2x NCAA All-American (2024: High Bar and All-Around)

First Team All-Big Ten (2022)

4x CGA All-American (Floor (2024, 2022), All-Around (2024), High Bar (2022))

Career Individual Titles

Illinois Individual Titles

Career Highs

Career Highlights

• Two-time All-American - (2024: High Bar (7th), All-Around (8th)
• 2022 First Team All-Big Ten
• 2021 Second Team All-Big Ten
• Two-time team captain (2023, 2024)
• 2024 Nissen-Emery Award finalist
• Two-time CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2020, 2021)
• Two-time Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award (2022, 2024)
• Two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2021, 2022)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2021, 2022, 2024)
• Nebraska SAAC President (2022, 2023)
• 2021 Sam Foltz 27 Hero Leadership Award
• Four-time Tom Osborne Citizenship Team member (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)

Redshirt Fifth Year - 2025

• Competed in two meets during the season
• Made his Illini debut at the Windy City Invitational (Jan. 18) in the all-around competition
• Set a new career high on still rings (13.900) at the Windy City Invitational on Jan. 18, which won him the title
• Won the all-around title at the Windy City Invitational on Jan. 18
• Earned Big Ten Gymnast of the Week honors on Jan. 21
• Won all-around (80.600) at No. 2 Oklahoma on Jan. 25
• Suffered a season-ending injury prior to competition vs. No. 4 Nebraska on Jan. 31

Redshirt Senior - 2024 (Nebraska)

• Two-time All-American, finishing seventh in the high bar and eighth in the all-around competition
• Two-time CGA regular-season All-American in both floor and all-around
• Earned two individual titles in all-around; versus Illinois (Mar. 10, 2024) and in the quad meet against California, Stanford and Air Force (March 3, 2024)
• Nissen-Emery award finalist
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team member

Senior - 2023 (Nebraska)

• Sidelined due to injury
• Named a team captain
• Tom Osbourne Citizenship Team member
• Nebraska Silver Academic Medallion awardee
• Named to the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll

Junior - 2022 (Nebraska)

• Claimed five individual titles: three on high bar, one on floor, and one in the all-around competition
• First Team All-Big Ten
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Named to the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll both semesters
• Earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honors
• Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar award winner
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team member

Sophomore - 2021 (Nebraska)

• Competed in all eight meets, earning one individual title on floor
• Claimed the bronze medal on high bar at the Big Ten Championships
• Second Team All-Big Ten
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Sam Foltz 27 Hero Leadership Award winner
• Member of the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team

Freshman - 2020 (Nebraska)

• CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete honors
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
• Competed in all five meets before the season ended early due to the coronavirus pandemic

High School/Club Stats

• Three-time Junior National Team member
• Two-time Junior Elite national all-around champion
• 2017 U.S. Championships high bar champion

Personal

• Born Nov. 5, 2001
• Parents are Joseph and Nicole Phillips
• Two siblings; Connor and Ellis
• Pursuing his master's in management
• Chose Illinois because "Illinois has this energetic and fun environment that I knew I would thrive in. I knew it would be an inclusive space where I could be myself. As a coach, Dan [Ribeiro] has been able to tighten the reigns on the program and turn it around to produce a talented team full of Big Ten and NCAA champions. I'm excited to see what this team is capable of, and grateful for the opportunity to join the fight as an Illini!"