Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

University of Texas Arlington Athletics

THE HOME OF UT ARLINGTON ATHLETICS
FOLLOW US

2022-23 Men's Golf Roster

Kyle Cox

  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Carrollton, Texas
  • High School Creekview
  • Instagram kylec1
  • Twitter kyle5_cox

Biography

CAREER OVERVIEW | Career Statistics
Low Round: 66 (First Round, Grand Canyon Invitational – 3/14/22)
Best Finish: 1, 2x (Last: Grand Canyon Invitational – 3/14/22)
Best 54-Hole Score: 202 (Grand Canyon Invitational – 3/14-15/22)
 
Graduated with the 7th best career scoring average in program history at 73.61 … two career wins were tied for the 3rd most in program history behind Paul McConnell and Bobby Massa both with three each … 40 career par-or-better rounds were tied for the 8th most in program history … 14 career eagles were tied for the most in program history (Cash Wilkerson) … 11th in program lore with 287 career birdies.
 
AWARDS
2019-20 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
Apr. 15, 2021: Sun Belt Conference Men’s Golfer of the Week
2022 Sun Belt Conference Third Team

AS A FIFTH YEAR (2022-23)
Did not compete in any tournaments.

AS A SENIOR (2021-22) | Tournament-By-Tournament Results
Named to the Sun Belt Third Team … 73.32 scoring average over 25 rounds … medalist honors with a near-program-record finish of 11-under par at the Grand Canyon Invitational (Mar. 14-15) … the 202 total (66-68-68) was just one shot shy of tying the all-time 54-hole program record of 201 (-15), set by Zack Reeves at the 2007 Turtle Bay Resort Collegiate Invitational … tied for the team lead with four eagles, equaling the 7th-most in single-season program history … 12 par-or-better rounds were 2nd-most on the team … produced five rounds in the 60s, led by a career-best 66 to open the GCU Invite as that score was tied for the 11th-best in program annals … secured five top-15 finishes, including three in a row (T-8, 1, T-11) to open the spring season … 3.09 par-3 scoring average was the 7th-best in single-season program history … score was used in the team total 17 times out of 19 opportunities as he competed as an individual in two of four fall events before cracking the team lineup in five spring tournaments.
 
AS A JUNIOR (2020-21) | Tournament-By-Tournament Results
Led the team with a 74.13 scoring average in five events and 15 rounds … six par-or-better rounds, tied for the 2nd-most on the team … medalist honors by two shots as part of a team victory at Sam Houston’s Bearkat Invitational (Apr. 12-13) with rounds of 70-71-69: 210 (-6) … became the first Maverick to win a tournament since Paul McConnell claimed the Western Athletic Conference Championship in 2013 during UTA’s lone year as a league member … named Sun Belt Conference Men’s Golfer of the Week on Apr. 15 for the performance … carded three eagles as part of that final-round season-low 69 … score was used in the team total all 15 times … rolled in 31 birdies …  team-leading par-5 scoring average of 4.73, the 10th-best in single-season program history … did not compete in either of UTA’s fall events; played in the team lineup in all five of the spring tournaments.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2019-20) | Tournament-By-Tournament Results
Season canceled in mid-March due to worldwide coronavirus pandemic … 72.71 scoring average in 21 rounds ranked as the 7th-best in single-season program history; +0.71 average to par was the 3rd-best in single-season program history … established the program’s single-season par-3 scoring record at 2.96 (previous record: 3.05 by Nathan Main in 1996-97); that 2.96 mark ranked as the 11th-best average in the nation for the year (leader: 2.88) … responsible for three of UTA’s five total eagles … led the team with 70 birdies … posted a team-leading 12 par-or-better rounds … four top-20 finishes, including a pair of top-10 showings … season-low 68 in the 1st round of the Mark Simpson Colorado Invitational (Oct. 7) … that was part of an 8-under 208 (68-71-69) for his best 54-hole score of the season … one of only three players to appear in all seven tournaments as part of the team lineup … his score was used in the team total in 20 of 21 opportunities ... 18 rounds were 75 or lower.

AS A FRESHMAN (2018-19) | Tournament-By-Tournament Results
74.19 scoring average to rank 3rd on the team … 10 par-or-better rounds, including three in the 60s … season- and career-low 68 (-4) in the final round of the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate … that helped lead him to a season-best finish of a tie for 5th in the field of 120 – the largest UTA competed against all year – with a season-low 212 total (-4) … the other two performances in the 60s came in consecutive rounds late in the year: a 3-under 69 in the final round of the Bayou City Collegiate Classic and a 2-under 69 in the 1st round of the Sun Belt Championship … competed in all 11 tournaments in his first season with the Mavericks, totaling 31 rounds … of those 31 rounds, all but five (26 of 31) were used in the team score … no rounds under par through his first 17 opportunities of the year; five of his final 14 rounds were under par.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2018 graduate of Creekview High School in Carrollton, Texas ... a four-time UIL Class 5A state championship qualifier ... tied for 8th overall at the 2018 state championships with rounds of 73-73 for a 2-over par 146 at White Wing in Georgetown ... No. 13 in the Rolex AJCA Rankings as of May 2018 ... ranked 7th among junior golfers in the state of Texas in 2018 by Golfweek/Sagarin ... turned in scores of 68-66-74 to finish at 8-under and tied for medalist before dropping a multi-hole playoff at the 2017 Southern Junior Championships ... third at Under Armour/Jordan Spieth Championship in 2017 and 2018 AJGA Simplify Goys Championship at Carlton Woods ... claimed medalist honors by five strokes at the 2017 Region II championships ... 3-time district champion ... runner-up at 2016 Legends Junior Tour's Texas Cup Invitational at Mira Vista Country Club.

PERSONAL
Born on May 25, 2000 ... son of Paul and Barbara ... only child ... majoring in university studies.