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Charlie Box
- Class:
- 4th Year
- Hometown:
- Leicester, England
- High School:
- Wreake Valley Academy
- Prev School:
- Hutchinson CC
Statistics & Rankings: Scoreboard/Clippd (NCAA) | World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR)
Awards & Honors:
2024-25 NJCAA Individual National Champion
2024-25 NJCAA Division I Arnold Palmer National Individual Champion Award
2024-25 Gary Player International Golfer of the Year Award – Finalist
2024-25 NJCAA Division I First Team All-American
2023-24 NJCAA Division I First Team All-American
2024-25 Jayhawk Conference Individual Champion
2025-26 Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Year
2025-26 All-Mid-American Conference First Team
4x Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Week
2025-26 NCAA Division I Cobalt Golf All-American Scholar
Collegiate Tournaments Won:
2026 Muirfield Shootout – April 20, 2026 (w/EMU) ~ shared title
2025 West Bay Collegiate Invitational – Oct. 6-7, 2025 (w/EMU) ~ won in playoff
2025 NJCAA Division I National Championship – May 13-16, 2025 (w/Hutchinson)
2025 NJCAA Region 6 Championship – April 21-22, 2025 (w/Hutchinson)
2025 Jayhawk Conference Championships – April 14-15, 2025 (w/Hutchinson)
2024 NJCAA National Preview – Oct. 24-25, 2024 (w/Hutchinson)
2024 Sam Proal Invitational – Sept. 16-17, 2024 (w/Hutchinson)
2024 Jayhawk #2 Invitational – April 15-16, 2024 (w/Hutchinson)
In the EMU Record Book:
#1 Single Round Score: 63 (Oct. 6, 2025 – Round 2 at West Bay Collegiate Invitational)
1-of-4 Eastern Michigan men to win multiple tournaments in the same season and the first since 2006-07
#2 54-Hole Score: 201 (West Bay Collegiate Invitational – Oct. 6-7, 2025)
#5 36-Hole Score: 141 (Muirfield Shootout – April 20, 2026)
#1 Season Stroke Average: 71.6 (record was 71.8, Beau Breault, 2018-19)
EMU: Fourth-year (Y-4) player with two years of eligibility remaining… Returns to the team for his second season after an impressive debut season in which he was named the 2025-26 Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Year and a member of the All-MAC First Team… Won twice during the season to bring his collegiate total to eight victories across three seasons… Prior to his arrival, won the 2025 NJCAA Division I National Championship at Hutchinson while earning All-America honors… 2025-26: Capped his first year in Ypsilanti by being named the 2025-26 Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Year while being named to the All-MAC First Team… Secured a pair of individual victories, including winning a playoff to claim the West Bay Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 6-7) and sharing medalist honors at the Muirfield Shootout (April 20)… His win at West Bay was the first for an Eagle since Beau Breault won the Dayton Flyer Invitational (Oct. 16-17) in the 2017-18 season… Became the first Eastern man to win multiple tournaments in the same year since Graham Hill won twice during the 2006-07 campaign and only the fourth player in program history to win twice in one season… Earned MAC Golfer of the Week honors four times, the most in a single season for an EMU player… Broke the single-season record for stroke average at 71.6, bettering the 71.8 Breault recorded in 2018-19… Of the 38 rounds he played, he shot par or better 21 times, including 10 rounds in the 60s… Starting with the third round of the William H. Tucker Invitational (Sept. 19-20) in New Mexico and ending with the second round at the Pearl at Kalauao Invitational (Nov. 5-6), he shot par or better in nine consecutive rounds with five of those rounds in the 60s… At West Bay, shot a second-round 63 to tie the school record on his way to an over 15-under 201 performance that ranked second in program history… Carded a 4-under 206 one tournament earlier at the Jim DeLapa Collegiate to post the No. 7 score in program history while his 208 at the Hal Williams Collegiate (Feb. 16-17) ranks tied for 17th… Won the Muirfield Shootout at 3-under 141 for the fifth-best 36-hole score in program history… Trailed by three strokes ahead of the 16th hole at Muirfield before running three consecutive bridies to tie for medalist honors… Finished tied for 24th at the MAC Championships… Named an NCAA Division I Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar.
