Bonny began her swim career over 40 years ago. Bonny has experience as a summer league, age group, high school, college, US National team member, and Masters swimmer. She attended Pine Crest High School in Ft Lauderdale, FL where she was a 4 year All-American and the top high school freestyler in the nation her Junior and Senior years. From there,  Bonnie joined the US National team where she was a gold medalist at the Pan-American Games and the World Championships in 1975. In college, Bonny swam at the University of North Carolina. At UNC, Bonny was a 4-year All-American, NCAA Champion, and American Record Holder. She added another gold medal at the World University Games in 1977. In 1980, Bonnie received the Patterson Award at UNC. This award is given annually to the top athlete at the university. Bonny was the first woman to receive this award, which was first given in 1924.

Bonny began her coaching career over 30 years ago. During this time, she has coached summer league, age group, and high school swimmers. Bonny is the current coach of all 5 of the Catoosa County School Swim teams: HMS, LFO, LMS, RHS & RMS.  She also has many years experience teaching swimming lessons and working with special needs swimmers.