Bossier City’s Bennett ends Centenary golf career with second straight SCAC top award

GOING OUT ON TOP:  Airline High product Andrew Bennett capped his Centenary golf career with conference player of the year honors announced Wednesday. (Photo courtesy Centenary Athletics)
 
 

By PATRICK MEEHAN, Centenary Sports Information Director

The finishing touch on his Centenary golf career was appropriately distinctive for Bossier City’s Andrew Bennett.

Bennett, an Airline High alumnus, and Antonio Ramirez of St. Thomas were named the Co-Golfers of the Year in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference on Wednesday.

The SCAC golf honors were announced after voting by the head coaches and sports information directors at conference institutions.

Bennett is just the fifth men’s golfer in SCAC history to win at least a share of Conference Golfer of the Year honors in consecutive seasons after winning the award in 2024 as well. He is the first since Southwestern’s Tyler Gammill achieved the feat in 2016 and 2017.

A GCAA Division III PING All-Region and All-SCAC honorable mention honoree this year, Bennett closed his college career as the top ranked player in the conference finishing 36th nationally and seventh regionally in the final CLIPPD rankings.

Bennett posted five top-3 finishes this year in nine events, including three individual medalist honors, highlighted by back-to-back wins in March at the FST Pinecrest Invitational and the Centenary/Hal Sutton Invite.

He finished the year with an impressive 341-65-7 combined record against all opponents and an adjusted scoring average of 72.0.