Academic Snapshot
Acceptance Rate
95%
Avg ACT
22
Enrollment
632
Team Information
Sport
Golf
Gender
Women's
Division
NCAA Division 3
Location
St. Louis, MO
Coaching Staff (4)
Sumner Ahearn
Head Coach
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Jason Malott
Assistant Coach
Malott has been named assistant men's and women's golf coach and assistant men's basketball coach starting in 2015-16. Malott is a 1997 graduate of Fontbonne University, having played both basketball and golf. He was the Griffins' top golfer for three years, having finished in the top 10 among SLIAC opponents each season. Malott had an outstanding basketball career, recording 1,464 points and 550 assists as a Griffin. He ranks fifth and second all-time in those career categories respectively. He still holds the single-game record for most assists (12), is twice in the top-ten all-time in single-season points (480-2nd, 440-9th), is third for assists in a season (171) and is fifth and eighth in most PPG average in a season (17.1, 16.3). Malott was a DIII News Honorable Mention All-American his senior year and was a two-time Second Team All-SLIAC and First Team All-SLIAC his senior year. During his tenure the Griffins, Fontbonne men's basketball were SLIAC Conference and Tournament Champions twice, advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in the program's history. Malott works with Pines Financial Group as an independent registered advisor. Jason and his wife Elizabeth live in Ladue with their three children Noah, Logan and Harper.
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Robert Hulett
Assistant Coach
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Lance Thornhill
Coach
Thornhill was added to the list of full time coaches beginning during the 2014-15 academic year. Thornhill served as head men's and women's golf coach as well as assistant men's basketball coach during that year. For the 2015-16 seasons, he became head men's basketball coach and Director of Golf Operations. Under Coach Thornhill, the women's golf program became affiliate members of the Midwest Conference, producing a fifth place finish in the 2015 MWC Championship, their first conference tournament in program history. Fontbonne narrowly missed fourth place by two strokes and the Griffins earned their first All-MWC honor in history as well. As Fontbonnes head mens golf coach, Thornhill has led the Griffin's golf team to St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) Championships in 2002, 2004, and 2006. He has been named the SLIAC Coach of the Year in 2002, 2004 and 2006. Coach Thornhill graduated from Pattonville High School in St. Louis County, where he was a St. Louis All-Metro performer in basketball and a 5A Missouri state champion in golf. He attended college at Missouri State University playing both sports until an injury forced him off the basketball floor. He continued to excel on the golf course, being selected to the Mid-Continent Conference 1st team three times, and also earning a Player of the Year award. After graduating from Missouri State University, Thornhill went on to pursue a professional golf career, playing on various tours throughout the country. Coach Thornhill earned his undergraduate degree from Missouri State University and his masters degree in Business Administration from Fontbonne University while serving as a graduate assistant.
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