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Miller commits to Drake
Jun. 25, 2014 4:54 pm
TROY MILLS - Recent trips to the Drake University campus have been fruitful endeavors for Nicole Miller.
In May, she left with a state track championship.
Wednesday, she left with a scholarship offer. And she took it.
A senior-to-be at North Linn High School, Miller has orally committed to play women's basketball for the Bulldogs, beginning with the 2015-16 season.
'They offered, and it felt right,” Miller said Wednesday afternoon via cell phone on the road home from Des Moines. 'It's finally sinking in that I'll be a Division-I basketball player. It's what I've always wanted. It's a dream come true.”
A 5-foot-9 guard, Miller averaged 25.3 points, 6.1 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 4.1 steals per game last year as North Linn went 24-2 and reached the Class 2A state semifinals.
In three years, Miller has compiled 1,491 points while the Lynx have posted a 68-8 record.
She anchored three relays to championships last month, leading North Linn to the 1A girls' state track title.
Miller plans to major in biology.
Drake is undergoing a resurgence under Coach Jennie Baranczyk, whose second season netted a 17-15 record and a berth in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament finals.
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North Linn's Nicole Miller (24, left) runs up the court ahead of Western Christian's Kenzie Bousma (13) in the first half of their 2A semifinal game at the girls' state basketball tournament in March. Miller has committed to Drake. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)
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