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| Name | Donna BISOM [2, 3, 4, 5] | |
| Gender | Female | |
| Education | University of Minnesota-Moorhead in the mid-1960’s | |
| HIST | Is her maiden name BIson or did she marry a Bisom? jkh of Sumter, South Carolina She was inducted into the Sumter Sports Hall of Fame at a banquet on 1 Nov 2007 at the Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club facility on Council Street, Sumter, South Carolina. Occupation cont- She was the runner-up the following year and won nine region titles in her 12 years as SHS’s head coach. This is the second hall of fame into which she was inducted in little over a year. She as part of the 2006 class of the Sumter High School Athletic Hall of Fame. She came to Sumter in 1969 to teach at then Bates Junior High School. She coached the girls basketball team at Bates for five years before taking over the Sumter High program in the 1975-76 school year. She would coach the team through the ‘88-89 season. Date Published: July 3, 2008 Tenure comes to end Bisom reflects on time as Sumter High School AD Item file photo Donna Bisom's almost 10-year tenure as the athletic director at Sumter High School came to an end on Monday. Bisom said the job was one she enjoyed from beginning to end. By DENNIS BRUNSON Item Sports Editor dennisb@theitem.com When the work day ended on Monday, so too did Donna Bisom's official tenure as the athletic director at Sumter High School — and her day-after-events job as a custodian and groundskeeper for the school's athletic facilities as well. "It was something that just came naturally to me," Bisom said of her being seen cleaning toilets and picking up trash mornings after many of the school's sporting events. "I've always encouraged the kids to clean up after themselves, so I decided to do it myself. When we had other people come to the school, I wanted them to wish their son or daughter was at Sumter High School." Bisom had to step down from her post as her time in the Teacher and Employee Retention Program — a program that gives incentives to retirees to keep teaching — had expired. Ironically, Bisom came out of retirement to become the AD — on an interim basis — when Tom Lewis had to step down when the Joe Klein embezzlement scandal broke in 1999. Bisom, who was a state-title-winning girls basketball coach and a physical education teacher in Sumter School District 17 for 30 years before her first retirement, enjoyed every minute of her 9?-year second tenure at SHS. "I have been thrilled to do what I've been doing," said the 61-year-old Bisom. "I was brought in as a temporary employee to smooth out, to get the ship back on course at what was a bad time in the history of athletics at Sumter High School. I honestly expected to do just that. "It's been a wonderful, wonderful 9? years," she added. "It's been fulfilling and it's been a 24 (hours)-7 (days a week) job, and I've enjoyed every minute of it." Bisom had never served as an athletic director, but she said the speed in which she went from retirement to being in charge of the athletic department of one of the largest schools in the state — "I was on the beach when they called me on a Friday and I was on the job the following Monday," she said — it didn't leave her any time to feel overwhelmed. "I didn't have time to sit back and see what I had done," she said. "Any job where you're surrounded by good people though, it makes it easier to come in, even when you have no experience prior to the job. That's what I had with the coaches and district heads when I came in." There are only three coaches working for District 17 that Bisom has not had a part in hiring — head baseball coach Brooks Shumake, athletic trainer Gary Nelson and assistant baseball coach Randy Twitty. Even Paul Sorrells, who was hired to replace Lewis as the head football coach on an interim basis at the same time Bisom returned as interim AD, was hired by Bisom; she was on the committee that chose to hire Sorrells as head coach on a full-time basis. Bisom said her job was made easier over the years because of the support of SHS principal Rutledge Dingle and the fact everyone involved with the athletic department was generally on the same page. "Everybody was working toward the same goal," Bisom said. "We've rarely had any conflicts. There were generally a cooperativeness that exists in the athletic department, but if somebody didn't agree with somebody or something, they would step up to me or the other coaches." Reach Sports Editor Dennis Brunson at dennisb@theitem.com or (803) 774-1241. Sumter Item to reveal Top 125 Sports Figures with anniversary celebration Posted Saturday, October 12, 2019 6:00 am BY DENNIS BRUNSON In celebration of its 125th anniversary, The Sumter Item is going to select the Top 125 Sports Figures during that period in Sumter, Clarendon and Lee counties. The list will be revealed in reverse order starting on Wednesday with Nos. 125-111. The remaining lists will be contain 10 figures beginning on Friday. Those lists will appear every Wednesday and Friday until it reaches the top 10 in December. At that point, one story will be released in each edition until the top figure is revealed. The list will include people who affected sports in our area both in competition and in other ways as well. Coinciding with the list reveal, we'll be asking readers to reveal their Top 10 sports figures in Item history, and we'll be hosing Autograph Giveaway contests featuring our famous local sports figures. The Sumter Item's Top 125 Sports Figures 91-100 Posted Wednesday, October 23, 2019 9:34 am In celebration of its 125th anniversary, The Sumter Item has selected the Top 125 Sports Figures during that period in Sumter, Clarendon and Lee counties. The list will be revealed in reverse order, appearing every Wednesday and Friday until it reaches the top 10 in December. At that point, one story will be released in each edition until the top figure is revealed. The list will include people who affected sports in our area both in competition and in other ways as well. 100) C.A. Wilson - C.A. Wilson was one of the standouts on the 1969 Edmunds High School football team that just celebrated its 50th anniversary of winning the 4A state title with an undefeated record. Wilson ran for 1,200 yards and scored 17 touchdowns that season. He went on to play defensive back at South Carolina in the early 1970s, starting three seasons. 