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Brenton Sumler
Manager of Shaquille O’Neal Lifeskills Program
Phone: (225) 578-7464
Email: bsumler@lsu.edu
Sumler previously served as the Student-Athlete Leadership and Development Coordinator at Appalachian State located in Boone, North Carolina. There, he managed the athletic department Student-Athlete Development and Leadership program. He also created and expanded mentoring programs in addition to conducting educational workshops for student-athletes.
Prior to Appalachian State, Sumler spent five years as a recruitment counselor at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff before working as Graduate Assistant in the Office of Judicial and Ethical Programs at the University of Memphis. He assisted in the creation and implementation of educational programming for the NCAA CHAMPS Life Skills and also spent time as a Student-Athlete Development Coordinator/Compliance Assistant while at Memphis.
Sumler earned a Master’s of Science in Sport Commerce from the University of Memphis and is currently pursuing his Doctorate degree in Higher and Adult Education Administration. He also received his Bachelor’s of Science degree from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in general studies with a concentration in computer information systems.