HONORS & AWARDS
PING Honorable Mention All-American (2026)
Golfweek Honorable Mention All-American (2026)
GCAA All-Freshman Team (2026)
PING All-Southeast Region (2026)
SEC Freshman of the Year (2026)
Second Team All-SEC (2026)
SEC All-Freshman Team (2026)
SEC Freshman of the Week (Feb. 11, Feb. 18, March 4, April 8, 2026)
Eastern Amateur Champion (2025)
2025-26 (Freshman)
Made a seamless transition to the college game as one of three Auburn players to start in all 14 team events of the season... averaged 70.67 shots per round with 28 of 43 rounds coming at par or better... earned three top fives and seven top 20s... made 155 birdies and a team-leading six eagles... impressed with a 4-1 record in match play... counted 31 of a possible 40 (.775) rounds toward the team score... made collegiate debut with a T28th finish at the Honors Course Invitational... finished T16th in the fall finale, The Clerico, pushing the Tigers to their first team win of the year... opened the spring with six consecutive starts that resulted in a top 20 or better... shot 6-under to finish T3rd at the Gator Invitational... followed it with a 6-under, 4th place finish at the Southern Highlands Collegiate... went 6-under again at the Mason Rudolph Championship to earn another T3rd... won the anchor match against Ole Miss' Cohen Trolio 3&2 in the semifinals of the SEC Championship... shot even par at first NCAA Championship to place just outside the top 30... went undefeated in NCAA match play (3-0)... earned a statement 6&5 win against Stanford's Ethan Gao in the quarters... helped the Tigers sweep defending champ Oklahoma State in the semis with his 1-up win over Gaven Lane... earned Auburn's first point in the NCAA final with his 5&3 victory versus UCLA's Tyler Loree, helping the Tigers clinch their second national title in three seasons... became the seventh Auburn Tiger to be named SEC Freshman of the Year... was also named Second Team All-SEC and to the SEC's All-Freshman Team as well as PING All-Region and an Honorable Mention All-American by both PING and Golfweek.
Prior to Auburn
Graduate of Blacksburg HS... VSGA Mid-Atlantic Boys Junior Champion (2024)… Back-to-back AJGA Lanto Junior Champion (2024, 2025)… 2023 Virginia State Golf Association Junior Player of the Year… 2023 Jack Burke Jr. Invitational Champion… HS Golf National Invitational Champion (2022)… Four-time VHSL State Champion… top-10 finisher at Junior PGA Championship (2024)… Western Junior (2024)… Scott Robertson Memorial (2024)… Three-time qualifier for U.S. Junior Amateur... won 2025 Eastern Am by five shots.
Personal
Birthday is December 3… son of Mike Albert and Kathy and Brian Harrell… has three older siblings, Erin, Ryan and Sara… plans to study Business at Auburn… chose Auburn over Tennessee and Virginia.