MSU Men
Bond and McCulloch will play in the NCAA Columbus Regional, hosted by Ohio State at the OSU Golf Club from Monday, May 18 to Wednesday, May 20. The NCAA Columbus Regional is one of six regionals nationally and includes 71 teams and 45 individuals.
The top five teams and the low individual not on those teams from each regional will advance to the finals. Team and individual medalist titles will be decided between May 29 and June 3 at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif.
McCulloch, the team’s top finisher five of six events, carried a 70.65 scoring average during 17 rounds in the spring. Overall he is second on the team with a 71.00 scoring average and has three top-5 finishes, five in the top-10 and eight in the top-20. McCulloch’s 71.00 scoring average is a career best and is currently the second-best mark in a single-season at MSU. For his career, McCulloch holds the school record for career scoring average at 71.47.
Bond, who transferred last year from Ferris State, leads the team with a 70.71 scoring average, the best mark in program history. Bond has 10 top-20 finishes this year and has led the four times this season, including a tie for ninth place at 5-under par 211 in the Robert Kepler Collegiate.
This marks the 10th-straight years the Spartans have been represented in an NCAA Regional, with team appearances from 2016-19 and 2022-25 and individuals reaching a regional in 2021 (James Piot) and now in 2026.
EMU Men
Box named MAC Golfer of the Year while Turnbull selected MAC Freshman of the Year
CLEVELAND, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) — The Mid-American Conference announced in annual specialty awards for the 2025-26 men’s golf season with Eastern Michigan University well represented as Charlie Box was named the MAC Golfer of the Year and Robby Turnbull was selected the MAC Freshman of the Year, the conference announced, May 5. The awards were selected by a vote of the conference’s nine head coaches ahead of the 2026 MAC Championships.
Box (Leicester, England/Wreake Valley Academy/Hutchinson CC), who recently tied for 24th at the MAC Championships, played May 3-5 at The Club at Holliday Farms in Zionsville, Ind., was one of two players in the conference to record multiple victories after he also captured medalist honors with a playoff win at the West Bay Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 6-7) and tied for first at the Muirfield Shootout (April 20). With two wins, he was the first Eastern player since the 2006-07 season to win twice in the same season and one of only three to capture multiple wins in his EMU career since 2000-01. Box earned a conference-leading four MAC Golfer of the Week honors, the most in a single season in program history, which was twice as many as any other player in the league this year. Statistically, he was one of the best players in Eastern history as his 71.6 scoring average is a school record and makes him one of just three players to average under 72.0 strokes for the Eagles in program history. Box posted 21 rounds at or under par, including 10 rounds in the 60s, and finished 8-of-13 tournaments under par as well. He shot 63 in the second round of the West Bay event to tie the school record where he finished at 201, the second-lowest 54-hole score in program history.
Turnbull (Auckland, New Zealand/Selwyn College), who tied for 17th at the MAC Championships, was the third-highest ranked player in the MAC at No. 425 and the highest ranked freshman as well. The first-year player was one of four players to be named MAC Golfer of the Week multiple times this season and one of two rookies to be honored twice as well. He shot a low round of 66 at the Jim DeLapa Collegiate (Sept. 28-29) and posted a low tournament score of 203 at the Hal Williams Collegiate (Feb. 16-17) for the fourth-lowest score in Eastern history. He tallied 10 rounds at or under par this year with half of those rounds in the 60s, including three at or under 67, while posting six top 20 finishes in his last seven tournaments with a pair of top 10 finishes as well.
The honor for Box marked the fourth time in program history a member of the Eastern program has been named the MAC Golfer of the Year and the first since 2019 when Beau Breault was tabbed for the accolade. Prior to Breault, the two other recipients included Korey Mahoney in 2006 and Graham Hill in 2007. Turnbull is the third Eastern player selected for the rookie award and the first since 2011 when Brian Churchill-Smith shared the award. Christopher Ross earned the first accolade in 2006. Combined, Box and Turnbull are only the second pair of Eastern players to sweep the awards after Mahoney (golfer) and Ross (freshman) accomplished the feat in 2006.
2026 MAC Men’s Golf Awards
Earl Yestingsmeier Sportsmanship Award: Michael Weber, Miami
Kermit Blosser Coach of the Year: JD Fletcher, Miami
Freshman of the Year: Robby Turnbull, Eastern Michigan
Golfer of the Year: Charlie Box, Eastern Michigan
