Prikeba Phipps

{{short description|American volleyball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}

{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox volleyball biography

| name = Prikeba Phipps

| image = Prikeba Phipps.jpg

| caption =

| fullname = Prikeba Reed Phipps

| nickname = Keba

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|6|30}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = {{cvt|1.90|m|order=flip}}

| spike = {{cvt|319|cm|in|order=flip}}

| block = {{cvt|303|cm|in|order=flip}}

| position = Outside hitter

| currentclub =

| teamnumber = 12 (1988)
1 (2004)

| years =

| nationalyears = 1987–2004

| nationalteam = {{vbw|USA}}

| medaltemplates-title = Medal record

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Women's volleyball}}

{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}

{{MedalSilver|2002 Germany|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIVB World Cup}}

{{MedalBronze|2003 Japan|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalBronze | 1987 Indianapolis | Team}}

}}

Prikeba ("Keba") Reed Phipps (born June 30, 1969) is an American former volleyball player and two-time Olympian who played for the United States women's national volleyball team. Phipps competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where she was the youngest player on the roster, at 19 years old.{{Cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53262 |title=Keba Phipps |website=Olympedia |access-date=September 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240504210914/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53262 |archive-date=May 4, 2024 |url-status=live }}{{Cite magazine |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1988/09/14/long-live-this-team |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=September 14, 1988 |last=O'Brien |first=Richard |title=Long Live This Team |publisher=Time |location=New York City |access-date=September 10, 2024 }} She also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she finished in fifth place.{{Cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/summer04/volleyball/news/story?id=1866403 |work=ESPN |title=China, Russia, Cuba, Brazil win in quarters |date=August 24, 2004 |access-date=October 1, 2024 |agency=Associated Press |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001140654/https://www.espn.com/olympics/summer04/volleyball/news/story?id=1866403 |archive-date=October 1, 2024 |url-status=live }}

Phipps represented the United States at the age of 18 at the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis, where she won a bronze medal.{{Cite news |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-21-sp-2295-story.html |title=The 1987 Pan American Games : Women’s Volleyball : A Bored Cuba Team Takes Time to Top U.S. |date=August 21, 1987 |last=Harvey |first=Randy |access-date=September 7, 2024 }} {{subscription required}}