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Coco Miller WNBA's Atlanta Dream – No. 9 Guard Born September 6, 1978
Rochester, MinnesotaNationality American Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Weight 140 lb (64 kg) College Georgia Draft 9th overall, 2001
Washington MysticsProfile WNBA Info Page WNBA Teams Washington Mystics (2001–2008)
Atlanta Dream (2009–present)Awards and Honors Most Improved Player (2002) Colleen Mary “Coco” Miller (born September 6, 1978 in Rochester, Minnesota) is a professional basketball player in the WNBA. She is the identical twin sister of fellow WNBA player Kelly Miller.
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Early years
Coco played basketball with her sister at Mayo High School in Rochester, Minnesota, and made it to a championship in New York, where she lost in the finals. The twins also helped their school go 27-0 and win the Minnesota state's class 4A championship. Miller was named a WBCA All-American.[1] She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored eight points.[2]
College years
The twins went to University of Georgia, where they both majored in biology and won a series of awards, including the James E. Sullivan Award, given to the nation's top amateur athlete. They earned that award in 1999, becoming the first pair of twins to earn the award, and joining such luminaries as Carl Lewis, Greg Louganis, Bill Walton, Bill Bradley, Kurt Thomas, Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Janet Evans as recipients of the award.
Coco was among the top ten in that school's list among women basketball players in assists and steals. She participated in the World University Games, helping her team to a silver medal. She finished her college career fifth among SEC women in scoring at 16.6, second in free throw percentage at .743% from the free throw line, and eighth in steals with 160. She was a finalist for the Naismith award as the player of the year during her final college season.
WNBA career
In 2001, Coco and Kelly entered the WNBA Draft. Coco was selected by the Washington Mystics 9th overall in the 1st round, where she averaged 6.4 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game in her rookie season. She played 250 total regular season matches for the Mystics through the end of the 2008 season, just nine short of Murriel Page's club record of 259.
On May 11, 2009 Coco Miller was waived by the Mystics; four days later she was signed by the WNBA's Atlanta Dream.
Her role in 2009 was as support and mentor for rookie point guard Shalee Lehning.
In the 2010 regular season she was sent further down the depth chart, behind Lehning and her sister, newly acquired by the Dream. However, after Kelly Miller's ankle injury, Coco received more playing time. She started the first game of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against her former team, the Washington Mystics, and in this game she scored 21 points.
NWBL career
After the 2002 WNBA season, both sisters played for the Birmingham Power of the National Women's Basketball League (NWBL).
International career
- 2002-2003: Fenerbahçe Istanbul (Turkey)
- 2003-2004: Fenerbahçe Istanbul (Turkey)
- 2006-2007: Lattes-Maurin Montpellier (LFB, France)
Vital statistics
- Position: Guard
- Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
- College: University of Georgia
- Team(s): Washington Mystics 2001-08; Atlanta Dream 2009
Notes
- ^ "1997 WBCA High School All-Americans". WBCA. http://www.wbca.org/97-HSAA.asp. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
- ^ "1997 WBCA High School All-America Game". WBCA. http://www.wbca.org/upload/1997HSAAG.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
External links
- Coco Miller at WNBA.com
- WNBA Article and interview with both sisters
- Article on Coco's 2002 "Most Improved Player" Award
2001 WNBA Draft First Round Lauren Jackson • Kelly Miller • Tamika Catchings • Jackie Stiles • Ruth Riley • Deanna Nolan • Svetlana Abrosimova • Marie Ferdinand-Harris • Coco Miller • Katie Douglas • Penny Taylor-Gil • LaQuanda Barksdale • Kristen Veal • Kelly Schumacher • Amanda Lassiter • Camille CooperSecond Round Semeka Randall • Tammy Sutton-Brown • Niele Ivey • Jenny Mowe • Georgia Schweitzer • Jae Kingi • Erin Buescher • Michaela Pavlickova • Tamara Stocks • Brooke Wyckoff • Jaynetta Saunders • Janell Burse • Ilona Korstine • Jackie Moore • Tynesha Lewis • Nicole LevanduskyThird Round ShaRae Mansfield • Jennifer Phillips • Marlena Williams • Rasheeda Clark • Levys Torres • Svetlana Volnaya • Tombi Bell • Shea Ralph • Jamie Lewis • Jaclyn Johnson • Angelina Wolvert • Elena Karpova • Tere Williams • Maren Walseth • Shala Crawford • Kelley SiemonFourth Round Juana Brown • Reshea Bristol • April Brown • Natasha Pointer • Carolyn Moos • Kelly Santos • Megan Taylor • Cara Consuegra • Taru Tuukkanen • Anne Thorius • Erin Batth • Tara Mitchem • Megan Franza • Katie Smrcka-Duffy • Kristen Clement • Beth RecordWNBA Most Improved Player Award East: ATL • CHI • CON • IND • NY • WAS |
West: LA • MIN • PHO • SA • SEA • TULJames E. Sullivan Award winners 1930: Jones | 1931: Berlinger | 1932: Bausch | 1933: Cunningham | 1934: Bonthron | 1935: Little | 1936: Morris | 1937: Budge | 1938: Lash | 1939: Burk | 1940: Rice | 1941: MacMitchell | 1942: Warmerdam | 1943: Dodds | 1944: Curtis | 1945: Blanchard | 1946: Tucker | 1947: Kelly | 1948: Mathias | 1949: Button | 1950: Wilt | 1951: Richards | 1952: Ashenfelter | 1953: Lee | 1954: Whitfield | 1955: Dillard | 1956: McCormick | 1957: Morrow | 1958: Davis | 1959: O'Brien | 1960: Johnson | 1961: Rudolph | 1962: Beatty | 1963: Pennel | 1964: Schollander | 1965: Bradley | 1966: Ryun | 1967: Matson | 1968: Meyer | 1969: Toomey | 1970: Kinsella | 1971: Spitz | 1972: Shorter | 1973: Walton | 1974: Wohlhuter | 1975: Shaw | 1976: Jenner | 1977: Naber | 1978: Caulkins | 1979: Thomas | 1980: Heiden | 1981: Lewis | 1982: Decker | 1983: Moses | 1984: Louganis | 1985: Benoit | 1986: Joyner-Kersee | 1987: Abbott | 1988: Griffith-Joyner | 1989: Evans | 1990: Smith | 1991: Powell | 1992: Blair | 1993: Ward | 1994: Jansen | 1995: Baumgartner | 1996: Johnson | 1997: Manning | 1998: Holdsclaw | 1999: C. Miller & K. Miller | 2000: Gardner | 2001: Kwan | 2002: Hughes | 2003: Phelps | 2004: Hamm | 2005: Redick | 2006: Long | 2007: Tebow | 2008: Johnson | 2009: Palmeiro-Winters | 2010: LysacekCategories:- 1978 births
- Living people
- Identical twins
- James E. Sullivan Award recipients
- American women's basketball players
- Shooting guards
- Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball players
- Washington Mystics players
- People from Rochester, Minnesota
- People from Minnesota
- Fenerbahçe basketballers
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