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In 2005-06: Joined the track team after the women's basketball season where she started in one game and played in 26, averaging 3.2 points per game and 2.8 rebounds per game ... Posted a NCAA Region qualifying mark of 47'2.50" in the shot put to finish third at the Yellow Jacket Invitational ... Tallied a 27th-place finish at the NCAA East Region Championships (36'3") ... Finished 12th in the shot put at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a mark of 44'4.75".
High School: Four-year letterwinner in track and field ... Finished fourth at the state championship meet in the shot put, while leading her team to a state title as a junior ... Posted a runner-up finish in the shot put at the state meet as a senior ... Tallied the 14th longest throw in the nation in high school last year with a toss of 46'4" to win the event at the Penn Relays ... Earned all-state honors in junior and senior seasons ... Won the California Legislative Sports Award for track and field ... Was a two-time All-American and twice named Street and Smith Honorable Mention All-American in basketball ... Named the nation's sixth-best wing player according to the 2004 All-Star Girls Report ... Named to the Press Telegram Dream Team in '04, the Press Telegram All-Star Team in '03, '04 and '05, and the L.A. Time All-Star Team in '05 ... Also earned MVP honors at the Tennessee River City Classic while earning the honor of best all-around player at her high school ... Awarded the Pursuit of Excellence Student-Athlete Medallion in '05.
Personal: Born April Denise Phillips on June 14, 1987, in Los Angeles, Calif. ... Daughter of Robbie Mitchell ... Has two younger brothers, Patrick and Erick ... Both of her brothers play basketball at Long Beach Poly, and her mother was a standout track performer at CSULA (1974-79) ... Had her book copyrighted in '04 and published in '05 ... Majoring in management.
| Phillips' Career Top Marks | |||||||||||||||||||||
| EVENT | MARK (INDOOR) | MARK (OUTDOOR) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Shot Put | - | 47-2.50 | |||||||||||||||||||
