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2008-09 Women's Basketball

15 Tara Miller

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Ramsey, Ind.
  • Highschool North Harrison
  • Prev School Indiana

Biography

2008-09 - Senior Season: One of 54 women'sbasketball players to be invited to participate in the seventhannual Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) So YouWant To Be A Coach Program...played in 30 games, including 11starts...paced the squad with a 1.6 assist-to-turnover ratio (48assists, 30 turnovers)...led the team in assists in sixgames...averaged 1.6 assists on the season...dished a season-highfive assists at Milwaukee on Jan. 31...netted a season-high ninepoints against Milwaukee on Feb. 26.

2007-08 - Junior Season: Ranked second in theNCAA Division I with a 2.84 assists-to-turnovers ration (88assists, 31 turnovers)...finished .03 points below the top mark(2.87)...held the Division I lead for 25 days from Jan. 14 to Feb.7...ranked second on the team and 14th in the Horizon League with3.03 assists per game...her 3.29 assists per game in leaguecontests led the squad and was the 10th-best rate in theconference...led the team in assists in 12 games...tied hercareer-high and posted a team season-high with eight assists at UICon Jan. 12...finished fifth on the team in scoring with 4.9 pointsper game...her 42 steals were the third-most on the team...haddouble-figure scoring efforts in two games...scored a season-high15 points with a 7-for-7 effort from the free throw line atValparaiso on Jan. 5...started in 18 of her 29 games played,including the 17 of the first 18 contests...led the bench inscoring four times...tied her career-high with 35 minutes at Valpo.

2006-07 - Sophomore Season: Started in all 22of her games after becoming eligible on Dec. 18...ranked second onthe team with 76 assists despite missing the first nine games ofthe season...averaged 3.5 assists per game...was tops on the teamand placed fourth in the Horizon League with 4.0 assists per gameduring the conference season...led the team and was tied forseventh in the league with 1.6 steals per contest in conferencegames...finished tied for third on the team with 3.5 rebounds pergame and fifth with 7.5 points per game...netted a career-high 17points on two occasions, on 6-of-10 shooting with three triples atYoungstown State on Dec. 30 and on 5-of-6 shooting with threethree-pointers against Cleveland State on March 3...tallied sixdouble-figure scoring outings...notched a career-best sevenrebounds twice, coming against Loyola on Jan. 13 and YoungstownState on March 1...also posted a personal-high five steals againstthe Ramblers. 2005-06 -

Freshman Season: Saw action in one game atIndiana University, scoring two points and recording one assist inthree minutes of action against Youngstown State on Nov.25...transferred to Butler after the fall semester.

High School: Named to the 2005 Indiana All-Starteam despite missing her senior season due to a kneeinjury...chosen as a junior Indiana All-Star and a third-teamAssociated Press selection in 2004 after earning first-teamhonorable mention 4A All-State honors in 2003...conference playerof the year...ranked among the state's leading scorers as a junior,averaging 19.6 points, 6.6 assists, 6.0 rebounds and 4.2 steals pergame...netted a career-high 42 points, which also set a schoolrecord, in a game against Perry Central as a junior...holds schoolrecords for single-game assists (15) and single-game three-pointers(8)...two-time all-sectional team and all-conference honoree duringher freshman and sophomore campaigns...played AAU ball for MohrMagic, which won the 2004 Indiana State Championship and went tothe Sweet 16 at the U-17 AAU Nationals...team posted a 20-4 recordas a freshman, 25-1 mark as a sophomore and 17-4 record as ajunior...coached by Missy Voyles...also lettered three years involleyball and one each in softball, track and cross country...teamcaptain and earned all-state honors as a middle hitter involleyball...named rookie of the year as a right fielder insoftball...state qualifier in the 4x 100 relay in track...sectionalrunner-up in cross country.

Personal: Born April 14, 1987...daughter ofNathan and Teresa Miller...physical education major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2007-08Senior

    G/F
    5'10"
    15
  • 15

    2008-09Senior

    G/F
    5'10"
    15
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