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  • Guard - Washington Mystics
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2008 Statistics

PPG
5.0
RPG
2.40
APG
1.1
EFF
+ 3.08
Born: Sep 6, 1978
Height: 5-9 /  1,75
Weight: 140  lbs. / 63,5  kg.
College: Georgia
Years Pro: 7








Background

2007 Season: Played in 30 games posting 2 starts…averaging 15.2 minutes…averaged 4.0 points, 1.6 rebounds, .8 assists and .6 steals per game…shot a career high 100% from the free throw line…had a season high 15 points in a game against the Connecticut Sun (8/14/07)…shot 40.5% from the field and 40% from behind the arc…hit a career high 4 3-pointers in a game against the Chicago Sky (8/5/07)

2006 Season: Longest tenured Mystics player…Started four games…averaged 6.1 ppg…scored a season-high 12 points against the Indiana Fever on July 29th…Shot a career-high 49% from the field, a career-high 40% from the three point line and a career-high 89% from the free throw line…Playoffs: averaged 8.0 ppg and 3.0 rpg…

2005 Season: Started four games…averaged 4.5 ppg…shot 42% from the field and 80% from the free throw line…

2004 Season: Started eight games…was a key player during the team’s playoff run…averaged 4.8 ppg and 1.3 apg…Playoffs: averaged 5.3 ppg and 2.33 rpg

2003 Season: Started every game…increased her scoring averaged from 9.3 to 12.5 ppg, ranked 11th in field goals and 19th in points per game and minutes played

2002 Season: Started every game...recorded career-highs in virtually every category…was named the WNBA’s Most Improved Player of the Year…Playoffs: averaged 16.5 ppg and 3.0 rpg

2001 Season: Played in 20 games for 137 minutes…averaged 1.7 ppg

Off-season: Played in France with twin sister and Phoenix Mercury guard, Kelly Miller

College: Named to the All-SEC First Team (1999, 2001)...Named to the All-SEC Second Team (1998, 2000)...Member of the silver medal winning U.S. World University Games Team at the 1999 World University Games...Is among the top 10 assist leaders at Georgia, is also among the top 10 in steals...Finished her college career ranked fifth in scoring in the SEC individual statistical leaders (16.6 ppg), second in free throw percentage (.743) and eighth in steals (160)...Was among 15 finalists for the Naismith National Player of the Year.


Personal

  • Full name is Colleen Mary Miller
  • Given the nickname Coco by her aunt as a baby.
  • As a superstition, she ties her shoes two-to-three times before a game
  • Has an identical twin Kelly who plays for the Phoenix Mercury
  • Started playing basketball when she was three years old
  • Says that if she weren't playing basketball, she would be a professional soccer player

  • Career Transactions

    Selected in the first round (ninth overall) by the Washington Mystics in the 2001 WNBA Draft.

    created:7/24/2008 6:25:59 AM
    Thursday
    July 24
    Shock at Comets
    9:30 p.m. ET
    ESPN2
    Friday
    July 25
    Sparks at Liberty
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    NBA TV
    Monday
    July 28
    WNBA Olympic Break Begins
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