2015 Softball Roster
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Phillips, Ashley
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Jersey Number 20
Ashley Phillips
- Position:
- OF
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-6
- Hometown:
- Water Valley, MS
- High School:
- Water Valley HS
Bio
CAREER STATISTICS
CAREER: One of three Mississippi-born players on the 2015 roster ... Named to the All-SEC Freshman team in 2012 ... The seventh player in school history with two triples in a game ... Was hit by pitch 19 times in her career, which ranks eighth in the MSU career record books.
2015: Made an appearance in 46 games with 31 coming in a starting role, all in the outfield … Was also used as a pinch runner on 10 occasions and a pinch hitter twice … Scored 16 runs on the season and drew nine walks, while having recorded an on-base percentage of .415 … Started off her senior season by going 1-for-2 with a run, double, two walks and two stolen bases against Mississippi Valley State (Feb. 5) … Stayed hot at the plate the following night against Middle Tennessee (Feb. 6) going 1-for-3 with three runs, a double, a walk and a stolen base (Feb. 6) … The three runs scored set a career high … Recorded her first RBI of the season going 1-for-4 with a run against Southeastern Louisiana (March 17) … Went 1-for-1 with a run against Southern Miss (March 25) in the second game of the double header.
2014: The team’s most-used substitute, appearing in 49 of MSU’s 60 contests ... Started 16 games, 12 in center field, two in left, one in right and one as the designated player ... Ended the campaign with a .180 batting average (nine-for-50) with 14 runs scored, four batted in, eight hit by pitches and seven walks ... Stole six bases and had a .369 on-base percentage ... Did not commit an error ... Hit in the seventh spot of the order most often (12 games) while also appearing in the No. 6 spot (twice) and eight hole once ... Team went 2-0 when hitting in the sixth slot of the order and 1-0 when batting eighth ... Reached base 45.5 percent of the time when leading off an inning (five-for-11) ... Appeared in 18 of the team’s 24 Southeastern Conference contests, starting four ... Hit .263 versus league competition (five-for-19) with five runs scored and a .368 slugging percentage ... Hit one of the team’s two triples in SEC games, against Missouri (April 5) ... Turned in a team fourth-best .263 batting average (five-for-19) against top-25 opponents ... Hit .357 (five-for-14) during April while scoring five runs and posting a .400 on-base percentage ... Reached base three times in season opener against Mississippi Valley State (Feb. 7) with two walks and one hit by pitch ... Scored as a pinch runner against Northern Kentucky (Feb. 7), entering for Mackenzie Toler in the fourth inning ... Started all six games at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Softball Classic (Feb. 28-March 2) in center field in place of an injured Jessica Offutt ... Recorded first hit of the campaign with a double off the wall in center field against No. 12 Baylor (Feb. 28) ... Also drew a walk and was hit by a pitch during the contest to reach base in all three plate appearances ... Drove in the game-tying run against Texas State (March 2) with a double to left center ... Reached base twice versus Ohio (March 2) with a hit by pitch and walk ... Reached base in all three plate appearances against UAB (March 4), being hit by two pitches and walking once ... Scored the game-winning run against No. 8 Kentucky (March 8) after hitting a single in the bottom of the seventh inning ... Started series finale versus Marshall (March 30) and drove in a career-high-tying two runs with a fourth-inning single ... Entered in center field in game three versus No. 16 Missouri (April 5) and tripled for first time since freshman year in initial at-bat of the game ... Scored the game-winning run against No. 3 Alabama (April 12) after entering as a pinch runner in the fifth inning ... Earned hits in back-to-back games at No. 4 Tennessee (April 18-19) after entering as a substitute.
