BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- El Paso High School basketball standout Phil Uphoff has decided to attend Illinois Wesleyan University to continue his academic and athletic career, IWU athletic director Dennie Bridges announced today.
As a senior, the 6-foot-4, 170 pound Uphoff averaged 18 points and eight rebounds per game and was named to the third team of the Class A all-state squad.
"Phil has spent a lot of time at the Shirk Center, playing in the Holiday Classic and watching his sister (Cindy) play for the IWU women's team," said Bridges. "My hope was that this gave us an advantage with Phil knowing he could also be part of this excitement.
"He is an outstanding student in the classroom and, as a player, he is going to get nothing but better as he gets bigger and stronger."
For his career, Uphoff set the Comets' high school record with 1,695 points and 861 rebounds. He was a three-time unanimous all-conference selection, was twice chosen to The Pantagraph all-area squad, and earned honorable mention all-state as a junior.
He was also recently named to The Pantagraph's all-decade basketball team.
IWU junior Cindy Uphoff led the Titan women with 11.6 scoring and 7.1 rebounding averages and shot .587 from the field. After three seasons, she is No. 14 in school history with 482 career rebounds and is also 14th with 276 field goals made. She is 11th in career free throws (with 154) and No. 20 in IWU career scoring with 706 points.
The Uphoffs are children of Mike and Diana Uphoff of rural El Paso.