99) Mike Mahoney - Mike Mahoney was a standout baseball player at Manning High School and with the Manning American Legion program. He went on to play for Clemson from 1973-75. He joined the Navy before coming back to play for Clemson in 1981 and was named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference team as well as the All-Academic team. 98) Annette Roddey - Annette Roddey was a trailblazer for women’s golf in the state of South Carolina. She was a co-founder of the Women’s South Carolina Golf Association and served as its secretary treasurer for many years. She also won the WSCGA championship in 1955 and 1960 and was runner-up on two other occasions. 97) Stephen Duggan - Stephen Duggan was the leader of the offensive line for the Sumter High School football team that played for the 1985 4A Division I state title. He played in the North-South All-Star Game that year and was an all-state performer on the soccer team as a senior. He went to Furman University where he became an NCAA Division I-AA All-American as an offensive tackle and was a key performer on Furman’s 1988 national championship team. He is a member of the Furman Hall of Fame. 96) Homer Coker - Homer Coker graduated from East Clarendon High School in 1940 where he was a standout in football, baseball and basketball. He went to Clemson where he lettered in baseball and basketball in both 1942-43. He had a batting average of .462 those two seasons. He entered the Navy in World War II before returning to Clemson in ’47 He was the team captain, started in center field and batted .342 for the first Clemson team to reach the national championship tournament. 95) Chad Hoshour - Chad Hoshour quarterbacked Sumter High School to the 1992 4A Division I football state championship game, but it was on the baseball diamond where Hoshour was tremendous. He had a career record of 34-12 in four years on the SHS baseball team and had a career average of .372. He was also a standout for the Sumter P-15’s when they won four straight state titles. He went on to play baseball at North Carolina State and South Carolina. 94) Allen Johnson - Allen Johnson was a standout pitcher for both Edmunds High School and the Sumter P-15’s, once striking out 22 batters in an American Legion game. He went on to pitch at Wingate Junior College, where he was an All-American. He transferred to South Carolina and pitched there for two seasons and was the closer his senior year. He pitched briefly in the minors before becoming a coach in several sports at many local high schools. 93) Brian Beatson - Brian Beatson was a SCISA all-state performer in three sports at Laurence Manning Academy and played four years for the Manning American Legion baseball team. He played at South Carolina for four years and was a closer. He was all-Metro Conference in 1988 and was the career saves leader in the Metro when he graduated with 28. He was also selected to USC’s all-time baseball team in 2000. 92) Al Dunn - Al Dunn was a standout athlete and head coach for Sumter High School in both track and cross country. Dunn, an ‘81 graduate, won 4A state titles in the 800-, 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs in 1981 when SHS won the state title. As a coach, Dunn led the boys cross country team to a state title in ‘96 and led the boys track team to the state title in ‘97. 91) Donna Bisom - Donna Bisom didn’t plan on being a coach when she entered the teaching profession. However, she came to Sumter in 1969 and started coaching girls basketball at Bates Junior High School, and the rest is history. Bisom went on to become the girls basketball head coach at Sumter High School in the 1975-76 school year and did it for 12 years. She posted a 254-84 career record, won the 4A state title in 1982-83 and was the runner-up the following year. She went on to become the athletic director at Sumter in 1999, taking over when the Joe Klein embezzlement scandal rocked the school She was named the 4A Athletic Director of the Year in 2006 and would later be selected to the South Carolina Athletic Administrators Hall of Fame. She is also a member of the Sumter High Sports Hall of Fame and the Sumter Sports Hall of Fame. [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] | |
| Occupation | girls basketball head coach at Sumter High School, Sumter, South Carolina; posting a 254-84 career record, won the 1982-83 4A state title [2] | |
| _UID | 90EE30CD8121459F8C70F7700A0C6C43298C | |
| Person ID | I214566 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 4 Jan 2023 | |
| Family | BISOM d. Bef 29 Dec 2022 | |||
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| Family ID | F145354 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||
| Last Modified | 19 Aug 2020 | |||
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