2013: Played in 42 of the team’s 57 games, starting 19 (14 in right field, five as the designated player) ... Finished second on the team with 23 appearances as a substitute and fifth on the squad with 12 stolen bases ... Contributed 12 hits, 11 runs scored and three batted in ... In Southeastern Conference action, played in 14 games and made two starts ... Posted a .250 batting average (eight-for-32) during home games with five runs scored and three RBI ... Hit .333 (one-for-three) with the bases loaded ... Was successful advancing runners 45.8 percent of the time ... Had a pair of two-hit games and one two-RBI contest ... In 14 starts as the right fielder, team went 11-3 (.786 winning percentage) ... Squad had an identical 11-3 record when leading off ... Reached base safely in the first 11 games of the campaign ... Named MVP of the Bulldog Kickoff Classic after earning All-Tournament Team honors ... Started in right field in the season opener versus South Alabama (Feb. 7), going one-for-three with a stolen base ... Finished one-for-three with a run and a career-high three stolen bases in the 5-2 victory over Troy (Feb. 8) ... Tied a season high with two hits and scored a run in a shutout victory against Wichita State (Feb. 23) ... Drew a first-inning walk and scored the only run of the game in the 1-0 win vs. SIU-Edwardsville (Feb. 24) ... Scored the game-winning walk-off run as a pinch runner in the bottom of the seventh in the series finale versus Auburn (March 30) ... Recorded a stolen base as a pinch runner in the second game of the three-game series at No. 4 Alabama (April 20) ... Scored a run as a pinch runner in the regular-season finale at Houston (May 6).
2012: A member of the All-SEC Freshman team after playing in 43 games, including seven starts in right field ... Hit .217 with two singles, two triples and a double ... Saw plenty of time on the base paths as a pinch runner, going nine-for-11 in stolen base attempts and scoring 15 runs ... Also drew five walks and was hit by a pitch three times ... Recorded two putouts in right field ... Scored one run and stole two bases in college debut against South Alabama (Feb. 9) ... Scored a run as a pinch runner at Samford (Feb. 14) and against No. 20 Georgia Tech (Feb. 25) ... Crossed home once as a pinch runner in the first win versus Columbia at the Bulldog Classic (March 2) ... Made first career start against Louisiana Tech (March 2), stealing two bases ... During the second win versus Columbia at the Bulldog Classic (March 3), went a career-best three-for-four with two runs, two triples and a double ... Became the seventh player in school history to notch two triples in a game and the first Bulldog freshman to do so since Keri McCallum in 1997 ... Drew a full-count walk as a pinch hitter with two outs in the bottom of the seventh in the second game against No. 7 Georgia (March 10) ... Started in right field in the second game of the doubleheader sweep at South Carolina (March 13), scoring a run following second career walk ... Swiped second base as a pinch runner against No. 11 Tennessee in the series finale (March 25) ... Stole ninth base of the season in the series opener versus No. 2 Alabama (March 30) ... Crossed home twice in a three-game series at in-state rival Ole Miss (April 13-15), including the game-winning run in the series opener ... Earned seventh career start in the road win at Southern Miss (April 25), getting hit by a pitch for the second-consecutive game ... Made an appearance in both of MSU’s NCAA Tournament games as a pinch runner (May 17-18).
PRE-COLLEGE: A speedy, powerful outfielder who topped Kendra Bensch’s Water Valley High School squad in stolen bases as a senior while ranking among the team leaders in batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage ... Hit .563 as a junior and was a perfect 27-of-27 in stolen bases while tallying six home runs and contributing 55 runs batted in ... Selected the Oxford Eagle Player of the Year in 2009 and was tabbed to the publication’s all-area team every year since seventh grade ... Water Valley’s MVP her final three years ... Batted .653 with four home runs, 24 stolen bases and 59 RBI as a sophomore ... Tallied a .697 batting average with 53 runs batted in and 18 stolen bases during freshman year ... Played with former Bulldog teammate Swayze Hollenhead on the Germantown Red Devils travel team ... Helped the Red Devils to the 2008 NSA National Championship in Beaumont, Texas ... Drove in 35 runs for the Red Devils during final summer with the program ... Also excelled in volleyball and basketball at Water Valley, pacing the WVHS volleyball team in attacks and kills as a senior ... Named area player of the year, all-division and team MVP for the Lady Blue Devil hoops squad.
PERSONAL: Born Ashley Ka’trice Phillips on Jan. 12, 1993, in Grenada, Miss. ... Daughter of Rodney and Darlene Phillips ... Has two siblings, Antonio and Aulton ... Majoring in clinical exercise physiology ... Was born with 12 fingers ... Favorite movie is “Love & Basketball” ... Favorite athlete is Kobe Bryant.
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