East Texas A&M University Athletics

One of the top placekickers in college football ... record-setting kicker that has been named to preseason All-America teams by Don Hansen's Football Gazette and dopke.com ... owns Lone Star Conference and A&M-Commerce records for field goals in a season and has tied A&M-C record for field goals in a game twice ...2004: Chosen second-team All-Southwest Region by Don Hansen's Football Gazette ... tabbed first-team All-Lone Star Conference South ... ranked first in the LSC and second in NCAA Division II with 18 field goals (1.8 per game) ... led team, ranked fourth in the LSC and 39th in Division II in scoring with 8.0 points a game ... set new LSC and A&M-C records for field goals in a season with 18 ... tied LSC and A&M-C records with 26 field goal attempts ... tied the A&M-C record for field goals in a game in back-to-back contests, posting four each at Northeastern State and against Southwestern Oklahoma ... added three field goal games at Midwestern State and at Abilene Christian ... belted a season-long 44-yard field goal at Midwestern State ... connected on seven straight field goals during the season ... hit 26-of-28 point-after-touchdown attempts ... perfect on his last 24 PATs on the season ... had one punt during the year, a 33-yard kick against Southwestern Oklahoma ... named LSC Special Teams Player of the Week against Northeastern State and Abilene Christian ...2002-2003: A first-team all-conference performer at Golden West JC in California ...High School: A two-time All-State performer at St. Louis School in Honolulu ... set a scoring record with 103 points as a senior ... helped St. Louis to the Hawai'i State Championship ... also lettered in soccer ... Misc: Business major ... born 10-27-82 ... first name pronounced HAH ... given name is Burton A.H. Bento ... son of Bert and Katherine Bento of Honolulu.