At the Metro Conference Athletic Awards Banquet last week Dr. Phillips High School won its third consecutive Metro West All-Sports Award and ninth in school history. DP has won the All-Sports Award in 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2010, 2011 and 2012. In addition, coaches in eight different sports won the Metro West Conference Coach of the Year. They are: April Ball (Men’s Volleyball), Anthony Jones (Flag Football), Apryle Nickson (Men’s Swimming, Women’s Swimming), Leo Ramirez (Men’s Water Polo,Women’s Water Polo), Tommy Tucker (Men’s Tennis) and Kerry Watson (Women’s Lacrosse).
Dr. Phillips’ athletic program also placed sixth (out of 76) statewide in the 2011-2012 Class 8A FHSAA Academic Team Championship based upon each team’s cumulative unweighted grade point average. DP finished as the number two school in the Metro Conference, one spot behind fifth place Boone. The highest-ranked program for the Spring sports was Softball, which placed fourth overall with a team GPA of 3.401, followed by Baseball (fifth at 3.213) and Men’sWater Polo (sixth at 3.341). GPAs are ranked within each sport, not against other sports, and only teams with GPAs over 3.0 qualify for Academic Team Champion consideration. Below are the final results for DP’s qualifying spring sports:
1. Softball:4th (3.401)
2. Baseball:5th (3.213)
3. Men’s Water Polo: 6th (3.341)
4. Women’sWater Polo: 8th (3.377)
5. Women’sTennis: 9th (3.547)
6. FlagFootball: 11th (3.216)
7. Men’sLacrosse: 14th (3.231)
8. Men’sTennis: 15th (3.146)
9. Men’sVolleyball: 15th (3.027)
10. Women’sLacrosse: 36th (3.182)
On the college scene, Dr. Phillips HS graduate (1996) and Hall of Famer Beth Dieter-Torina has guided the unseeded LSU Tigers to the College World Series in her first year as head coach. LSU knocked out eighth seeded Texas A&M in the regional and ninth-seeded Missouri in super-regional play over the weekend to advance to Oklahoma City where they’ll face top-seeded California Thursday, 5/31, at 3:30 pm! She is believed to be only the second head coach to take her team to the College World Series in her first season at the helm. This will be LSU’s third trip to the CWS and first since 2004.
