HIGH SCHOOL: Was a four-year letter winner in golf and a two year letter winner in basketball at Palm Harbor University HS ... Helped team to three District titles (2009-11), a pair of regional runner-up finishes (1008-09) and a pair of state finals (2008-09) ... Was a four-time first team All-PCAC selection ... Was named first team All-Pinellas County in 2011 by the Tampa Bay Times and second team in 2009-10 ... Was ranked among the top 500 junior players in the nation by the AJGA ... Captured the 2011 Florida State Junior Match Play Championship ... Finished fourth at the 2011 AJGA Northern Virginia Junior by recording birdies on four of the last five holes ... Captured the title at the Sam Parks Junior Invitational in 2008 and again in 2010 ... Was a member of the FSGA Junior Florida Cup North team in 2011 ... Was a member of the National Honor Society and was active as a volunteer with the First Tee Program.

PERSONAL: Full name is Dustin Gage Dingus ... Was born on February 18, 1994, in Tampa, Fla. ... Is the son of Pamela and Richard Dingus ... Has one brother, Spencer (13) ... Is an Integrative Health Science major.