Career Honors
· 2017 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
· Five-time Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2015-17, Spring 2016-17)
2018 (Redshirt Senior)
Appeared in 16 games with three starts … Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Tallied career bests with 2.40 ERA, seven wins, 45 strikeouts and 45 innings pitched … Posted nine multi-inning relief appearances … Had nine scoreless outings … Won five games in relief and two more as starter to set career-high total of seven wins … Tied for eighth place on Baylor’s leaderboard with five wins in relief in one season … Tied for sixth place on Baylor’s leaderboard with .875 winning percentage in one season … Recorded career-best seven strikeouts vs. Oklahoma (5/26) in Big 12 Championships … Worked career-most 5.1 innings in relief vs. Oklahoma (5/26) … Notched 13 multi-strikeout appearances … Allowed one hit or less in six outings … Did not allow more than one run in 14 of 16 appearances, including each of his last 11 outings … Ended season on three-game scoreless appearance streak, allowing just one unearned run over 15 innings … Earned wins as starter at DBU (3/20) and vs. Prairie View A&M (3/26) … Collected wins in relief vs. Texas Southern (4/17), vs. TCU (4/22), at Kansas State (4/29), at West Virginia (5/19), and vs. Oklahoma (5/26) in Big 12 Championships.
2017 (Redshirt Junior)
Appeared in 17 games with eight starts ... Academic All-Big 12 first team ... Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (spring 2017, fall 2017) ... Posted seven multi-inning relief appearances ... Had five scoreless relief outings, all in consecutive appearances from April 11-28 ... Recorded multiple strikeouts in seven relief appearances ... Started in Baylor debut at Texas State (2/22), earned win with two scoreless innings and three strikeouts -- marked first time pitching since May 26, 2015 after recovering from Tommy John surgery ... Had second win in start vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2/28), allowing one run on four hits and one walk with two strikeouts in three innings ... Gathered third win in start at Dallas Baptist (3/15), giving up no runs, one hit and one walk with season-high four strikeouts in four innings ... Had season-long outing in start vs. Dallas Baptist (3/21), working 4.2 frames ... Tallied fourth win on season in relief vs. Kansas State (5/18), allowing three runs on four hits and one walk with three strikeouts in three innings ... Had season-long relief outing vs. West Virginia (5/24) with 3.1 innings of work and three strikeouts ... Notched two strikeouts vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2/28), at Sam Houston State (3/7) and vs. Texas (4/15) ... Totaled three strikeouts at Texas State (2/22), vs. Dallas Baptist (3/21), vs. Sam Houston State (4/11), at No. 7 TCU (4/23), at Kansas (4/28), vs. Prairie View A&M (5/9), vs. Kansas State (5/18) and vs. West Virginia (5/24).
2016 (Junior)
Had Tommy John surgery and redshirted for the season without playing any games ... Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (fall 2015, spring 2016).
San Jacinto College
Played one season at San Jacinto College under head coach Tom Arrington ... In 2015, had 13 appearances (all starts) while going 7-4 with a 2.78 ERA and 72 strikeouts in 68.0 innings.
Arkansas
Spent freshman season with Arkansas in 2014 ... In 10 appearances (eight starts), went 3-0 with 3.52 ERA in 30.2 innings with 17 strikeouts.
High School
Three-year letterwinner as a pitcher and first baseman at Nacogdoches Central Heights (Texas) High School ... Helped team to three straight first-place district finishes from 2011-13 ... Regional semifinalist in 2013 ... Regional finalist in 2012 ... State runner-up in 2011 ... 2013 second-team All-State pitcher ... 2013 District MVP ... Named to 2013 Texas High School 1A-3A All-Star Game ... 2012 second-team All-State first baseman ... 2012 first-team All-District pitcher ... 2011 first-team All-District pitcher ... 2011 second-team All-State pitcher ... 2011 first-team All-State-Tournament pitcher.
Personal
Born Dec. 16, 1994 ... Son of Charles and Pamela Phillips ... Honor Roll student ... Involved in BETA Club and Student Council ... Business marketing major ... Brother, Lance, played baseball at Arkansas.
