2010-11 Women's Bowling
2010-11 Women's Bowling Coaches
Mark Van Wyk - Head Coach - 1st Season
641-660-9153
mahaskabowl@mahaska.org
Mark Van Wyk is in his first season as head bowling coach.
Van Wyk, who came to Penn as an assistant coach, guided Sean Rangel to an individual national runner-up honor in 2009-2010.
Van Wyk is also currently the manager and pro shop owner of Mahaska Bowl and Recreation in Oskaloosa. In addition to the day-to-day operations of the center, he also organizations events, performs daily maintenance on the pinsetters, and formulates lane oil patterns. He is a certified ball driller and ball layout specialist and also offers on-lane coaching and video analysis.
A life-long bowler, he brings tremendous experience to the lanes with 67 300 games and 49 800 series. Van Wyk has also claimed three Iowa State Bowling Association State titles and is the state record-holder with a nine-game score of 2,384.
The youngest member of the Oskaloosa USBC Hall of Fame, Van Wyk has certificates in Kegal Lane Maintenance and from the Brunswick Pinsetter School.
mahaskabowl@mahaska.org
Mark Van Wyk is in his first season as head bowling coach.
Van Wyk, who came to Penn as an assistant coach, guided Sean Rangel to an individual national runner-up honor in 2009-2010.
Van Wyk is also currently the manager and pro shop owner of Mahaska Bowl and Recreation in Oskaloosa. In addition to the day-to-day operations of the center, he also organizations events, performs daily maintenance on the pinsetters, and formulates lane oil patterns. He is a certified ball driller and ball layout specialist and also offers on-lane coaching and video analysis.
A life-long bowler, he brings tremendous experience to the lanes with 67 300 games and 49 800 series. Van Wyk has also claimed three Iowa State Bowling Association State titles and is the state record-holder with a nine-game score of 2,384.
The youngest member of the Oskaloosa USBC Hall of Fame, Van Wyk has certificates in Kegal Lane Maintenance and from the Brunswick Pinsetter School.
Ammon Bennett - Assistant Coach - 1st Season
641-673-2116
bennetta@wmpenn.edu
Ammon Bennett is in his first season as assistant bowling coach.
Bennett returned to Penn as the head bowling coach in 2009, but handed off the reins when he took over the cross country programs in the spring of 2010.
Bennett brings valuable experience to the newly-established lanes program, spending a year on the Ricks College (now BYU-Idaho) bowling team during the 1993-1994 season. As the team's #1 bowler, he owned a 198 average in collegiate competition and a 200 average in city league competition. He has bowled two 300 games in his career.
Bennett, the most successful coach in Lady Statesmen soccer history, rejoins the Penn coaching staff after a five-year absence. He comes to Penn after successfully building both the men's and women's soccer programs at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs.
While at Iowa Western, Bennett started both programs and quickly transformed each into powerhouses. Under his guidance, the women owned an 88-11-8 record and the men held a 63-30-6 mark entering 2008.
The women's program won several conference and regional crowns and the 2006 and 2007 teams both finished as NJCAA national runners-up. The men also won a league and a regional crown in 2005 and advanced to the regional tournament on numerous occasions. His squads defeated several ranked teams, including two top-ranked programs.
He earned plenty of recognition at Iowa Western, including garnering NSCAA Region Coach of the Year honors in 2006 and 2007.
Prior to his tenure at Iowa Western, Bennett coached several teams at Penn. He began his coaching career in the fall of 1999 as the head of the women's soccer team when the school was still a member of the Iowa Conference in NCAA Division III. He became the men's coach the following season and held both positions through the 2002 seasons.
At Penn, Bennett led the women to a 57-14-6 record, including three conference championships, an NCAA Division III Tournament appearance, and two NAIA Region VII appearances. His 2001 team finished 20-0-1 overall, advanced to the regional semifinals, was ranked 20th by the NSCAA, and broke several NAIA single-season records. The squad outscored its opposition by an incredible 121-2 margin.
Overall, Bennett owns a soccer coaching record of 226-85-23.
Bennett also coached the Penn cross country and track teams from 1999-2001 and then again in 2003 prior to being hired by Iowa Western.
Bennett also has coaching experience at the prep level, heading the cross country team at Bonneville HS (Utah) in 1991-1992 and assisting the track program in 1992-1993, assisting the track distance runners at Eddyville-Blakesburg HS (Iowa) in 1997, and heading the boy's soccer team at Avoca HS (Iowa) in 2006.
He has earned several coaching certificates in soccer throughout his career.
Bennett is a 1997 graduate of Penn with a degree in physical education, coaching, and health education (K-12 endorsement).
bennetta@wmpenn.edu
Ammon Bennett is in his first season as assistant bowling coach.
Bennett returned to Penn as the head bowling coach in 2009, but handed off the reins when he took over the cross country programs in the spring of 2010.
Bennett brings valuable experience to the newly-established lanes program, spending a year on the Ricks College (now BYU-Idaho) bowling team during the 1993-1994 season. As the team's #1 bowler, he owned a 198 average in collegiate competition and a 200 average in city league competition. He has bowled two 300 games in his career.
Bennett, the most successful coach in Lady Statesmen soccer history, rejoins the Penn coaching staff after a five-year absence. He comes to Penn after successfully building both the men's and women's soccer programs at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs.
While at Iowa Western, Bennett started both programs and quickly transformed each into powerhouses. Under his guidance, the women owned an 88-11-8 record and the men held a 63-30-6 mark entering 2008.
The women's program won several conference and regional crowns and the 2006 and 2007 teams both finished as NJCAA national runners-up. The men also won a league and a regional crown in 2005 and advanced to the regional tournament on numerous occasions. His squads defeated several ranked teams, including two top-ranked programs.
He earned plenty of recognition at Iowa Western, including garnering NSCAA Region Coach of the Year honors in 2006 and 2007.
Prior to his tenure at Iowa Western, Bennett coached several teams at Penn. He began his coaching career in the fall of 1999 as the head of the women's soccer team when the school was still a member of the Iowa Conference in NCAA Division III. He became the men's coach the following season and held both positions through the 2002 seasons.
At Penn, Bennett led the women to a 57-14-6 record, including three conference championships, an NCAA Division III Tournament appearance, and two NAIA Region VII appearances. His 2001 team finished 20-0-1 overall, advanced to the regional semifinals, was ranked 20th by the NSCAA, and broke several NAIA single-season records. The squad outscored its opposition by an incredible 121-2 margin.
Overall, Bennett owns a soccer coaching record of 226-85-23.
Bennett also coached the Penn cross country and track teams from 1999-2001 and then again in 2003 prior to being hired by Iowa Western.
Bennett also has coaching experience at the prep level, heading the cross country team at Bonneville HS (Utah) in 1991-1992 and assisting the track program in 1992-1993, assisting the track distance runners at Eddyville-Blakesburg HS (Iowa) in 1997, and heading the boy's soccer team at Avoca HS (Iowa) in 2006.
He has earned several coaching certificates in soccer throughout his career.
Bennett is a 1997 graduate of Penn with a degree in physical education, coaching, and health education (K-12 endorsement).
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