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Miller Named to the CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-America Third Team
February 27, 2015 | Women's Basketball
PRINCETON, N.J. – Michelle Miller of the 14th-ranked Princeton University women's basketball team has been named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)/Capital One Academic All-America third team.
In order to be eligible, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.30, and have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing. Last month, Miller was named a first-team Academic All-District selection, automatically putting her in consideration for the All-America squads.
Just 15 women's Division I basketball players nationwide earned a spot on the All-America first, second or third team. Miller was the lone Ivy League representative on the women's Academic All-America teams, with Yale's Matt Townsend garnering praise on the men's side.
A chemistry major, Miller is also pursuing a certificate in neuroscience. Awarded Princeton's Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence, the Pasadena, Calif. native serves as a mentor for the Princeton Pre-Med Society, as well as JockDocs, a pre-med organization for student-athletes.
On the court, the junior has started all 25 of the team's games this season. The squad's second leading scorer (11.9 ppg), Miller is currently ranked second in the Ivy League in three-point percentage (45.9) and is seventh in field goal percentage (47.5).
A two-time Ivy League Player of the Week this season and the CollegeSportsMadness.com Mid-Major National Player of the Week on Nov. 16, Miller has played an integral role in the Tigers' Ivy record 25-0 start.
Ranked No. 14 in both the Associated Press Top-25 and USA Today Coaches polls, Princeton has already set a program record for consecutive victories and stands one triumph shy of tying the school's benchmark for wins in a single season. Achieving the highest-ever national ranking for an Ivy league women's team, only the 1970-71 Penn men's squad got off to a better start in conference history at 28-0.