Joseph Sykora

COLLEGIATE HIGHLIGHTS:

2005 U.S. Amateur participant
Advanced to match play at 2005 U.S. Amateur but drew his teammate, Matt Swan (Swan won 2-up)
Set the UA 54-hole school record at 199 when he won the fall 2006 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate at Birmingham's Old Overton Club (67-67-65/199, -14)
Going into senior season, has one collegiate tournament victory (fall 2006 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate) and 10 top 25 individual finishes and has finished five tournaments under par
2005 and 2007 Alabama Match Play Champion
2006 and 2007 ESPN/CoSIDA?Academic All-American, At Large (category includes several sports)
2006 and 2007 SEC?Scholar-Athlete Award winner for golf (has a perfect 4.0 GPA in business)
Competed in eight tournaments in 2005-06, missing four as he recovered from elbow surgery following the completion of the fall season
Had a 75.00 stroke average in 12 tournaments as a freshman in 2005, a 74.92 average in 8 tournaments in 2006 and a 73.60 stroke average in 10 tournaments in 2007
Finished T-25th at 2005 NCAA?East Regional (69-73-70-/212) at one under
2005, 2006 and 2007 Academic All-Southeastern Conference and a 2004 SEC?Freshman Academic Honor Roll member
A redshirt his true freshman year at Alabama in 2004

PREP?HIGHLIGHTS:

PERSONAL?INFORMATION:

Graduated from UA with an accounting degree on May 12, 2007 and is now in graduate school
Went on a 5-week mission trip to El Savador in the summer of 2007
Participated in the Honors College at Alabama and was a Capstone Scholar
National Honor Society member in High School as well as chorus, Key Club &?FCA
Has been playing the piano since age five
Has a younger brother, Landon
Parents are Glenn and Tampa Sykora
Born November 14, 1984