Coco Miller
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Born | Guard | September 6, 1978||||||||||||||
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2001–2008 | Washington Mystics | ||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | Atlanta Dream | ||||||||||||||
2012 | Los Angeles Sparks | ||||||||||||||
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Career WNBA statistics | |||||||||||||||
Points | 2,032 (5.8 ppg) | ||||||||||||||
Rebounds | 750 (2.1 rpg) | ||||||||||||||
Assists | 503 (1.4 apg) | ||||||||||||||
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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
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Colleen Mary “Coco” Miller (born September 6, 1978) is an American former professional
Early years
Born in Rochester, Minnesota, Coco played basketball with her sister at Mayo High School, and made it to the championship, 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 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
Georgia statistics
Source[3]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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98 | Georgia | 27 | 432 | 43.1% | 67.6% | 4.6 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 16.0 |
99 | Georgia | 34 | 626 | 49.1% | 76.4% | 3.9 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 18.4 |
00 | Georgia | 36 | 555 | 44.2% | 77.6% | 3.2 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 15.4 |
01 | Georgia | 33 | 518 | 45.8% | 83.9% | 4.1 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 15.7 |
Career | 130 | 2131 | 47.5% | 76.7% | 3.9 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 16.4 |
USA Basketball
Miller played on the team representing the US at the 1999 World University Games held in
WNBA career
In 2001, Coco and Kelly entered the
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)
WNBA career statistics
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2001 | Washington | 20 | 0 | 6.9 | .325 | .333 | .545 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
2002 | Washington | 32 | 32 | 28.3 | .433 | .375 | .821 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 9.3 |
2003 | Washington | 33 | 33 | 32.6 | .450 | .360 | .698 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 12.5 |
2004 | Washington | 33 | 8 | 19.3 | .431 | .263 | .786 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 4.8 |
2005 | Washington | 34 | 4 | 14.7 | .425 | .375 | .800 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 4.5 |
2006 | Washington | 34 | 4 | 19.4 | .491 | .400 | .897 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 6.1 |
2007 | Washington | 30 | 2 | 15.2 | .405 | .400 | 1.000 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
2008 | Washington | 34 | 6 | 20.9 | .355 | .283 | .625 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 5.3 |
2009 | Atlanta | 34 | 5 | 12.0 | .410 | .296 | .885 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 3.9 |
2010 | Atlanta | 27 | 0 | 7.3 | .400 | .192 | .857 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 3.1 |
2011 | Atlanta | 31 | 5 | 17.4 | .432 | .333 | .541 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 7.3 |
2012 | Los Angeles | 10 | 1 | 14.1 | .297 | .333 | 1.000 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 2.6 |
Career | 12 years, 3 teams | 352 | 100 | 18.1 | .423 | .336 | .764 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 5.8 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2002 | Washington | 5 | 5 | 32.6 | .420 | .545 | .600 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 10.8 |
2004 | Washington | 3 | 0 | 17.0 | .368 | .000 | 1.000 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 5.3 |
2006 | Washington | 2 | 0 | 18.5 | .467 | .500 | .250 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 8.0 |
2009 | Atlanta | 2 | 0 | 6.5 | .600 | 1.000 | .000 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
2010 | Atlanta | 7 | 7 | 25.7 | .391 | .263 | .789 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 10.6 |
2011 | Atlanta | 8 | 0 | 8.0 | .200 | .200 | .500 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
Career | 6 years, 2 teams | 27 | 12 | 18.8 | .388 | .368 | .676 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 6.6 |
Notes
- ^ "Past WBCA HS Coaches' All-America Teams". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 1 Jul 2014.
- ^ "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 29 Jun 2014.
- ^ "Georgia Media Guide". Retrieved 2017-09-07.
- ^ "Nineteenth World University Games -- 1999". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- WNBA Article and interview with both sisters
- Article on Coco's 2002 "Most Improved Player" Award