Bio

In her four years draped in the Tech purple and gold, Katie Phillips has compiled a stout resume on and off the pitch. An active member in the Tennessee Tech and Cookeville community, Phillips has made her presence felt in a wide variety of ways. The Cincinnati, Ohio native has been an honors program member for four years, a part of the student-athlete advisory committee for three years, a Tennessee Tech student-athlete tutor and honors peer mentor for two years, and has been heavily involved with the TTU academic landscape in a whole host of capacities. For the last four years, Phillips has been a faculty head assistant to Andy Smith (English professor), and has partaken in undergraduate research projects with Dr. Rosemond (Exercise Science) and Dr. Phillips (Exercise Science) for the past two years. The research endeavors have only reinforced the student component of a “student-athlete” for Phillips as she has taken home a spot on the Dean’s Honor Roll and Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in every semester while at Tech, in addition to earning a nod on the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll in all four years as well. From a community service perspective, Phillips spent six semesters volunteering at three different elementary schools, donating an hour per week as a teacher’s assistant. She has also been actively involved in a number of other community service endeavors throughout her time as a Golden Eagle, including the TTU Great Move-In Day for four years, the Trog Sink Cleanup project for four years, the Cookeville Christmas Parade for three years, Hoops for Heroes for three years, Fill the End zone can food collection, National Walk to School Day, and Phillips has served the last three years as the Co-Chair of the Associated Scholars Guild Green Committee, where she has helped organize multiple campus-wide cleanups. On the field, Phillips anchored the 2015 Golden Eagle defense, leading this year’s club with 1,741 minutes played to move inside the top ten in program history with an impressive 5,683 minutes on the pitch in her TTU tenure. The 5-foot-9 senior’s strong defensive prowess earned Phillips an adidas Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Week accolade back on Sep. 16. The Cincinnati, Ohio native also flashed her offensive skills this past season, finishing tied for first on the team in goals and tied for third in points. Her cumulative GPA is 3.874.