HUTCHINSON CC: 2024-25: Captured the NJCAA DI Men’s National Championship title by shooting 5-under 283 (70-69-71-73), winning the title by one stroke… Named the 2025 NJCAA Division I Arnold Plamer National Individual Champion Award recipient following his national title… Also named a finalist for the 2025 Gary Player International Golfer of the Year Award and was selected as a 2025 PING NJCAA Division I First Team All-American… Ranked No. 2 in the final NJCAA rankings after averaging 69.2 shots per round and was 491-12-8 individually on the year… Opened the year with a win at The Sam Proal (13-under) before claiming medalist honors at the NJCAA National Preview (7-under), the Jayhawk Conference Championships (13-under), and the Region 6 Championships (5-under)… Led his team fourth place at NJCAA DI Men’s National Championship Stroke play… Qualified for nationals by taking third at NJCAA Central District Championship… Helped his team to six tournament wins, including Jayhawk Conference and Region 6 championships… 2023-24: Capped the season by placing ninth at the English Men’s Amateur Championship after placing 39th in the English U25 Championship... Finished the year ranked No. 10 nationally in the NJCAA rankings after placing sixth at the national tournament... Named an NJCAA All-American... Won the Jayhawk No. 2 Tournament... Prior to transferring to Eastern Michigan, he competed in several events in England… Finished tied for fourth at the Regional Qualifying Round for The 153rd Open, shooting 1-under 71 at Fulford Golf Course (Heslington, England) to earn an automatic berth into final qualifying… Tied for 45th at the Final Qualifying Round at Burnham & Berrow GC (Somerset) with 5-over 147 (70-77)… Tied for 124th at the St. Andrews Links Trophy on St. Andrews Golf Course (Fife, Scotland).
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Wreake Valley Academy in Leicester, England.
PERSONAL: Full Name: Charlie William Box… Son of Ali and Helen Box… Has one sister, Grace… General Studies major.
Awards & Honors:
2024-25 NJCAA Individual National Champion
2024-25 NJCAA Division I Arnold Palmer National Individual Champion Award
2024-25 Gary Player International Golfer of the Year Award – Finalist
2024-25 NJCAA Division I First Team All-American
2023-24 NJCAA Division I First Team All-American
2024-25 Jayhawk Conference Individual Champion
2025-26 Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Year
2025-26 All-Mid-American Conference First Team
4x Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Week
2025-26 NCAA Division I Cobalt Golf All-American Scholar
Collegiate Tournaments Won:
2026 Muirfield Shootout – April 20, 2026 (w/EMU) ~ shared title
2025 West Bay Collegiate Invitational – Oct. 6-7, 2025 (w/EMU) ~ won in playoff
2025 NJCAA Division I National Championship – May 13-16, 2025 (w/Hutchinson)
2025 NJCAA Region 6 Championship – April 21-22, 2025 (w/Hutchinson)
2025 Jayhawk Conference Championships – April 14-15, 2025 (w/Hutchinson)
2024 NJCAA National Preview – Oct. 24-25, 2024 (w/Hutchinson)
2024 Sam Proal Invitational – Sept. 16-17, 2024 (w/Hutchinson)
2024 Jayhawk #2 Invitational – April 15-16, 2024 (w/Hutchinson)
In the EMU Record Book:
#1 Single Round Score: 63 (Oct. 6, 2025 – Round 2 at West Bay Collegiate Invitational)
1-of-4 Eastern Michigan men to win multiple tournaments in the same season and the first since 2006-07
#2 54-Hole Score: 201 (West Bay Collegiate Invitational – Oct. 6-7, 2025)
#5 36-Hole Score: 141 (Muirfield Shootout – April 20, 2026)
#1 Season Stroke Average: 71.6 (record was 71.8, Beau Breault, 2018-19)
