Kelly Miller (born September 6, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. She is the

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sister of fellow basketball player Coco Miller.

Early years

Born in Rochester, Minnesota, Kelly initially was interested in playing soccer and not basketball at high school, soon she joined her sister Coco. They also helped their school go 27–0 and win the

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state's class 4A championship. Miller was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored thirteen points.

College years

The twins went to

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, 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

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, Greg Louganis,

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, Kurt Thomas, Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Janet Evans as recipients of the award. Kelly ranked second in points among University of Georgia women players with 2,177; second in assists with 639; fourth in steals with 379 and tenth in rebounds with 711. She is the only player in UGA women's basketball to rank among the top ten in points, assists, steals and rebounds. She became the third player in that university's history to pass over 2,000 points, and the third player in the

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's (SEC) history to garner "Player of the Week" awards three weeks in a row.

Georgia statistics

Source

USA Basketball

Miller played on the team presenting the US at the 1999 World University Games held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. The team had a 4–2 record and earned the silver medal. Miller averaged 10.2 points per game.

WNBA career

In 2001 both Kelly and Coco both entered the WNBA Draft. Kelly was selected by the Charlotte Sting 2nd overall in the 1st round, where she averaged 4.6 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game in her rookie year. Kelly spent three seasons with the Sting as a utility player before she was traded to the Indiana Fever prior to the 2004 season. It was with the Fever that Kelly finally became a first-string player on the team, starting on all 34 games she played in the 2004 season. After the 2005 season ended, Kelly was traded to the Phoenix Mercury, in exchange for

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. On January 30, 2009, Miller was traded along with LaToya Pringle to the Minnesota Lynx for Nicole Ohlde.

NWBL career

After the 2002 WNBA season, both sisters played for the

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Power of the National Women's Basketball League (NWBL).

International career

* 2002–2003: Fenerbahçe Istanbul (

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) * 2003–2004: Fenerbahçe Istanbul (

) * 2004–2005:

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( WKBL, South Korea) * 2005–2006:

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( LFB, France) * 2006–2007: Lattes-Maurin Montpellier ( LFB, France) * 2007–2009: Spartak Moscow Region (

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)

Notes

External links

Kelly Miller's WNBA Profile page
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