPA of at least 3.20. More than 600 DI student-athletes earned mention in 2025-26.

 
Mocs History with the GCAA All-America Scholar Teams
2009: Derek Rende
2010: Derek Rende
2011: Stephan Jaeger
2012: Stephan Jaeger
2016: Wes Gosselin
2017: Wes Gosselin, Phillip Hickam, Stuart Thomas
2018: Lake Johnson
2019: Lake Johnson
2020: A.J. Lintunen, Leon Bader
2021: A.J. Lintunen, Leon Bader
2023: Paul Conroy, Samuel Espinosa
2024: Paul Conroy, Samuel Espinosa
2025: Camden Braidech
2026: Camden Braidech, Ward Harris
 
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