CONWAY, Ark. (March 31, 2014) – Five former student-athletes will be inducted into the Hendrix College Sports Hall of Honor during the annual Sports Hall of Honor Banquet during Alumni Weekend 2014. including the following vaulter
Millard Williams “Dub” Phillips, Jr. ’38
When Imboden, Ark., native Dub Phillips came to Hendrix College in 1934, he was the state pole vault champion and record holder, and he was the state’s best pole vaulter during his four years at Hendrix.
As a freshman, he won each pole vaulting event with results from 11 feet-6 inches to a high mark of 12 feet-6 inches and tied for first in the state meet. In the first meet of his sophomore year, Phillips was the high scorer of the meet with 13 points, finishing first in pole vault and shot put and second in discus. Against the Razorbacks, he won the pole vault at 12 feet-6 inches and finished second in discus and third in shot put.
Hendrix won the state championship in 1937, Phillip’s junior year. At an early dual meet, Phillips was the high point man with 16 points, first place in the pole vault, shot and discus and second in the high jump. Phillips finished at the state meet by setting a new state record in the pole vault of 13 feet -six inches and placed second in the shot and discus. In 1938 at the state meet, Phillips was first in pole vault and shot and second in discus. The Warriors won the state track title for the second year in a row.
Phillips was also active in baseball and football and was only the third athlete in Hendrix history to letter all four years in three different sports. A center on the basketball team, Phillips played on the 1938 Arkansas championship team with a 9-1 record and an overall record of 18-6. On the football team, Phillips started at guard in his first game as a Warrior and started throughout his career, except during times of injury. He was picked as a first team All-State guard his senior year by the student newspaper’s all state selections.
