Payton Bennett

Class:
Junior
High School:
St. John Henry Newman
Hometown:
Stoney Creek, Ontario

Career Accolades Entering 2024-25 Season
2024 Ball State Top 100 Student (finishing in the Top 10)
Two-Time WGCA All-American Scholar (2021-22 & 2022-23)
2022-23 Academic All-MAC
2022-23 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
Career Low Round: 71 in the final round of the Redbird Invitational (Sept. 5-6, 2021)
Career Low 36-Hole Event Score: 152 (76-76) at the Players Club Invitational (Sept. 1-2, 2023)
Career Low 54-Hole Event Score: 229 (77-74-78) at the Brittany Kelly Classic (Sept. 18-19, 2023)
Career Rounds At-Or-Below Par: 1
Career Stroke Average: 80.59

2023-24 (Junior): Appeared in six events, playing 15 rounds on the season … placed fifth at the Players Club Invitational (Sept. 1-2) with a score of +8 (76-76; 152) and sixth at the Red Wolves Fall Tournament (Oct. 13-14) with a score of +20 (81-79; 160) … those events sandwiched a career-low 54-hole tournament score of +13 (77-74-78; 229) at the BK Classic (Sept. 18-19) … her 25th-place finish as the BK Classic was also her best in a 54-hole event … carded a season-low round of +1 (73) in the final round of the Diamante Intercollegiate (Oct. 24), helping the Cardinals establish a program records for lowest team round at 285 and lowest team 54-hole score at 865 … finished the season with a 76.87 scoring average.

2022-23 (Sophomore): Appeared in eight events, playing 21 rounds on the season … recorded a season-best finish of 26th at the Butler Fall Invitational (Oct. 3-4) … produced a season-low 54-hole tournament score of +17 (81-74-78; 233) at the EKU Colonel Classic (April 3-4) ... turned in a pair of +2 (74) rounds, one coming in the second round of the Spring Break Shootout (March 13-14) and another in the second round at EKU … finished the season with a 81.33 scoring average.

2021-22 (Freshman): Appeared in seven events, playing 20 rounds on the season … recorded a season-best finish of 28th at the Courtney Cole Invitational (Oct. 4-5) … produced a season-low tournament score of +20 (82-83-71; 236) at the Redbird Invitational (Sept. 5-6), with her final round -1 (71) being a career-low … finished the season with a 82.60 scoring average.

Prior to Ball State: Bennett, from St. John Henry Newman in Stoney Creek, Ontario, is an eight-time winner on the Niagara Junior Tour … won the 2019 Niagara District Champion of Champions tournament and claimed individual, partner, and team victories at the Ontario Team Tours challenge … was a three-time team MVP at St. John Henry Newman … reached the regional high school championships all three years and qualified for the provincial championships as a freshman … was a varsity ice hockey and badminton player, Bennett carried a 4.0 GPA … was three-time provincial girls hockey champion and scored the game-winning goal in the 2018 championship game … born in Akron, Ohio, she holds dual citizenship. Her brother Ethan is a golfer at Gannon University in Pennsylvania.