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Jersey Number 8
Kaili Phillips
- Height:
- 5-7
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Silverdale Baptist Academy
- Hometown:
- Ooltewah, Tenn.
AFTER GRADUATION
- Continued with professional career as a member of the Chattanooga Steam - inaugural season.
REDSHIRT SENIOR (2024)
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
• Southern Conference All-Tournament
• Southern Conference Tournament Pinnacle Award winner (player on championship team with highest GPA).
• Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week - May 15
• All-Southern Conference Second Team
• Southern Conference Player of the Month - April
• Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week - May 1
• Southern Conference Player of the Week - April 29
• Southern Conference Preseason All-Conference Second Team
• Started all 58 games at third base.
• Led the Mocs with a .361 batting average.
• Had 52 hits in 144 at bats with a team-best 15 home runs and 14 doubles. Second on the team in triples with two.
• Led the SoCon in hit by pitch with 16 and reached base 24 times on walks.
• Recorded team-best .799 slugging percentage and a .497 on base percentage.
• Had 10 multi-hit games and led the team with 11 multi-rbi games including five against ETSU on 2-of-2 hits, both home runs.
• Second on the team with a nine-game hit streak and closed out her career with hits in her final seven games.
• Posted a 30-game reached base streak - longest on the team and closed out her career reaching base in her final seven games.
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2023)
- Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week - March 22.
- Southern Conference Player of the Week - March 20.
- Southern Conference Player of the Week - May 1.
- Tennessee Sports Writers Association Softball Player of the Week - May 2.
- CSC Academic All-District
- Started and played in 47 games.
- Led the team with a .333 batting average, .674 slugging percentage and .477 on-base percentage.
- Led the team with 10 home runs.
- Second on the team wtih 33 RBI ... recorded 13 doubles and one triple.
- Drew 24 walks and was hit by pitch 15 times.
- Went 4-for-4 against Princeton with two home runs, a double and three RBI.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2022)
- Appeared in all of Chattanooga's 57 games and made 55 starts, primarily at third base.
- Led the team with 13 home runs and 35 RBI... her 13 HR was fourth in the SoCon.
- Hit .250 with a .563 slugging percentage and .382 OBP
- Tied for 13th in the country and was second in the conference with 18 HBP
- Registered two 5 RBI games (3/19 vs. Bucknell & 5/13 at UNCG)
- Hit the game-tying HR in the SoCon Championship to force extra innings (5/14)
- Had two two-HR games (3/19 vs. Bucknells & 5/8 at Western Carolina)
- Set a career high with three walks vs. ETSU (4/2)
Redshirted 2021 season.
PRIOR TO CHATTANOOGA
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
SOPHOMORE (2020)
- Made 21 starts in 22 appearances, primarily at third base
- Recorded 10 hits, six runs and 11 RBI, which was tied fourth on the team
- Tallied three home runs and two doubles
FRESHMAN (2019)
- Finished third on the team with 36 RBI
- Hit two home runs and drove in three in SEC opener at No. 4 Florida (3/8)
- Had five two-RBI games and five three-RBI games
- Posted a career-high, 5 RBI vs. New Mexico (3/1)
SILVERDALE HIGH SCHOOL
- Holds single season high school records batting average (.735), home runs (18), OBP (.789), and slugging percentage (1.544).
- On the career lists, she stands alone in batting average (.621), home runs (33) and OBP (.698).
PERSONAL
- Born Oct. 1, 1999
- Hometown: Ooltewah, Tenn.
- Daughter of Charles and Erika
- Has one younger brother, Oliver, and two younger sisters, Charley Rae and Ellie Mae
- Majoring in Human Resource Management
- Continued with professional career as a member of the Chattanooga Steam - inaugural season.
REDSHIRT SENIOR (2024)
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
• Southern Conference All-Tournament
• Southern Conference Tournament Pinnacle Award winner (player on championship team with highest GPA).
• Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week - May 15
• All-Southern Conference Second Team
• Southern Conference Player of the Month - April
• Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week - May 1
• Southern Conference Player of the Week - April 29
• Southern Conference Preseason All-Conference Second Team
• Started all 58 games at third base.
• Led the Mocs with a .361 batting average.
• Had 52 hits in 144 at bats with a team-best 15 home runs and 14 doubles. Second on the team in triples with two.
• Led the SoCon in hit by pitch with 16 and reached base 24 times on walks.
• Recorded team-best .799 slugging percentage and a .497 on base percentage.
• Had 10 multi-hit games and led the team with 11 multi-rbi games including five against ETSU on 2-of-2 hits, both home runs.
• Second on the team with a nine-game hit streak and closed out her career with hits in her final seven games.
• Posted a 30-game reached base streak - longest on the team and closed out her career reaching base in her final seven games.
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2023)
- Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week - March 22.
- Southern Conference Player of the Week - March 20.
- Southern Conference Player of the Week - May 1.
- Tennessee Sports Writers Association Softball Player of the Week - May 2.
- CSC Academic All-District
- Started and played in 47 games.
- Led the team with a .333 batting average, .674 slugging percentage and .477 on-base percentage.
- Led the team with 10 home runs.
- Second on the team wtih 33 RBI ... recorded 13 doubles and one triple.
- Drew 24 walks and was hit by pitch 15 times.
- Went 4-for-4 against Princeton with two home runs, a double and three RBI.
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2022)
- Appeared in all of Chattanooga's 57 games and made 55 starts, primarily at third base.
- Led the team with 13 home runs and 35 RBI... her 13 HR was fourth in the SoCon.
- Hit .250 with a .563 slugging percentage and .382 OBP
- Tied for 13th in the country and was second in the conference with 18 HBP
- Registered two 5 RBI games (3/19 vs. Bucknell & 5/13 at UNCG)
- Hit the game-tying HR in the SoCon Championship to force extra innings (5/14)
- Had two two-HR games (3/19 vs. Bucknells & 5/8 at Western Carolina)
- Set a career high with three walks vs. ETSU (4/2)
Redshirted 2021 season.
PRIOR TO CHATTANOOGA
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
SOPHOMORE (2020)
- Made 21 starts in 22 appearances, primarily at third base
- Recorded 10 hits, six runs and 11 RBI, which was tied fourth on the team
- Tallied three home runs and two doubles
FRESHMAN (2019)
- Finished third on the team with 36 RBI
- Hit two home runs and drove in three in SEC opener at No. 4 Florida (3/8)
- Had five two-RBI games and five three-RBI games
- Posted a career-high, 5 RBI vs. New Mexico (3/1)
SILVERDALE HIGH SCHOOL
- Holds single season high school records batting average (.735), home runs (18), OBP (.789), and slugging percentage (1.544).
- On the career lists, she stands alone in batting average (.621), home runs (33) and OBP (.698).
PERSONAL
- Born Oct. 1, 1999
- Hometown: Ooltewah, Tenn.
- Daughter of Charles and Erika
- Has one younger brother, Oliver, and two younger sisters, Charley Rae and Ellie Mae
- Majoring in Human Resource Management
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