Charles Braff

2024-25

• Finished the season 3-0 playing at positions 7-9
• Opened the year with a 13-11, 11-2, 9-11, 11-7 win over Brett Poles of No. 21 Chatham at eight (11/24)
• Won an exhibition match against No. 5 Harvard’s Zach Baskir (12/6)
• Logged a 3-0 victory over Holden Woodward of No. 20 Navy at the MASC Championships (2/8)

2023-24

• Finished the season with an 8-3 record
• Had a four match win streak from Jan. 20 – Feb. 10
• Did not drop a game in Virginia’s three-match homestand against MIT, Harvard and Dartmouth, picking up three 3-0 victories
• Picked up a dominant 11-4, 11-2, 11-2 win against at position 8 in the match against No. 2 Harvard
• Opened the season with an 11-3, 11-5, 11-5 win against Navy at the 8 position
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

2022-23

• Finished the season 6-2
• Tallied a 3-0 victory over Tighe Mullarkey, helping UVA to a 9-0 win against Navy
• Defeated Dartmouth’s David Rubin to help UVA to an 8-1 win over No. 10 Dartmouth
• Won 3-0 against MIT’s Matt McManus at the sixth spot
• Helped UVA to its fourth MASC Championship with a win at the sixth spot against Navy’s Alexander Orr
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

2021-22

• Played at the No. 8 position at top-ranked Penn (11/19), his first time playing in a scoring match  after playing at 10 at Yale (11/13)
• Compiled an overall record of 9-3 for the Cavaliers
• Tallied victories over six ranked opponents
• Went undefeated at the MASC Championships including a crucial four-game victory over Drexel’s Gautam Nagpal in the final
• Defeated No. 3 Trinity’s Utkarsh Baheti in five games in the first round of the CSA Team Championships

Background

• Four-year starter and junior and senior captain at Deerfield Academy, helping the team finish third in the nation in 2019 and seventh in 2020
• All-New England honorable mention as a sophomore
• Compete at the 2016 British Junior Open and the 2017 Dutch Junior Open
• Also ran cross country for two years and played JV lacrosse at Deerfield

Personal

• Son of Meg Braff and Doug Braff
• Younger brother of UVA squash alums William and Andrew Braff (’21)
• Majoring in religious studies with a minor in real estate