Helen Phillips, a 1986 graduate of Stonehill, was a two sport athlete at the College with the softball and women’s basketball teams. Phillips was a true leader, serving as team captain for both teams as a senior.
While she was an important piece to a women’s basketball program which began to make its rise in the Northeast-10 with its first league regular season championship her junior season and part of two 20-win seasons, it was on the softball field where she made her mark in the Stonehill record books. Phillips earned the team’s MVP award her sophomore season after hitting .333 with seven triples and 17 runs batted in, setting four offensive team records during that season, including a triples mark which remains the program’s single-season record.
Phillips was a two-time All-Northeast-10 selection, doing so at two different positions over her career. She earned first team honors her freshman year as an outfielder after hitting .309 with 18 RBI. Phillips was a first team selection at shortstop as a junior when she helped lead Stonehill to a 25-8 record.
Phillips played 121 games over her career with the women’s basketball program. She was a captain her senior season, averaging 7.4 points and 3.4 rebounds for the NE-10 Tournament team.
basketball teams. Phillips was a true leader, serving as team captain for both teams as a senior.