Wesley Phillips

Height:
5-10
Weight:
175
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Wichita, Kan.
Prev School:
Cisco College
Major:
communications

2016: Played in 29 games making seven starts during first year with the program … Batted .079 (3-for-38) with a home run, five RBI and seven runs scored … Stuck out nine times while walking once … Stole one base and laced one double … Made Pirate debut in the season opener against Longwood (Feb. 19) as a defensive replacement … Collected first ECU hit the following day in game two of the Longwood series driving in one run … Belted lone homer against George Mason (Mar. 8) … Second extra base hit of the year came at Rice (Mar. 11) … Recorded an RBI in five games and scored one run in seven contests … Tallied a pair of sacrifices (1/SF, 1/SH) … Lone game winning RBI came against George Mason (Mar. 8) on a ground out in the second inning … Appeared in five postseason games scoring a pair of runs (Bryant and Virginia) … 2016 Summer: Played for the Vienna River Dogs in the Cal Ripken League … Batted .176 (6-for34) with a double, seven RBI and six runs scored in 14 games … Struck out 12 times while walking six … Stole one base.

Cisco College (2015): Played in 54 games batting .358 (69-for-194) with five home runs, 15 doubles and two triples ... Drove in 38 runs while scoring another 45 ... Swiped 22 bases and drew 30 walks ... Tallied 16 multi-hit and 13 multi-RBI games ... Registered a season-high four hits in final game of the season against Grayson County (May 9) in the Region V Tournament ... Drove in a season best four runs against Clarendon (Feb. 20) ... Recorded career-best 12-game hit streak from Mar. 3-28 batting .364 (16-for-44) with five extra base hits, seven RBI, 11 runs and six walks ... Also had hit streaks of 11 (Feb. 3-14) and nine (April 2-15) games ... Recorded at least one hit in 47 of 54 games ... Helped the Wranglers to a 39-17 overall record ... Belted home runs against Mountain View, Clarendon, Grayson County (twice) and North Central Texas.

Wichita State University (2014): As a freshman appeared in 19 games making six starts -- all at shortstop -- for the Shockers ... Batted .308 (8-for-26) with a pair of doubles, four RBI and scored seven runs ... Swiped 2 of 3 bases ... Had a season-high five-game hit streak from Feb. 16-Mar. 9 ... Collected a pair of multi-hit and one multi-RBI contests ... Posted first multi-hit game against SIUE (Feb. 16) ... Followed that with a season-high three base knocks against Central Arkansas (Feb. 18) going 3-for-5 with two doubles, three RBI, two runs and turned a double play where he was named Player-of-the-Game.

Maize South High School: Eleven-time letterwinner (baseball 4, basketball 3, football 4) ... Helped the Mavericks to a 56-30 four-year record including a pair of league titles (2011, 2013), two regional championships (2012-13) and was a state qualifier twice (2012-13) ... During four-year tenure under coach Chad Christensen, batted .378 (108-for-286) with eight home runs and 68 RBI ... Collected 31 extra base hits (17 doubles, 6 triples, 8 home runs) ... Scored 105 runs, walked 50 times and stole 52 of 55 bases in 85 career games ... Member of the first team in program history as a freshman where he batted .262 (17-for-65) with two home runs, two doubles and 10 RBI ... Scored 20 runs and was a perfect 13 of 13 on the base paths ... Followed rookie season earning the first of three consecutive first-team all-league honors as a shortstop ... Batted .341 (29-for-85) with four doubles, 11 RBI, 19 runs and stole 13 of 15 bases ... During junior campaign, garnered first of two-straight all-state selections batting an impressive .441 (30-for 65) with two home runs, five doubles, two triples and 16 RBI ... Scored 33 runs and stole 6 of 7 bases ... Closed out prep career hitting at a .471 clip (32-for-68) on his way to AVCTL Player-of-the-Year honors ... Belted a career-high four home runs to go along with six doubles and four triples ... Drove in 23 runs while scoring 33 as the team captain ... Was a perfect 20 of 20 on the base paths ... On the mound allowed one unearned run on four hits recording 13 strikeouts in 7.0 innings ... In the Regional Championship batted .800 (4-for-5) with a pair of home runs ... Tossed two shutout innings in the Regional Championship Game picking up the win in relief ... Also earned Kansas Association Baseball Coaches All-State, Wichita Eagle All-Metro, MaxPreps.com Player-of-the-Year and Dirt Dandies RBI Kansas Player-of-the-Year accolades ... Played in the 2013 Purple Squad All-Star game in June 2013...Named Maize South High School Senior Male Athlete of the Year in 2013 ... In football, served as the team captain in 2012 and was named the 2012 AVCTL Offensive Player-of-the-Year...Named first team all-AVCTL in 2010, 2011 and 2012 as a wide receiver and as a defensive back...Named 4A all-state as a wide receiver in 2011 and 2012 and as a defensive back in 2012...Named to the 2012 Wichita Eagle all-metro team and to the Kansas Football Coaches Association 4A all-state team... Played for the West squad in the 2013 Kansas Shrine Bowl ... In basketball, served as the team captain in 2011 and 2012 and also earned all-AVCTL honors ... Honors member at Maize South sporting a 3.5 cumulative GPA ... Member of the Maize District Leadership Council ... Played travel ball for Sluggers Academy ... Named 2013 Honorable Mention All-Central Regional by Perfect Game ... Rated as the top middle infielder prospect out of high school in Kansas (40th nationally) by Perfect Game following senior season ... Ranked as the 28th-best prospect in Kansas by MaxPreps.com.

Personal: Full name is Wesley Parker Phillips, but prefers to go by Wes ... Son of Debora and Will Phillips ... Born in Wichita, Kan. ... Has three siblings (Juliana, Mandilyn, Rachel) ... Intended major is communications with a concentration in public relations ... Three-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll member (Fall 2015-present) … Named to American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team (2016) … Mother played collegiate volleyball at Kansas Wesleyan University ... Sisters Mandilyn (Tabor College/2008-10) and Rachel (McPherson College/2012 13) both played volleyball and were named Kansas Collegiate Athletic All Conference performers and KCAC Academic All-Americans.