Eastern Washington University Athletics

2019: Made his season debut at Washington (8/31/19) and played in five total games. Eastern closed the 2019 season with the best offense in FCS, finishing at 524.8 yards per game. The Eagles had 2,450 yards of offense in the last four games of the season (612.5 per game) to take over the lead and maintain it. Eastern also ended the regular season second in scoring (40.6), fifth in passing (317.1) and 19th in rushing (207.8), and were the only team in FCS to rank in the top 24 in total offense, rushing and passing. Eastern had some impressive rushing performances in 2019, rushing for at least 174 yards eight times and at least 247 in six games (including the last four). The school’s 5.29 average per rush ranked 13th in FCS. The Eagles had a season-high 320 versus Cal Poly (11/16/19), and their best game of total offense was a school-record 769 yards versus Lindenwood (9/7/19).
 
2018: Redshirted.
 
HS: Graduated from Newport HS in 2018. He was named by the Seattle Times as a “White Chip” selection as one of the top 100 prospects in the state of Washington. He joins Eastern alongside his brother Conner, who will be a senior defensive end for the Eagles in the 2018 season. Charlie was a 2-star recruit as rated by 247sports.com, which also ranks him as the 46th best high school recruit in the state of Washington. As a senior in 2017, he was a first team All-KingCo 4A League selection as a defensive lineman and second team pick as an offensive lineman. He had 55 tackles and six sacks in helping Newport finish 5-5. He also wrestled at Newport, and as a senior finished third in the 285-pound weight class at the WIAA 4A Championships. He lost in the second round, but came back through the consolation bracket to win his last four matches, including three by pin. He also advanced to the Mat Classic 4A Tournament as a junior when he won the 285-pound title at the KingCo 4A Championships.
 
Personal: Majoring in communication studies at Eastern. Born 2/24/00 in Redmond, Wash. His parents are Bradley and Tina Baumann. Charlie’s brother, Conner, lettered for EWU in 2014, 2015 and 2017, and finished with 54 career tackles and two sacks in 35 career games. He also played as a fullback during his redshirt freshman season in 2014-15.