2013 (JUNIOR): Started in 20 of the 38 gamesshe appeared in …  (9) games behind the plate and 11 atdesigned hitter … recorded one home run, 13 hits and eightRBIs in 71 at-bats … tallied a .935 fielding percentagewhile registering 27 putouts ... went 2-for-3 against Stephen F.Austin (4/21/13) … earned a spot on the SouthlandCommissioner's Honor Roll.

2012 (SOPHOMORE): Powered the Islanders offensewith a .339 batting average … played in 30 games whilemaking starts in 20 of them … played the majority of theseason as a designated hitter but also made five starts behind homeplate … finished fourth in the conference with a perfectfielding percentage … tallied 19 hits and four runs whilefinishing second on the team with 12 RBIs … led the teamwith 14 walks … tallied two doubles on the season …went 2-for-2 against Oklahoma State (2/12) and Ole Miss (2/24)… against Nicholls State (5/5) she went 3-for-5 and ripped athree-run single to center field to help the Islanders pull aheadfor good. 

2011 (FRESHMAN): Started33-of-41 games she appeared in during her first year with theIslanders…had one home run with 11 runs driven in, includingseven doubles…drove in a season-best three runs against UTSA(3/2)...had a season-high four total bases at Central Arkansas(3/12).

HIGH SCHOOL: Played at John Foster Dulles HighSchool in Sugar Land for head coach Ryland Bailey…hit .422with an on-base percentage of .661, seven home runs and 14 RBI as asenior…was a team captain and offensive MVP as a seniorwhile also earning First Team All-District 23-5A honors to go alongwith her Greater Houston All-Star Game selection…was a firstteam all-district member as a junior as well after being namedsecond team as a sophomore and honorable mention as afreshman…holds the school record for most home runs with 17and in doubles with 38 in her career…first player at Dullesto win the team MVP award two consecutiveyears. 

PERSONAL: Born Laura Ann Phillips on Dec. 16,1991, in Sugar Land…parents are Barney and AndreaPhillips…major is kinesiology-exercise science.