Krista Phillips

Krista Phillips
Krista Phillips at the 2012 Summer Olympics
College	University of Michigan
Sport	Basketball
Position	Center
Jersey #	25
Class	Senior
Career	2006–present
Height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Nationality	Canadian
Born	May 18, 1988 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
High school	Aden Bowman Collegiate
Awards
Runner-up for Canada's Miss Basketball award as a senior Named Canada's Top Female Post for 2005-06 Univ. of Michigan Athletic Academic Achievement award winner (2007) Michigan’s Field Goal Award (2007) All-Big Ten Conference honorable mention (media) (2008) Michigan’s Top Rebounder Award (2008-09)

Krista Lynn Phillips (born May 18, 1988 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian basketball centre for the Dandenong Rangers of the Australian WNBL.

Career

Michigan Wolverines

In her junior year at University of Michigan, Phillips earned her third varsity letter. She played in all 30 games with seven starts and averaged 18.9 minutes per game. She ranked second on the team in blocks with 28 (0.89 per game) and scored in double figures in six games. During the season, she posted her 100th career block; and became one of six Wolverines with 100-plus career blocks. At season’s end, she ranked 19th in the Big Ten in rebounding, averaging 5.2 rebounds per game. Some of the highlights of her season included:

• Tallied a season-high six blocks in the season-opener at Kentucky (November 15).^[1]
• Played a season-best 35 minutes against Texas A&M (November 20).^[2]
• Lone Wolverine to post double figure rebounds on the season with 10 against North Carolina State (December 5)^[3] and 11 at Purdue (February 26).
• She scored a season-high 16 points against Iowa (January 26).^[4]
• Was 5-of-5 from the floor against Penn State (February 9).^[5]
• Posted a season-high 11 rebounds against Purdue (February 26).^[6]
• Recorded Michigan’s lone double-double of the season with 10 points and 11 rebounds against Purdue (February 26).

Team Canada

• She was a two-year member of Canada's Junior National Team (2005–06). At the 2006 FIBA Americas Under-18 World Championship Qualification Tournament in Colorado Springs, Colorado, she was part of a silver medal winning team. At the tournament, she averaged 5.8 points and 4.3 rebounds in four games.
• At the 2005 FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Tunisia, she averaged 8.7 points, a team-high 7.4 rebounds and 1.1 blocks in seven games. She was an alternate on Canada's 2004 Junior National Team.

From 2001-2005, she was a four-year member of Team Saskatchewan. At the 2005 Canada Summer Games, she led Team Saskatchewan to a fifth-place finish.

• Of note, she played with former Michigan Wolverine teammate Stephany Skrba on Canada's Junior National Team in 2005.^[7]

WNBL

Phillips signed with the Dandenong Rangers of Australia's WNBL for the 2011/12 Season. One of her teammates is LA Sparks guard Jenna O'Hea.

Olympic Games

Krista was part of Team Canada during the London 2012 Summer Olympics.

Career stats

Season	Team	Games Played	Games Started	Minutes	Field Goals	Three Points	Free Throws	'Rebounds	Assists	Blocks	Steals	Points'
2006-07	Michigan Wolverines	29	21	547	86	6	53	126	10	37	17	231
2007-08	Michigan Wolverines	33	26	726	140	14	47	190	34	46	19	341
2008-09	Michigan Wolverines	30	7	566	75	5	21	155	29	31	14	176
2009-10	Michigan Wolverines

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Personal

Her sister Sara, is a junior on the University of Rhode Island's volleyball team.

References

1. Mgoblue.com
2. Mgoblue.com Archived December 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
3. Mgoblue.com Archived December 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
4. Mgoblue.com
5. Mgoblue.com Archived February 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
6. Mgoblue.com
7. "Basketball.ca". Basketball.ca.
8. Mgoblue.com Archived May 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.