Edna Mae Phillips taught physical education at Woodrow Wilson high School from 1967 to 1977, initiating and coaching interscholastic teams in volleyball and basketball. After retiring she spent nine years as the first female member of the WVSSAC Board of Appeals. Her husband John was a retired sales engineer. Their fund encourages girls to participate in athletics at WWHS by providing trophies and/or plaques recognizing the outstanding female athlete in each interscholastic sanctioned sport offered, with all to be in compliance with SSAC requirements.
