OKLAHOMA CITY – Dane Phillips became the highest drafted baseball player from Oklahoma City University ever Tuesday.
The San Diego Padres chose Phillips in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft with the 70th overall pick in the second round.
2012 Baseball Roster
#9 Dane Phillips
Ability to hit for average, power and drive in runs … could contend for postseason honors... 2011: Hit .339 with 16 doubles, eight triples, four home runs … first-team all-Big 12 … first-team academic all-Big 12 … second-team all-American Baseball Coaches Association Midwest Region … CoSIDA academic all-district … reached base safely in 55 of 60 games … had 13-, 12- and 11-game hit streaks … team-high 17 two-out RBIs … walk-off homer vs. Oklahoma in bottom of ninth … winning RBI double in bottom of 10th vs. Baylor … 2010: Hit .337 with 14 doubles, two triples, three homers … played in 54 games with 51 starts ... started 47 games at designated hitter with other four starts coming at catcher ... batting average was at least .333 on all but one day of the season ... had a 19-game stretch (3/14-4/9) where his batting average topped .400 ... 18 multi-hit games ... had a team-high stretch of 20 games in which he reached base safely ... first-career hit and RBI came in season opener vs. USC on Feb. 26 ... career-high four hits in back-to-back games on March 14 vs. UMass, March 16 vs. Western Illinois ... collected career-best four RBIs against Texas Tech on April 9 ... had the second-longest hitting streak by a Cowboy (15 games) … High school: Hit .670 with 16 home runs and 33 stolen bases as senior for Nacogdoches Central Heights (Texas) … first-team all-state … Louisville Slugger, MaxPrep and Rawlings all-American ... part of three-time district championship team ... holds high school's season and career records for batting average, home runs, on-base percentage and slugging percentage … coached by Craig Fuller ... lettered three times in baseball ... valedictorian of his high school class ... Personal: Son of David and Kay Phillips ... has two siblings, Deanna and David ... dad played football and baseball at Texas A&M ... brother, David, played baseball for Mississippi ... also recruited by Stanford, North Carolina, Rice, LSU and Texas ... drafted by Seattle Mariners in 49th round of 2009 MLB Draft ... born Dec. 18, 1990 in Nacogdoches, Texas.
More on Dane:
My obsession: Baseball
If I were President I would: Help people
Favorite athlete: Joe Mauer
Pregame ritual: Pray
Career plans: Civil engineer
Source: Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, June 5, 2012
NOTE: Dane Landon Phillips - Descendant in Group 8
Son of: David Lynn Phillips and Jacqueline Kay Patterson;
Grandson of: Charles Frederick Phillips and Mary Lynn Perry;
Gr-grandson of: Leonard Lafayette Phillips and Etta Belle Scroggins;
Gr-Gr-grandson of: Thomas Jefferson Phillips and Emma Ida Hamilton;
Gr-Gr-grandson of: William Watley Phillips and Martha Jane McNiel;
Gr-Gr-Gr-grandson of: Elijah C. Phillips and Lucy Pearline Broyles;
Gr-Gr-Gr-Gr-grandson of: Joel White Phillips and Sarah Bathsheba (Bashaby) Phillips
