Erin Phillips

Erin Victoria Phillips (born 19 May 1985) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and an Australian rules footballer for Adelaide in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition. She has played basketball in Australia's WNBL for the Australian Institute of Sport and the Adelaide Lightning. She has played in the USA's WNBA for Connecticut Sun, Indiana Fever, Phoenix Mercury and Los Angeles Sparks. She has also played professionally for European club sides for teams in Israel and Poland. She is a member of the Australia women's national basketball team, and as a member of the team, has won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women. In Australian rules football, Phillips was best on ground in the 2017 AFLW Grand Final with the Adelaide premiership team, and has received both the AFLW best and fairest medal and the AFLW Players’ most valuable player award. 2Personal Phillips was born on 19 May 1985 in Carlton, Victoria. She is from South Australia. She is the daughter of former Port Adelaide and Collingwood Australian rules footballer Greg Phillips. Her brother-in-law is former Port Adelaide and current Hawthorn footballer Shaun Burgoyn