Coco Miller
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| Position | Guard | ||||||||||||
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| Born |
September 6, 1978 Rochester, Minnesota |
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 140 lb (64 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Mayo (Rochester, Minnesota) | ||||||||||||
| College | Georgia (1997–2001) | ||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2001 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9th overall | ||||||||||||
| Selected by the Washington Mystics | |||||||||||||
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| 2001–2008 | Washington Mystics | ||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Atlanta Dream | ||||||||||||
| 2012 | Los Angeles Sparks | ||||||||||||
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Colleen Mary “Coco” Miller (born September 6, 1978) is a professional basketball player in the WNBA. She is the identical twin sister of fellow WNBA player Kelly Miller.
Born in Rochester, Minnesota, Coco played basketball with her sister at Mayo High School, and made it to a championship in, 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. She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored eight points.
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.
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