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Charlie DeLong
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- DeWitt, Mich.
- High School:
- Dewitt HS
- Prev School:
- Grand Valley State
Bio
TEXAS TECH CAREER AT A GLANCE
Joined the Red Raiders as a mid-year transfer, before the spring of 2024, from Grand Valley State University after being named the Jack Nicklaus Division-II National Player of the Year. Signed with the Red Raiders' golf team, Nov. 2023 ... was a member of the Red Raiders' golf team beginning in the spring of 2024 as well as the entirety of the 2024-25 season, recording a 72.3 career average in that span (64 rounds). Within a couple of weeks of the conclusion of his collegiate career, he gained full status, on June 7, for the second half of PGA Tour Americas after finishing tied for fourth at the PGATA Q-School at Champions Pointe Golf Club.
CAREER AWARDS AND HONORS
AS A SENIOR (2024-2025)
AS A JUNIORÂ (2023-2024)
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH
JUNIOR (FALL 2023): did not compete ... 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 … earned the first No. 1 individual ranking in program history (Golfstat) ... REDSHIRT 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) … FRESHMAN (2020-21): retained freshman eligibility due to COVID ... 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 … 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.
Joined the Red Raiders as a mid-year transfer, before the spring of 2024, from Grand Valley State University after being named the Jack Nicklaus Division-II National Player of the Year. Signed with the Red Raiders' golf team, Nov. 2023 ... was a member of the Red Raiders' golf team beginning in the spring of 2024 as well as the entirety of the 2024-25 season, recording a 72.3 career average in that span (64 rounds). Within a couple of weeks of the conclusion of his collegiate career, he gained full status, on June 7, for the second half of PGA Tour Americas after finishing tied for fourth at the PGATA Q-School at Champions Pointe Golf Club.
CAREER AWARDS AND HONORS
- Academic All-Big 12 Team (2025, Sr.)
- GCAA All-America Scholar (2025, Sr.)
- CSC Academic All-District (2025, Sr.)
- GCAA All-America Scholar (2024, Jr.)
- DII Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year (2023, So./@GVSU)
- NCAA DII PING First-Team All-American (2023, So./@GVSU)
- NCAA DII PING All-Region honors (2023, So./@GVSU)
- GLIAC Golfer of the Year (2023, So./@GVSU)
- First-Team All-GLIACÂ (2023, So./@GVSU)
- GLIAC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2023, So./@GVSU)
- CSC Academic All-American (2023, So./@GVSU)
- Academic All-GLIACÂ (2023, So./@GVSU)
- GLIAC Commissioner's Award (2023, So./@GVSU)
- GLIAC Player of the Year (2022, RFr./@GVSU)
- First Team All-GLIACÂ (2022, RFr./@GVSU)
- NCAA DII PING All-American (2022, RFr./@GVSU)
- NCAA DII PING All-Region Honors (2022, RFr./@GVSU)
- CoSIDA Academic All-District Team (2022, RFr./@GVSU)
- First Team All-GLIACÂ (2021, Fr./@GVSU)
- GLIAC Freshman of the Year (2020, Fr./@GVSU)
- All-GLIAC First Team (2020, Fr./@GVSU)
AS A SENIOR (2024-2025)
- Started in the team lineup in all 14 events (13 stroke play/1 match play)
- Owned a 72.2 season scoring average over 41 rounds of stroke play
- Led Texas Tech with 12 rounds carded in the 60s during the 2024-25 season
- Tallied 19 rounds shot even-par or better, ranking tied for the second-most on the teamÂ
- Recorded 14 rounds below par, ranking second-most on the team
- Contributed to the team score in 34Â of the 41Â rounds competed in (82.9Â percent)
- Top finish of the season was a tie for fourth place at The Prestige (Feb. 17-19), at PGA WEST-Greg Norman Course
- Had six Top 25 finishes during senior season, including three in the Top 20
- Set a 54-hole low as a Red Raider, a 9-under-par 207, at the Amer Ari Intercollegiate (Feb. 6-8), fueled by scores of 68-71-68
