As a talented shooting guard and a two-year starter at Hillsdale College,
Charles Woodhams was a force on the court for the Chargers men's basketball team.
As special as Woodhams was on the hardwood for Hillsdale, however, his achievements in the classroom might be even more impressive.
Woodhams' incredible balance of athletic and academic success has earned him a major honor from the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, which named him the league's Male Scholar Athlete of the Year for the 2024-25 campaign.
The G-MAC Male Scholar Athlete of the Year award is presented to the men's athlete who has compiled the most outstanding record in athletics, scholarship and leadership over the course of the school year across all sports the G-MAC offers. Athletic departments across the G-MAC nominate one individual for the award each year, and the winner is selected based on a vote among all institutions.
Woodhams is the fourth Hillsdale athlete to win the G-MAC Scholar Athlete Award since the Chargers joined the G-MAC in 2017, and the third male athlete from Hillsdale to win in the past five years. He joins softball player and swimmer Victoria Addis (2019-20), football player Joey Brenner (2020-21) and baseball player Lewis Beals (2022-23) as a Hillsdale athlete to win the award.
An excellent student throughout his time at Hillsdale, Woodhams graduated Summa Cum Laude from Hillsdale in May with a 3.93 GPA and a Bachelor's of Science in Biology. He plans on becoming a doctor and is choosing among the medical schools who've accepted him to determine where he's attending in the year to come.
During his time in college, Woodhams participated in the prestigious LAUREATES program to fund undergraduate research, conducting a study and presenting the results to a Beta Beta Beta National Biology conference in 2025. Along with membership in Beta Beta Beta, Woodhams also was a member of the Sigma Zeta National Science and Math honorary and was named the CRC Outstanding Chemistry Student of the Year during his time at Hillsdale.
Woodhams was named to the NABC Academic Honors Court three times in his collegiate career, was a four time Academic All-G-MAC honoree, a three-time D2ADA All-Academic Honoree and made the CSC Men's Basketball Academic All-District team twice.
On the court, Woodhams was a key player offensively for the Chargers in the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons, scoring in double digits in both campaigns and leading Hillsdale in points per game in 2024-25. He earned first-team All-G-MAC honors as a senior, scoring in double figures in 27 of Hillsdale's 30 games, with a season-high 26 points in a 83-78 road win over Ashland on Jan. 2 highlighting a stellar year.
As a player, Woodhams was known for his offensive efficiency, finishing sixth in the G-MAC in field goal percentage (.495) and fourth in 3-point percentage (.403), rare numbers for a 6-foot-3 guard who spent much of his time on the perimeter. He also made a huge impact defensively for the Chargers, serving as one of the top perimeter stoppers for a team that finished in the top two in the G-MAC in scoring defense in both of his seasons as a starter and led the G-MAC in 2024-25 at 65.4 points conceded per game.
He leaves Hillsdale with a winning legacy, going 105-38 over his collegiate career, including four 20-plus win seasons, and he was a part of the Chargers' first-ever NCAA DII Midwest Regional championship and Elite Eight appearance in 2022.
