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  Phil Henzlik
Phil Henzlik

Player Profile
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Rapid City, S.D.

High School:
Stevens

Height:
6-0

Notes:
Academic All-MWC, MWC Scholar Athlete

2008-09 (Sophomore): Henzlik enjoyed a very successful fall season. He had the Cowboys' second best stroke average at 75.80. His best finish of the fall was a tie for 20th in the prestigious New Mexico Tucker Invite, which featured 92 individuals. He shot his best career round, 70 (-2), in the second round of the Tucker Invite. He played all 15 rounds of the fall season and shot 76 or better in 10 of those rounds.

2007-08 (Freshman): Henzlik walked onto the Cowboy team as a freshman and promptly played well enough to represent Wyoming at 10 of 13 tournaments, including all six tournaments of the spring. Henzlik's low round of the season was a one under-par 71, which he shot at the BYU Cougar Classic. At the Turtle Bay Invite in Hawaii, he factored into the third-best team event total in UW history, 859 (-5). Phil posted his best event finish of the season, and first career top-25 finish, in just his second event of the fall when he concluded the Purple & Red Invite in 22nd place of 104 collegiate golfers. Henzlik excelled academically and was selected as a Mountain West Conference Scholar Athlete while also being named Academic All-MWC.

High School: Henzlik was the South Dakota Class AA Individual State Champion as a senior in 2006. He was named All-State twice, All-Conference for three years and was the captain of his high school golf squad as both a junior and senior. Henzlik was also a high school tennis player, winning a state doubles title as a senior and helping his team win the S.D. state title as both a junior and senior. He was named All-State in tennis after his senior year and was his team's captain. Henzlik earned nine high school letters, five in golf (including eighth grade) and four in tennis. He was a National Honor Society caliber student and received All-State Scholar Athlete honors.

Personal: Phil was born Feb. 7, 1989, in Fort Collins, Colo. He is one of two children of Dean and Tamara Henzlik. His older sister, Mikala is a senior on the Cowgirl team. Phil's father Dean played for the Cowboy Golf team from 1972-76. Henzlik is a pre-pharmacy major.

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