2008-09 WBCA All-District I Selection 2008-09 Wooden Award Finalist 2008-09 Mid-Season Naismith Award Watch List 2008-09 Preseason Third Team All-American Pick by The Sporting News 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Player of the Year 2007-08 Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year 2008 Atlantic 10 Championship Most Outstanding Player 2007-08 All-Atlantic 10 Second Team selection At Xavier: The 2008-09 Atlantic Player of the Year who finished fourth in the country in both rebounds per game (12.1) and field goal percentage (.613) ... Phillips hauled in a record 386 boards during the 2008-09 season to break the previous mark she established (371) during her freshman year ... A member of the 2008-09 Atlantic 10 All-Defensive Team, Phillips finished second in the conference in blocks per game (1.7) ... Earned a spot on the Naismith Award Mid-Season Watch List and was voted onto the final ballot for the John R. Wooden Award. Phillips was honored as an All-District I pick by the women's basketball coaches association and was one of only four sophomores to be selected as one of 40 finalists for the Wade Trophy ... Has notched 34 career double-doubles and has scored in double-figures in 45 of XU's last 53 games. 2008-09 (As a Sophomore): Started in all 32 of Xavier's contests, leading the team in scoring (13.9), rebounding (12.1) and field goal percentage (.613) ... Scored 445 points and enters the 2009-10 season just 92 points shy of 1,000 ... Broke the school's rebounding record, which she set during the 2007-08 season, by collecting 386 boards and enters the 2009-10 season with 757 rebounds. Phillips is only 248 rebounds shy of breaking Tara Boothe's record total of 1,004 career boards ... recorded 16 double-doubles and scored in double-figures 23 times ... Started the season off on the right foot by scoring 25 points and hauling in 12 rebounds in only 24 minutes of action against Robert Morris (11/14) ... Registered double-doubles in each of Xavier's first three games, including a 23-point, 25-rebound effort at No. 3 North Carolina on November 19. The 25 rebounds set a new school record and tied Sean May's Dean Dome record, which he set during the 2004-05 season ... Poured in 25 points and snared 11 rebounds in The Musketeers' 84-60 victory over Davidson on December 19. Phillips was 11-of-13 from the field in only 24 minutes of action against the Wildcats ... Totaled 23 points and corralled 16 rebounds in a dominating effort during XU's 56-44 victory at Georgia on December 30 ... Scored 15 points and pulled down 21 rebounds in XU's win over St. Bonaventure on February 1. 12 of Phillips 21 boards came on the offensive glass and the game marked the fourth time in her career she has collected at least 20 rebounds ... Finished second in the A-10 with 1.7 blocks per game. Her 54 blocks marked the third-highest single-season total in school history ... Shot better than 60 percent on 17 occasions ... Averaged 14.2 points and 11.8 rebounds per game during XU's 16-game non-conference slate, which included a record 10 games against teams from the BCS conferences ... Finished the season in solid fashion, averaging 19.3 points per game and 18.3 rebounds per game over XU's final three contests. 2009 Postseason: Averaged 18 points and 18.5 rebounds per game during XU's two postseason contests ... Phillips scored 10 points and hauled in 19 rebounds in XU's A-10 Championship Quarterfinal contest against Dayton (3/7) ... Phillips was outstanding in XU's NCAA First Round contest against Gonzaga (3/21), scoring 26 points and corralling 18 rebounds against the Zags. She was 11-of-18 from the floor and was 4-of-5 from the free throw line. 2007-08 (As a Freshman): Saw action in 33 games and earned starting assignments in the last 32 contests ... Led the conference with a school-record 371 rebounds ... Tops in the league in both offensive (4.3) and defensive (6.9) rebounds per game ... 10th in the Atlantic 10 at 14.0 points per game. Her 463 points were the third-most ever scored by a Xavier freshman behind only all-time leading scorer Tara Boothe (479 in 2002-03) and teammate Amber Harris (553 in 2006-07) ... Boasted the second-best field goal percentage (59.4 percent) in the Atlantic 10. Her 59.4 percent effort from the floor was also the sixth best single-season field goal percentage in Xavier history ... Finished 12th in the league in blocks per game and her 35 blocks marked the seventh-highest single-season total in school history ... Connected on 192 field goals, marking the eight-highest single-season total in XU history ... Scored in double-figures 25 times and corralled at least 10 rebounds on 22 occasions. Phillips snared nine boards in an additional five games ... Broke Amber Harris' single-season rebounding record when she snatched her eighth carom of the night in a 16-point, nine-rebound effort at Dayton on February 27 ... Named to the National City Xavier Invitational All-Tournament Team after averaging 16.3 points per game and 16.0 rebounds per game in the three-game tournament, including a 26-point, 20-rebound effort vs. McNeese State on November 24. Those 20 rebounds established a new single-game record ... As an encore, Phillips matched her own record with 20 more rebounds at Louisville on December 9 ... Scored 20 or more points on five occasions, including the aforementioned career best of 26 vs. McNeese State ... Led the league with 18 double-doubles. Her 18 double-doubles were the most by any freshman in the country ... Notched her first collegiate double-double with a 25-point, 12-rebound effort against Valparaiso on November 18 ... Scored 21 points, hauled in 14 rebounds and a career-high five shots against Charlotte on February 17 ... Shot 50 percent or better in 23 games.
2008 Postseason: Averaged 13.3 points and 10.8 rebounds per game in XU's four postseason contests ... Averaged 14.7 points per game in XU's three-game run to the Atlantic 10 Championship. Phillips notched her 18th double-double of the season with a 10-point, 13-rebound effort in the A-10 Championship Final victory over Temple on March 10 ... Tallied a game-high 16 rebounds in the NCAA First Round contest against Nebraska on March 23. Before Xavier: Averaged 21.6 points per game, 15.3 rebounds per game and 3.2 blocks per game while shooting 75.4 percent from the floor during her senior season at Brebeuf Jesuit ... Finished her prep career with 1,939 points and 1,308 rebounds ... Led the squad to the Class 3A State Championship in 2004 and 2007 ... Selected as a member of the McDonald's All-American Team and as Indiana's "Miss Basketball" following her senior season ... A Parade Magazine Second Team All-American honoree in 2007 and a Third Team selection following both the 2005 and 2005 campaign ... Also earned mention on the All-USA Today Girls First Team in 2007 ... The 2007 Indiana Gatorade Player of the Year ... Honored as an All-Area pick in 2005, 2006 and 2007 ... Rated as the No. 2 recruit nationally by Blue Star, as the No. 23 recruit nationally by the All-Star Girls Report and as the No. 25 recruit in the country by Scout.com. Personal: Parents Clifton and Brenda, brother JaMarious ... Majoring in entrepreneurial studies ... Born January 24, 1989 in Indianapolis, Ind.
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