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Miller Awarded Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence
October 20, 2014 | Women's Basketball
VIDEO FEATURE: MICHELLE MILLER
PRINCETON, N.J. – Princeton women's basketball standout Michelle Miller was recently recognized with the University's Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence.
Awarded annually to students for exceptional achievement during their freshman and sophomore years, the prize was formerly known as the President's Award for Academic Achievement. Endowed by former University President Harold Shapiro GS '64 and his wife Vivian, the award was first given in 1998.
“Michelle is the true epitome of a student-athlete,” said women's basketball head coach Courtney Banghart. “She has reached such remarkable milestones in both the academic and athletic opportunities here at Princeton. Anyone on this team would benefit from being both Michelle's lab partner and her teammate. We celebrate this award along with her!”
Potential candidates are nominated by directors of study and faculty members within each residential college and must be endorsed by the Office of the Dean of the college. Winners are judged based on the difficulty of their courses as well as the depth to which they engage in their respective fields of study.
A pre-med student majoring in chemistry, Miller joined this year's prize winners at a celebratory dinner at the Chancellor Green Rotunda on Oct. 8, where each student received a copy of Professor Michael Gordin's book “The Pseudoscience Wars”. University President Christopher Eisgruber gave the closing remarks.
In her first two years in Orange and Black, Miller has appeared in 59 games, averaging 9.3 points and 4.1 rebounds. Moving into a starting role last season, she averaged 11.7 points and 5.1 boards per game. Shooting 45.3 percent from the field, the junior was 39.6 percent from three-point range and 82.9 percent from the free throw line.
Miller and the Tigers kick off their 2014 campaign on Friday, Nov. 14 at the University of Pittsburgh.