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Jersey Number 33
Lauryn Miller
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Kirkwood HS
- Hometown:
- Kirkwood, Mo.
Bio
2020-21
Started all 23 of UCLA’s games in her true senior season … Averaged a career-high 6.7 points per game … Also dished out a career-high 2.1 assists on the year … Scored in double figures in five games this past season, including three of the first four games to start the season … Opened her year with a 12-point performance against Cal State Fullerton, adding four rebounds in the victory (Nov. 27) … Followed it up with 14 points on 6-for-8 from the field in the Bruins’ narrow loss to Arizona (Dec. 4) … Scored 16 points in the team’s dominant win over Oregon at Pauley Pavilion on Feb. 19 … Registered at least six points in each of the Bruins’ five postseason games … Finished her UCLA career with 542 points, 419 rebounds, and 123 assists … Appeared in 120 games across her four-year career … Helped the Bruins to an Elite 8 appearance in 2018 and a Sweet 16 berth in 2019 … Honors: Named to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2019-20
Started 30 of UCLA’s 31 games in her junior campaign … Averaged 6.6 points and 5.7 points Ranked third on the team with 88 offensive rebounds, 42 o-boards more than she recorded last season … Notched seven double-digit scoring performances and five double-doubles on the year … Recorded her first-career double-double with 14 points (6-8 FG) and 11 rebounds against LMU (Nov. 9) … Tied her season high with 14 points against Yale, going a perfect 7-for-7 from the floor … Grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds, including eight offensive boards, against Georgia, adding 12 points in the Bruins’ road win … Put up 10 points and 10 rebounds in UCLA’s home victory over Washington State (Jan. 26) … Recorded at least one block in each of the last four games of the year, bringing her total to 17 … HONORS: Named to Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2018-19:
Played in all 35 games, making three starts … Started in UCLA’s first three games of the season … Averaged 3.7 points, 2.7 rebounds and 0.6 blocks as a sophomore … Scored in double figures in four games … Erupted for a career-high 17 points off the bench to go along with five rebounds on 8-for-11 shooting to lead UCLA to a 61-59 triumph at No. 16 Arizona State (Jan. 25) … Tallied 12 points and five boards vs. Seton Hall (Nov. 18) … Posted 11 points in UCLA’s home opener vs. the Rice Owls (Nov. 11) … Scored 10 points and had six rebounds, four dimes, two blocks and two steals in an 83-56 win over Washington State (Feb. 1) … Nailed two 3-pointers on the year … Grabbed a career-best 10 rebounds at Illinois-Chicago (Dec. 19). HONORS: Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
2017-18:
Lauryn Miller played in 31-of-35 games, making zero starts while averaging 6.4 minutes per game … also averaged 1.7 points, 1.3 rebounds and 0.3 assists, steals and blocks per game … led the squad in field goal percentage at 54.3 percent (25-for-46) on the season, logging six perfect games without a miss from the field… scored at least one point in 16-of-31 games … scored a season-high seven points and added a season-high-tying five rebounds in just eight minutes of action in the blowout win at Fordham (Dec. 20) … also hauled in a season-high-tying five rebounds and tallied six points, one assist and one steal in nine minutes in the Bruins' home blowout win over #16 Oregon State (Jan. 5).
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Miller was a four-year letterwinner in basketball at Kirkwood High School under head coach Monica Tritz’s tutelage … in her final season (2016-17), Miller led the Pioneers to their first state title after taking second in state her junior year … she averaged 18.3 points, 10.6 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game for Kirkwood, and scored 20 of its 43 points in the Class 5 championship game against Lee’s Summit … named All-Metro in 2017 … made the most of a short-lived junior season (2015-16), returning from an injury suffered during summer basketball to help lead Kirkwood to a second-place finish in the state … averaged 11.9 points and 6.7 rebounds in 10 games for the Pioneers (26-5), who lost to Kickapoo 63-53 in the title game on March 19 at Mizzou Arena … was named first team All-District in 2014 and 2015 and was also chosen as a Missouri Coaches 5A All-State selection in 2015 … also tabbed to the Suburban XII South Division All-Conference first team in 2014 and 2015 and second team All-Metro in 2015 … also picked up two other honors, being named to the 2015 St. Louis American All-Star Team and the 2014 Suburban South Conference Newcomer of the Year … listed her career-bests as 33 points against Lee High School (Ala.), 17 rebounds versus Pattonville, 10 assists against Rosati Kain, 10 blocked shots versus Villa Duchene in 2015 and eight steals versus Seckman High School in 2014 … as a senior in 2017, she was named to the 2017 Naismith Trophy High School Girl’s Player of the Year Midseason Team and was named a fourth team All-American by MaxPreps, the Gatorade Missouri State Player of the Year, the Miss Show Me Basketball Player of the Year, the Missouri Class 5 Girl’s Basketball Player of the Year, Naismith Trophy High School Girl’s All-American Team (honorable mention), a McDonalds All-American Nominee, an American Family Insurance All-USA Girl’s Basketball Team, an American Family Insurance All-USA Missouri Girls Basketball Team Player of the Year, the St. Louis American Newspaper Girl’s Basketball Player of the Year and the Kirkwood HS Most Outstanding Female Athlete … throughout her prep career, she was a five-time Post Dispatch Athlete of the Week, a three-time All-Conference pick, a three-time All-District player, a two-time All-Metro selection and a two-time All-State honoree … as a sophomore in 2014-15, she started in all 27 games and averaged 17.3 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 2.3 steals and 4.0 blocks per game to help KHS to a 23-5 record and a fifth-place finish in the state tournament while shooting 56.5 percent from the field … as a freshman in 2013-14, she averaged 19.9 points, 10.3 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.9 steals and 2.8 blocks per game to help the Pioneers to a 22-7 record and a seventh-place finish in the 5A state tournament … was a member of the 2015 USA Basketball U16 National Team that captured the bronze medal with a 4-1 record at the 2015 FIBA Americas U16 Championship in Pueblo, Mexico … was 16th in the 2017 Prospects Nation Recruiting Rankings and the second-rated forward in the country … also rated No. 76 by Blue Star Media and No. 82 by Premier Basketball Report and 12th among front-line players by ESPN … Adidas National Champions in 2014 with her club team, MO Phenom.
