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2022-23 Men's Golf Roster

Ricky Bassman

Charles DeLong

Charles DeLong

  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-2 /
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    DeWitt, Mich.

Summary

Biography

As a Sophomore (2022-23): Won the DII Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Award...Earned PING First-Team All-American and All-Region honors...Selected as the GLIAC Golfer of the Year and First-Team All-GLIAC...Became the programs all-time wins leader at 13...Voted SwingU's DII College Player of the Month for the month of April...Earned three GLIAC Golfer of the Week awards...Was the Midwest/Central Regional Medalist...Selected GLIAC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year...Named CSC Academic All-American...Earned Academic All-GLIAC honors...Earned GLIAC Commissioner's Award honors...Won a program single-season record seven tournaments this year...Tallied four more top-10 finishes...Shot 30 rounds of par or better and had an average round of 69...Won the Doc Spragg Invitational with the lowest 54-hole score in school history with a 202...Won back-to-back tournaments to close out the fall season by winning the Folds of Honor Challenge (206) and the Motor City Invite (143)...Got the victory at the Hargett Memorial Invitational, carding a 206...Had two straight wins, claiming them at the Argonaut invitational (136) and the Ken Partridge Invitational (205)...Won the Regional Championship with a 207.

As a Freshman (2021-22): Named GLIAC Player of the Year and First Team All-GLIAC... Earned NCAA DII PING All-American and All-Region Honors... Named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team... NCAA DII Midwest/Central Region Medalist... Placed seventh at the NCAA DII Championships carding 219... Won the Midwest/Central Regional scoring 215... Had eight top-five finishes including three tournament wins during the regular season... Won the Arendsen Invitational (Sept.6), Motor City Invite (Oct.10), and Bill Blazer Memorial (April 10). 

As a Redshirt Freshman (2020-21): Earned First Team All-GLIAC honors...Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence team...Competed in seven events with an average score of 72.24...Won the SVSU Spring Invitational with a season-low round of 66...Had three Top-20 finishes including a 12th place finish at the GLIAC Golf Championship.

As a Freshman (2019-20): Named GLIAC Freshman of the Year and All-GLIAC First Team...Earned two GLIAC Player of the Week honors...Competed in five events with a team-low average of 71.69, lowest round: 66...Won the Don Underwood Invitational (Sep.10) and the Davenport Invite (Oct. 20).

High School: Prepped at Dewitt High School in Dewitt, Mich. under head coach Dave Koenigsknecht... Named 2018 Lansing Sports Journal player of the year, while also being named to the Super-Team in 2018...Earned All-Academic 2016-2018...Finished top-5 at states in 2018...Average score of 70.8 during senior season...Participated in Business Professionals of America in 2016 and 2017.

Personal: Son of Peter and Jamie DeLong...Intends to major in Business at GVSU

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    6'2"
  • 2020-21Freshman

    6'2"
  • 2021-22Redshirt Freshman

    6'2"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    6'2"