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2011 Outdoor: Led the team in the pole vault, posting a season-best 12-11.75 (3.96m) with a win at the Liberty Twilight … Qualified for the NCAA East Regional, where she finished 13th 12-7.5 (3.83m)...Competed at USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the pole vault...Selected as a first team Capital One Academic All-American...Second consecutive Academic All-American award (third team, 2010)... Named to the All-ACC Academic Team for the fourth consecutive year...Named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team for the second time and to the VaSID Academic All-State Team...Received team Most Valuable Performer award.

2011 Indoor: Automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships in the pole vault, setting a new school record in the process at the VT Elite Meet (14-1.25, 4.30m) … Placed ninth at the national meet (13-5.25, 4.10m), earning second team All-America honors … Earned her second ACC Championship, vaulting 13-11.25 (4.25m) … Placed in the top three in five pole vault competitions during the season … Won the Weaver-James-Corrigan Graduate Scholarship Award...Won the NCAA Elite 88 Award...Named to the Academic All-ACC Team for the fourth consecutive year.

2010 Outdoor: Finished the season with a season-best height in the Pole Vault, winning the Liberty Twilight meet at 13-1.50 (4.00m) … Finished sixth at the ACC Championships (12-5.50, 3.80m) … Tied her ACC Championship mark the following week with a win at the Vertklasse Meet.

2010 Indoor: Took fourth place at the ACC Championships with a provisional qualifying season-best height of 12-11.50 (3.95m) … Vaulted to a fourth place finish at the VT Elite Meet (12-8.25, 3.87m).

2009 Outdoor: Took sixth at the ACC Championships’ pole vault with a regional-qualifying clearance of 12-07.50 … Matched season-best vault of 12-07.50 in an eighth-place effort at the Texas Relays … Finished fourth in the pole vault at the Tar Heel Classic … Selected to USTFCCCA all-academic squad … Earned ACC all-academic honors.

2009 Indoor: In first competition of the season, tied for second in the pole vault at the ACC Championships, clearing 13-01.50 … Placed fourth with a vault of 13-02.25 at the Final Qualifier … Received ACC all-academic recognition.

2008 Outdoor: Achieved All-American status with a six-place vault of 13-05.25 at the NCAA Championships … Finished runner-up in the pole vault at the NCAA East Regional, clearing 13-03.75 … Placed fifth in the pole vault at the ACC Championships with a vault of 12-01.50.

2008 Indoor: Qualified for the national meet in the pole vault … Won the ACC title in the pole vault, clearing 13-01.50 … Vaulted a personal best 13-06.50 in a first-place effort at the Penn State National Invite … Tallied four victories, and two runner-ups in the pole vault on the season.

2007 Outdoor: Redshirted … Jumped in five meets as an unattached athlete, raising her season best to 3.75m (12’3.75”), a mark that would have been sixth in school history … Opened the season with a 3.50m (11’5.5”) clear at the Wake Forest Open … Registered a height of 3.65m (11’11.75”) to finish sixth at the Weems Baskin Relays … Finished second at the Paul Keiser Classic with a jump of 3.51m (11’6.25”) … Finished third at the Liberty Twilight meet with a season-best jump of 3.75m (12’3.75”) … Finished season with a sixth-place finish at the UNC Elite Meet, registering a jump of 3.65m (11’11.75”).

2007 Indoor: Redshirted .... Jumped 3.45m (11’3.75”) in her first event at the Liberty Twilight as an unattached athlete … Jumped 3.52m (11’6.5”) in her only other meet.

High School: Competed in gymnastics … During junior season, won Level Nine State and Mid-East Regional championships on the uneven parallel bars … Level Nine State and Mid-East Regional medalist on the vault … Level Nine Eastern Nationals qualifier on the vault during junior and senior years … Honor roll student.

Personal: Born September 12, 1988 in Blacksburg, Va. … Daughter of Bob and Katherine Phillips … Double-majoring in biology and human nutrition, foods and exercise … Father, Bob, is the current Pole Vault coach at Tech and was an All-American vaulter for the Hokies in 1980.