- The Amer Ari Intercollegiate (T-35th), at Mauna Lani Golf Club, kicked off a stretch of six consecutive rounds carded below-par over two events to start the spring season; the second tournament of the stretch was at The Prestige (68-69-69)
- Shot a single-round season-low 68 on four different occasions; two of the 68s were 4-under-par scores at the Amer Ari Intercollegiate, while the third was a 3-under-par at The Prestige, Feb. 17, and the fourth was a 2-under-par at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational on Sept. 22
- With its season on the line entering round three of the NCAA Championships and the team needing to be positioned in the Top 15, led Texas Tech by shooting a 3-under-par 69 to help push the Red Raiders into a tie for eighth place and continue into the fourth and final round of stroke play at the NCAA Championships; the team shot 2-under-par to tie for the best score of the third round among the 30 teams in action at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa
- Finished No. 38 in the final end-of-season PGA Tour University rankings
- T-23rd at Inverness Intercollegiate/69-69-73=211 (+4)
- T-22nd at OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational/75-69-68=212 (+2)
- T-19th at Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational/70-70-73=213 (+3)
- Went 3-1-1 at Big 12 Match Play Tournament
- T-35th at Amer Ari Intercollegiate/68-71-68=207 (-9)
- T-4th at The Prestige/68-69-69=206 (-7)
- T-44th at Cabo Collegiate/75-73-73=221 (+8)
- T-56th at Pauma Valley Invitational/74-74-73=221 (+8)
- T-76th at Valspar Intercollegiate Invitational/77-73-73=223 (+10)
- T-20th at Augusta Haskins Award Invitational/69-75-71=215 (-1)
- T-21st at Mountaineer Invitational/79-71-77=227 (+11)
- T-34th at Big 12 Championships/78-74-71-69=292 (+12)
- T-46th at NCAA Urbana Regional/71-76-73=220 (+7)
- T-55th at NCAA Championships/71-79-69-76=295 (+7)
AS A JUNIORÂ (2023-2024)
- Joined the Red Raiders as a midyear transfer from Grand Valley State University, a D-II program in Michigan, prior to the spring of 2024
- Started in the team lineup in four of seven regular-season spring events; started in the Big 12 Championship and participated as an alternate in the NCAA Championships
- Owned a 72.6 stroke play scoring average over 23 rounds
- Won two events participating as an individual, winning at The Prestige and All-American Intercollegiate
- Carded a season-low round of 68 over three different rounds, twice being 4-under 68 (at Big 12 Championship/The Prestige) and once a 3-under 68 (at Cabo Collegiate)
- Owed four rounds scored in the 60's
- Had eight rounds below par and nine rounds even-par or better
- T-64th at Southwestern Invitational/72-78-74=224 (+11)
- Won The Prestige Individuals Only event/70-68-71=209 (-7)
- T-35th at Cabo Collegiate/75-68-75=218 (+5)
- Won All-American Intercollegiate Individuals Only event/71-73-69=213 (-3)
- T-46th at Valspar Collegiate Invitational/72-72-74=218 (+5)
- T-34th at Thunderbird Collegiate/70-72-72=214 (+1)
- T-39th at Big 12 Championships/79-68-71-77=295 (+7)
- Shot a round-three 7-over 79 as an alternate, seeing one round of action at the NCAA Championships
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH
JUNIOR (FALL 2023): did not compete ... 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 … earned the first No. 1 individual ranking in program history (Golfstat) ... REDSHIRT 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) … FRESHMAN (2020-21): retained freshman eligibility due to COVID ... 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 … 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.
NCAA Championship Rd. 3 Highlights
Sunday, May 25
Greg Sands post-round interview (Rd. 3 NCAA Championships)
Sunday, May 25
NCAA Championship Rd. 1 Highlights
Friday, May 23
Postcard from Carlsbad
Thursday, May 22
