Saint Gregory's University Men's Golf

Bennett has led both teams to a combined four wins and has coached one mens Ping All-Region player, one mens SAC all-conference player, and the runner-up in the 2015-16 SAC womens Freshman of the Year race. Bennett has also coached three individual champions in his tenure at SGU. During the 2015-16 season, the men's team capped perhaps the best season in program history with a fourth-place finish at the Sooner Athletic Conference Championships after shooting a school record three-round score of 882 (291-292-300). Bennett led the squad to top-five finishes in eight of nine tournaments between the fall and spring campaigns including a pair of first-place finishes at the SGU Cavalier Classic and the Central Baptist Spring Invitational. To go with their victory at the Cavalier Classic, the men also set a new school two-round scoring record of 579 (289-290). The women were impressive during the 2015-2016 season as well, notching one top-five finish in the spring along with a top-three finish and a new tournament scoring record of 665 (335-330) at the Southwestern Christian Fall Intercollegiate and the programs first ever victory at the Fall Midwest Classic. The women also saw multiple top-10 and top-5 finishes individually throughout the year. Bennett, a native of Stillwater, Okla., played golf collegiately at his alma mater, Southwestern Oklahoma State University. There he earned both his bachelors degree in psychology and his masters degree in community counseling. He played four years for the Bulldog golf team. With a passion for sport psychology, Bennett has also provided specialized sport psychology training to multiple collegiate golf teams and individuals. Bennett and his wife, Whitney, have been married since June 2012. They live in Shawnee with their dog, Millie. Don Sumner has served St. Gregorys for more than 40 years in various capacities. He was an instructor and coach at St. Gregorys for 35 years before retiring in 1997, and returned to the university in 2006 as its athletic director. Sumner took over a basketball program that was only three years old in 1961, serving as head mens basketball coach and interim womens basketball coach. In that span, he compiled 621 wins, led the womens basketball team to its first winning season, was named the Bi-State Conference Coach of the Year five times and earned the Region II NJCAA Coach of the Year Award. He was inducted into the Oklahoma Baptist University Sports Hall of Fame in in 1967, the St. Gregorys Sports Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame in 2009. Sumner also was an instructor of natural sciences during his time at St. Gregorys, teaching biology, zoology and nutrition. He was named St. Gregorys College Teacher of the Year in 1977. In 1997, he served as alumni director and mens golf coach. He served as athletic director from 1970 to 1996. Sumner has received two Benedictine Service Medals for his contributions to St. Gregorys. A Shawnee resident for more than 70 years, Don received his bachelors degree in science from Oklahoma Baptist University in 1958 and earned a masters degree in natural science from the University of Oklahoma in 1966.

Sumner took over a basketball program that was only three years old in 1961, serving as head mens basketball coach and interim womens basketball coach. In that span, he compiled 621 wins, led the womens basketball team to its first winning season, was named the Bi-State Conference Coach of the Year five times and earned the Region II NJCAA Coach of the Year Award. He was inducted into the Oklahoma Baptist University Sports Hall of Fame in in 1967, the St. Gregorys Sports Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame in 2009. Sumner also was an instructor of natural sciences during his time at St. Gregorys, teaching biology, zoology and nutrition. He was named St. Gregorys College Teacher of the Year in 1977. In 1997, he served as alumni director and mens golf coach. He served as athletic director from 1970 to 1996. Sumner has received two Benedictine Service Medals for his contributions to St. Gregorys. A Shawnee resident for more than 70 years, Don received his bachelors degree in science from Oklahoma Baptist University in 1958 and earned a masters degree in natural science from the University of Oklahoma in 1966.