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Career Highlights
Visa Championships (13th on High Bar, 2011)
New Jersey State Champion (All-Around, 2006-08)
Regional Champion (All-Around, 2008)
Junior Olympics National Championships (11th in All-Around, 2008)
Redshirt Sophomore 2011
Competed in 11 meets after missing all of the 2010 season with a knee injury ... Won event titles on rings and high bar against UIC ... Recorded eight top-five finishes ... Set new career highs on rings, parallel bars and high bar ... Earned his first-career Big Ten Gymnast of the Week honor for the week of March 28 ... Voted Most Improved and a 2011-12 team captain by his teammates.
Sophomore 2010
Sat out season as a redshirt due to injury.
Freshman 2009
Competed in the all-around in four meets ... Scored 14.550 on the high bar for second-place finishes against Iowa and Minnesota ... Finished in third place twice in the all-around versus Ohio State and Penn State ... Missed the Big Ten Championships due to injury.
High School/Club
At the 2008 Junior Olympic National Championships, finished 11th place in the All-Around ... Graduate of St. Joseph Regional High School ... Three-time New Jersey state champion ... Regional champion in the all-around.
Personal
Born Austin Phillips on April 10, 1990 ... Son of Austin and Gidget Phillips ... Hobbies include listening to music and playing soccer ... Favorite athlete is Nikolai Kryukov because he's very technically, original, and graceful ... Names his parents as most influential in his career because of their encouragement to strive for his best.
Phillips' Career Highs
Floor Exercise: 14.350 (vs. Iowa, 2/28/09)
Pommel Horse: 13.800 (vs. Penn State, 2/14/09)
Still Rings: 15.000 (vs. Iowa, 1/29/11)
Vault: 15.300 (vs. Penn State, 2/14/09)
Parallel Bars: 14.900 (at NCAA Session I Qualifier, 4/14/11)
High Bar: 15.100 (vs. UIC, 3/26/11)
All-Around: 85.450 (vs. Ohio State, 1/24/09)
