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2008-09 Women's Golf Roster

Sydney Cox

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Edmond Memorial (Okla.)
  • Hometown Edmond, Okla.

Biography

Leads by example … team captain … two-time all-American … Fall 2008: Averaged team-low 76.10 strokes in 10 rounds … finished tied for second in last three events … shot 75-76–151 in NAIA Women’s Fall Preview … 75-73–148 in Oral Roberts Shootout … 73-75–148 in Oklahoma City Fall Classic … 2007-08: Shot 78.84 average in 25 rounds ... honorable-mention NAIA all-American … tied for 45th in NAIA Championships with 81-86-73-91–331 … tied for third in Region VI Championships with 81-79–160 … won Mary Hardin-Baylor Invitational with 77-79–156, winning playoff against teammate Ashley Sholer … fifth in Bluebonnet Classic with 77-81–158 … second at Oklahoma Intercollegiate for Women with 68-72–140 ... fifth in Southern Nazarene Invitational with 83-75–158 ... sixth at Oklahoma City Women's Fall Classic with 79-77–156 … NAIA scholar-athlete ... 2006-07: Averaged 77.92 strokes in 24 rounds … all-American ... all-tournament in NAIA Championships ... eighth at NAIA Championships with 79-78-78-76–311 ... fourth in Region VI Championship with 83-76–159 ... fifth at Missouri State/Payne Stewart Memorial with 75-78–153 ... finished third in the Southern Nazarene Invitational with 78-73–151 … earned second career victory in the Oklahoma City Star Classic with 72-73–145 … 2005-06: Won Southern Nazarene Invitational with 77-74–151 in her first career tournament … averaged 80 per round in 15 rounds … tied for ninth in Red Rooster Invitational hosted by OCU … tied for 10th at Bronc Classic … High school: Won two tournaments, including the regional tournament, as senior … finished in top five in four tournaments … first-team Oklahoman all-city … fourth in all-state games … won the Mid-State Conference Tournament her junior year … honorable-mention all-city … four career wins … four-time all-Edmond selection, including first team as junior and senior … coached by Mike de la Garza and Melna Mallett … Junior Rotarian recipient … Amateur: Fifth in AJGA event at Oak Tree Country Club in Edmond … Personal: Majoring in kinesiology … plays piano … daughter of Rick and Susan Cox … born April 6, 1987 in Nashville, Tenn.

 

OCU Career Statistics

 

Season

Events

Rounds

Shots

Avg.

2005-06

6

15

1,200

80.00

2006-07

10

24

1,871

77.92

2007-08

11

25

1,971

78.84

Fall 2008

4

10

761

76.10

Totals

31

74

5,803

78.42

 

More on Sydney:
Reality show I want to be on: Survivor
Favorite team: The one I’m on
Favorite saying: Fall down seven times, but stand up the eighth
Last book I read: Water for Elephants
Best bumper sticker I have ever seen: I’d rather be driving a Titleist