EMU: Fourth-year (Y-4) player with two years of eligibility remaining… Returns to the team for his second season after an impressive debut season in which he was named the 2025-26 Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Year and a member of the All-MAC First Team… Won twice during the season to bring his collegiate total to eight victories across three seasons… Prior to his arrival, won the 2025 NJCAA Division I National Championship at Hutchinson while earning All-America honors… 2025-26: Capped his first year in Ypsilanti by being named the 2025-26 Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Year while being named to the All-MAC First Team… Secured a pair of individual victories, including winning a playoff to claim the West Bay Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 6-7) and sharing medalist honors at the Muirfield Shootout (April 20)… His win at West Bay was the first for an Eagle since Beau Breault won the Dayton Flyer Invitational (Oct. 16-17) in the 2017-18 season… Became the first Eastern man to win multiple tournaments in the same year since Graham Hill won twice during the 2006-07 campaign and only the fourth player in program history to win twice in one season… Earned MAC Golfer of the Week honors four times, the most in a single season for an EMU player… Broke the single-season record for stroke average at 71.6, bettering the 71.8 Breault recorded in 2018-19… Of the 38 rounds he played, he shot par or better 21 times, including 10 rounds in the 60s… Starting with the third round of the William H. Tucker Invitational (Sept. 19-20) in New Mexico and ending with the second round at the Pearl at Kalauao Invitational (Nov. 5-6), he shot par or better in nine consecutive rounds with five of those rounds in the 60s… At West Bay, shot a second-round 63 to tie the school record on his way to an over 15-under 201 performance that ranked second in program history… Carded a 4-under 206 one tournament earlier at the Jim DeLapa Collegiate to post the No. 7 score in program history while his 208 at the Hal Williams Collegiate (Feb. 16-17) ranks tied for 17th… Won the Muirfield Shootout at 3-under 141 for the fifth-best 36-hole score in program history… Trailed by three strokes ahead of the 16th hole at Muirfield before running three consecutive bridies to tie for medalist honors… Finished tied for 24th at the MAC Championships… Named an NCAA Division I Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar.
HUTCHINSON CC: 2024-25: Captured the NJCAA DI Men’s National Championship title by shooting 5-under 283 (70-69-71-73), winning the title by one stroke… Named the 2025 NJCAA Division I Arnold Plamer National Individual Champion Award recipient following his national title… Also named a finalist for the 2025 Gary Player International Golfer of the Year Award and was selected as a 2025 PING NJCAA Division I First Team All-American… Ranked No. 2 in the final NJCAA rankings after averaging 69.2 shots per round and was 491-12-8 individually on the year… Opened the year with a win at The Sam Proal (13-under) before claiming medalist honors at the NJCAA National Preview (7-under), the Jayhawk Conference Championships (13-under), and the Region 6 Championships (5-under)… Led his team fourth place at NJCAA DI Men’s National Championship Stroke play… Qualified for nationals by taking third at NJCAA Central District Championship… Helped his team to six tournament wins, including Jayhawk Conference and Region 6 championships… 2023-24: Capped the season by placing ninth at the English Men’s Amateur Championship after placing 39th in the English U25 Championship... Finished the year ranked No. 10 nationally in the NJCAA rankings after placing sixth at the national tournament... Named an NJCAA All-American... Won the Jayhawk No. 2 Tournament... Prior to transferring to Eastern Michigan, he competed in several events in England… Finished tied for fourth at the Regional Qualifying Round for The 153rd Open, shooting 1-under 71 at Fulford Golf Course (Heslington, England) to earn an automatic berth into final qualifying… Tied for 45th at the Final Qualifying Round at Burnham & Berrow GC (Somerset) with 5-over 147 (70-77)… Tied for 124th at the St. Andrews Links Trophy on St. Andrews Golf Course (Fife, Scotland).
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Wreake Valley Academy in Leicester, England.
PERSONAL: Full Name: Charlie William Box… Son of Ali and Helen Box… Has one sister, Grace… General Studies major.
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