KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Recognized for his outstanding commitment to community service, Yale senior guard Trey Phills is one of 10 men’s college basketball players named to the 2019 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Give Back Team. Phills is the third Ivy League men's basketball player to earn this honor, joining Penn's Dau Jok (2014) and Princeton's Steven Cook (2017). 

The 2019 NABC Give Back Team includes five student-athletes from NCAA Division I and five from NCAA Division II and III and the NAIA, selected from a group of 63 nominated by college coaches and sports information directors across the country.  

Phills has been active both on the Yale campus and in the New Haven community. Each fall since his sophomore year, he has volunteered in the Cultural Connections' pre-orientation program for incoming students. In his junior year, Phills participated in Alpha Phi Alpha's "Go to High School – Go to College" initiative at a New Haven magnet school, speaking to students about valuable life lessons and peer pressure. In addition, Phills has volunteered at a local Baptist Church, helping serve the community at a monthly food pantry.
Phills is the son of former NBA guard Bobby Phills, who tragically died in a car accident after leaving a Charlotte Hornet pre-game shootaround in 2000. Trey wears jersey No. 13 like his father and often speaks about impacting the community in a similar fashion to his father, who was beloved for his service in the Charlotte area.

A graduate of Charlotte Christian High School, Phills is a sociology major in Ezra Stiles College at Yale. In 2017-18, he was named to the NABC Honors Court, which recognizes the hard work he has exhibited in the classroom. During his four seasons with the team, Yale men's basketball won a pair of Ivy League championships, an Ivy League Tournament title and upset over Baylor in the first round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament.

Joining Phills from Division I are Sam Dowd of Idaho State University, JT Escobar of the University of North Florida, Aaron Jordan of the University of Illinois and Horace Spencer of Auburn University.
 
Representing NCAA Division II-III and the NAIA are Jordan Bonner of Wesleyan University, Daniel Burchette of North Greenville University, Savonte Chappell of Christopher Newport University, Brian Pearson of the University of Alaska-Anchorage and Kai Skinner of Westminster (PA) College.