{{short description|American basketball player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Tracy Phillips | image = | league = | team = | number = | position = Forward | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lbs = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|07|18|mf=y}} | birth_place = McKinney, Texas, U.S. | high_school = McKinney (McKinney, Texas) | college = Iowa State (1998–2002) | draft_league = WNBA | draft_year = 2002 | draft_round = 3 | draft_pick = 46 | draft_team = New York Liberty | career_start = 2003 | career_end = 2011 | years1 = 2003–2004 | team1 = Peiraikos | years2 = 2004–2005 | team2 = Panathinaikos | years3 = 2005–2006 | team3 = DCU Mercy | years4 = 2006–2009 | team4 = Adelaide Lightning | years5 = 2007 | team5 = Botaş SK | years6 = 2009–2010 | team6 = Pruszków | years7 = 2010 | team7 = Leszno | years8 = 2010–2011 | team8 = Dandenong Rangers | highlights = * WNBL champion (2008) * A1 Ethniki champion (2005) * WNBL All-Star Five (2008) }} '''Tracy Phillips''' (née Gahan) (born July 18, 1980) is an American retired professional basketball player.
==Career== ===College=== In college, Phillips attended Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Catching Up With: Tracy Gahan |url=https://cyclones.com/news/2008/10/24/1610576.aspx |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Iowa State University Athletics |language=en}}</ref>
===Iowa State statistics===
Source<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careerplayer|title=NCAA Statistics|website=web1.ncaa.org|access-date=2021-06-05}}</ref>
{{NBA player statistics legend}} {| class="wikitable" !Year !Team !GP !Points !FG% !3P% !FT% !RPG !APG !SPG !BPG !PPG |- |1998–99 |Iowa State |31 |240 |46.1% |31.5% |69.6% |5.4 |2.6 |1.2 |0.5 |7.7 |- |1999-00 |Iowa State |33 |219 |45.1% |40.0% |77.1% |4.7 |3.3 |1.1 |0.2 |6.6 |- |2000–01 |Iowa State |33 |407 |'''53.2%''' |'''45.6%''' |79.5% |7.5 |2.8 |1.0 |'''0.4''' |12.3 |- |2001–02 |Iowa State |33 |'''491''' |48.3% |43.9% |'''82.8%''' |'''7.6''' |'''4.1''' |'''1.9''' |0.4 |'''14.9''' |- |Career | |130 |1357 |48.7% |42.0% |77.7% |6.3 |3.2 |1.3 |0.4 |10.4 |}
===WNBA=== After her college career, Phillips was picked 46th overall by the New York Liberty in the 2002 WNBA draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New York Liberty WNBA Draft History |url=https://liberty.wnba.com/new-york-liberty-wnba-draft-history/ |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=New York Liberty |language=en}}</ref> However, she was soon released. After strong showings during her championship season in Australia, Phillips was invited to the Connecticut Sun's training camp before the 2008 WNBA season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/sun/news/sunsigngahan.html|title=SUN: Sun Sign Gahan to Training Camp|publisher=wnba.com}}</ref> Gahan was released before the season began.
===Europe=== After spending an additional year at college to complete her degree, Phillips began her career in Greece. In 2003, she spent her first season with Peiraikos, before moving to Panathinaikos for her second season in A1 Ethniki Women's Basketball.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclones.com/news/2006/6/23/323626.aspx|title=Q&A with Former Cyclone Women's Basketball Standout Tracy Gahan – Iowa State Athletics|publisher=cyclones.com}}</ref> In 2005, Phillips travelled west to Ireland, playing for DCU Mercy in the Irish Women's Super League.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catching Up With: Mary Fox |url=https://cyclones.com/news/2008/9/11/1579727 |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Iowa State University Athletics |language=en}}</ref> After a season away, she returned in 2007 after her Australian season concluded, signing with Botaş SK for the conclusion of the Turkish season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catching Up With: Tracy Gahan |url=https://cyclones.com/news/2008/10/24/1610576.aspx |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Iowa State University Athletics |language=en}}</ref>
After three years in Australia, Phillips played for PTS Lider Pruszków in Poland's Basket Liga Kobiet. Towards the end of the 2009–10 season, she switched to Tęcza Leszno for the remainder of her time in Poland.
===Australia=== In 2006, Phillips signed with the Adelaide Lightning to play in the Women's National Basketball League, Australia's premier women's league and the strongest league in the southern hemisphere.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://websites.sportstg.com/team_info.cgi?action=PSTATS&pID=191728650&client=1-4478-56413-116972-5935177|title=Player statistics for TRACY GAHAN|publisher=sportstg.com}}</ref> In her second season with the Lightning, Phillips was awarded a place in the WNBL All-Star Five for 2007–08.<ref name=":0" /> The Lightning would also go on to take home the 2007–08 WNBL Championship. She returned to the league in 2010, signing with the Dandenong Rangers.
==Personal life== Phillips is married to former Adelaide Lightning teammate, WNBA player and Australian Olympian, Erin Phillips, and took her surname. They have four children, twins Blake and Brooklyn born in November 2016, Drew, born in July 2019, and London Skye, born in 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/crows-aflw-player-erin-phillips-opens-up-about-her-wife-tracy-gahan-and-new-twins/news-story/3ac858b5be50cd5c78fc1ca771c4b679|title=Crows AFLW player Erin Phillips opens up about her wife Tracy Gahan and new twins|publisher=adelaidenow.com.au}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.womensweekly.com.au/christmas/erin-phillips-family-christmas/|title= Erin Phillips: How my family celebrates Christmas|publisher=Women’s Weekly}}</ref> However, in 2022, days before Erin was due to play an AFLW preliminary final, Tracy suffered a miscarriage.
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