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| Born | (1978-09-06)September 6, 1978 (age 47) Rochester, Minnesota, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 140 lb (64 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Mayo (Rochester, Minnesota) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Georgia (1997–2001) | ||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2001: 1st round, 2nd overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Charlotte Sting | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2001–2012 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Charlotte Sting | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Indiana Fever | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Phoenix Mercury | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Minnesota Lynx | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Atlanta Dream | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Washington Mystics | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | New York Liberty | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights | |||||||||||||||
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| Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||||
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Kelly Miller (born September 6, 1978) is an American former professionalbasketball player. She is theidentical twin sister of fellow basketball playerCoco Miller.
Born inRochester, 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 theMinnesota state's class 4A championship. Miller was named aWBCA All-American.[1] She participated in theWBCA High School All-America Game where she scored thirteen points.[2]
The twins went toUniversity of Georgia, where they both majored in biology and won a series of awards, including theJames 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 joiningCarl Lewis,Greg Louganis,Bill Walton,Bill Bradley,Kurt Thomas,Jackie Joyner-Kersee andJanet 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 theSoutheastern Conference's (SEC) history to garner "Player of the Week" awards three weeks in a row.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98 | Georgia | 28 | 489 | 40.1% | 81.9% | 5.7 | 5.9 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 17.5 |
| 99 | Georgia | 34 | 628 | 45.9% | 83.4% | 6.0 | 4.4 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 18.5 |
| 00 | Georgia | 36 | 544 | 44.5% | 81.7% | 4.7 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 15.1 |
| 01 | Georgia | 33 | 516 | 51.1% | 82.5% | 5.4 | 4.9 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 15.6 |
| Career | 131 | 2177 | 45.2% | 82.5% | 5.4 | 4.9 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 16.6 |
Miller played on the team presenting the US at the 1999 World University Games held inPalma de Mallorca, Spain. The team had a 4–2 record and earned the silver medal. Miller averaged 10.2 points per game.[4]
In 2001 both Kelly and Coco both entered theWNBA draft. Kelly was selected by theCharlotte 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.[5]
Kelly spent three seasons with the Sting as a utility player before she was traded to theIndiana 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 thePhoenix Mercury, in exchange forAnna DeForge.[6]
On January 30, 2009, Miller was traded along with LaToya Pringle to the Minnesota Lynx for Nicole Ohlde.[7]
| 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 |
| † | Denotes seasons in which Miller won aWNBA championship |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Charlotte | 26 | 0 | 8.7 | .386 | .368 | .800 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.1 |
| 2002 | Charlotte | 32 | 0 | 17.3 | .446 | .471 | .763 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | Charlotte | 34 | 0 | 15.4 | .407 | .423 | .775 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 5.6 |
| 2004 | Indiana | 34 | 34 | 32.2 | .387 | .411 | .877 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 10.2 |
| 2005 | Indiana | 34 | 34 | 31.1 | .439 | .325 | .848 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 10.2 |
| 2006 | Phoenix | 27 | 24 | 30.1 | .421 | .380 | .774 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 11.0 |
| 2007† | Phoenix | 34 | 34 | 30.6 | .479 | .386 | .780 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 9.4 |
| 2008 | Phoenix | 34 | 34 | 27.8 | .408 | .385 | .845 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 8.3 |
| 2009 | Minnesota | 34 | 25 | 19.9 | .362 | .333 | .909 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 4.4 |
| 2010 | Atlanta | 30 | 1 | 16.4 | .290 | .329 | .880 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 3.6 |
| 2011 | Washington | 34 | 29 | 27.7 | .382 | .441 | .789 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 7.4 |
| 2012 | New York | 11 | 0 | 7.5 | .167 | .091 | 1.000 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| Career | 12 years, 7 teams | 364 | 215 | 23.2 | .406 | .392 | .819 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 7.1 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Charlotte | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 | Charlotte | 2 | 0 | 6.5 | .500 | 1.000 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 2003 | Charlotte | 2 | 0 | 11.5 | .400 | .000 | .000 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| 2005 | Indiana | 4 | 4 | 38.8 | .308 | .529 | .700 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 10.0 |
| 2007† | Phoenix | 9 | 9 | 33.0 | .455 | .308 | .818 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 11.7 |
| 2010 | Atlanta | 4 | 0 | 6.8 | .750 | .500 | 1.000 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.5 |
| Career | 6 years, 4 teams | 23 | 13 | 22.7 | .412 | .396 | .771 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 7.3 |
After the 2002 WNBA season, both sisters played for theBirmingham Power of theNational Women's Basketball League (NWBL).
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