RENO, Nev. – Nevada women's basketball signee Dominique Phillips has been named the Gatorade Arizona Girls Basketball Player of the Year.
 
Phillips, a native of Goodyear, Ariz., is the first to win this award out of Millennium High School. The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field, distinguishes Phillips as Arizona's best high school girls basketball player. She is now a finalist for the Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year award which will be announced later this month.
 
The 6-0 senior guard led the Tigers to a 27-4 record and their first Class 5A state championship this past season. Phillips averaged 15.6 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 3.1 steals per game and was the player of the game for the state championship game. Region MVP and a two-time first team All-State honoree, she was also named Class 6A Offensive Player of the Year as a sophomore and junior.
 
A member of her school's Student Council, Phillips has served as a student athletic trainer and has volunteered locally on behalf of youth sports camps. Additionally, Phillips has maintained a weighted 4.04 GPA in the classroom.
 
As a part of Gatorade's cause marketing platform "Play it Forward," Phillips also has the opportunity to award a $1,000 grant to a local or national youth sports organization of her choosing. She is also eligible to submit an essay to win one of twelve $10,000 spotlight grants for the organization of choice, which will be announced throughout the year.
 
Phillips will join the Wolf Pack this summer, along with two other fall signees in Aly Jimenez and Jena' Williams.