CHARLIE BOX NAMED FINALIST FOR GARY PLAYER AWARD

Hutchinson CC Sports Information

Hutchinson Community College national championship golfer Charlie Box has been named a finalist for the 2025 Gary Player International Golfer of the Year Award.

Presented by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) and FlightScope, the award recognizes outstanding international student-athletes in college golf across NCAA Divisions I, II, III, NAIA and NJCAA.

Box, a sophomore from Leicester, England, became the second Blue Dragon golfer to capture an NJCAA Individual national championship when he captured the 2025 NJCAA title on May 16 at Sand Creek Station.

Box shot a 1-over-par 73 in the fourth and final round and finished with a 5-under 283 for his fourth tournament win of the season and fifth of his Blue Dragon career.

Box joined Ben Partridge as the only Blue Dragon golfers to win the NJCAA Individual national championship in program history. Partridge won a four-hole playoff with teammate Harry Crockett in 2021 in Lubbock, Texas.

Box also joined Partridge in an exclusive club as the only back-to-back NJCAA first-team All-Americans in back-to-back seasons. Box is also the eighth Blue Dragon to earn both NJCAA and PING All-America honors in the same season.

Other finalists at the NJCAA Division I level are Gabriele Bravin (Heartland College); Adam Bresnu (Odessa), Stanley Campbell (Mississippi Gulf Coast), Jorge Parada (South Mountain) and Scott Spark (Midland).

The winner will be announced later this summer.