PERSONAL
Full name: Lauryn Michelle Miller … her parents are Alvin and Romona Miller … has one older brother, Scott Jones and one older sister, Ariel Miller … her father, Alvin, played football as a wide receiver at Notre Dame and played basketball, baseball and football at Kirkwood High School, and the track at Kirkwood was renamed the Alvin Miller Track Field in 2012 … lists Candace Parker and Jackie Joyner Kersee as the athletes she admires … lists her greatest athletic achievement to date as, “Making the USA team and playing in Mexico has to be the greatest thrill. The outcome was not what we desired but representing the USA was life changing.” … lists reading and photography as her favorite hobbies … says she chose to attend UCLA because, “Academics are very important to me. I pride myself on being an excellent student. UCLA provided me both the academic culture, coupled with the high level of athletics that I desire.” … has yet to declare a major.
Started all 23 of UCLA’s games in her true senior season … Averaged a career-high 6.7 points per game … Also dished out a career-high 2.1 assists on the year … Scored in double figures in five games this past season, including three of the first four games to start the season … Opened her year with a 12-point performance against Cal State Fullerton, adding four rebounds in the victory (Nov. 27) … Followed it up with 14 points on 6-for-8 from the field in the Bruins’ narrow loss to Arizona (Dec. 4) … Scored 16 points in the team’s dominant win over Oregon at Pauley Pavilion on Feb. 19 … Registered at least six points in each of the Bruins’ five postseason games … Finished her UCLA career with 542 points, 419 rebounds, and 123 assists … Appeared in 120 games across her four-year career … Helped the Bruins to an Elite 8 appearance in 2018 and a Sweet 16 berth in 2019 … Honors: Named to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2019-20
Started 30 of UCLA’s 31 games in her junior campaign … Averaged 6.6 points and 5.7 points Ranked third on the team with 88 offensive rebounds, 42 o-boards more than she recorded last season … Notched seven double-digit scoring performances and five double-doubles on the year … Recorded her first-career double-double with 14 points (6-8 FG) and 11 rebounds against LMU (Nov. 9) … Tied her season high with 14 points against Yale, going a perfect 7-for-7 from the floor … Grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds, including eight offensive boards, against Georgia, adding 12 points in the Bruins’ road win … Put up 10 points and 10 rebounds in UCLA’s home victory over Washington State (Jan. 26) … Recorded at least one block in each of the last four games of the year, bringing her total to 17 … HONORS: Named to Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2018-19:
Played in all 35 games, making three starts … Started in UCLA’s first three games of the season … Averaged 3.7 points, 2.7 rebounds and 0.6 blocks as a sophomore … Scored in double figures in four games … Erupted for a career-high 17 points off the bench to go along with five rebounds on 8-for-11 shooting to lead UCLA to a 61-59 triumph at No. 16 Arizona State (Jan. 25) … Tallied 12 points and five boards vs. Seton Hall (Nov. 18) … Posted 11 points in UCLA’s home opener vs. the Rice Owls (Nov. 11) … Scored 10 points and had six rebounds, four dimes, two blocks and two steals in an 83-56 win over Washington State (Feb. 1) … Nailed two 3-pointers on the year … Grabbed a career-best 10 rebounds at Illinois-Chicago (Dec. 19). HONORS: Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
2017-18:
Lauryn Miller played in 31-of-35 games, making zero starts while averaging 6.4 minutes per game … also averaged 1.7 points, 1.3 rebounds and 0.3 assists, steals and blocks per game … led the squad in field goal percentage at 54.3 percent (25-for-46) on the season, logging six perfect games without a miss from the field… scored at least one point in 16-of-31 games … scored a season-high seven points and added a season-high-tying five rebounds in just eight minutes of action in the blowout win at Fordham (Dec. 20) … also hauled in a season-high-tying five rebounds and tallied six points, one assist and one steal in nine minutes in the Bruins' home blowout win over #16 Oregon State (Jan. 5).
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Miller was a four-year letterwinner in basketball at Kirkwood High School under head coach Monica Tritz’s tutelage … in her final season (2016-17), Miller led the Pioneers to their first state title after taking second in state her junior year … she averaged 18.3 points, 10.6 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game for Kirkwood, and scored 20 of its 43 points in the Class 5 championship game against Lee’s Summit … named All-Metro in 2017 … made the most of a short-lived junior season (2015-16), returning from an injury suffered during summer basketball to help lead Kirkwood to a second-place finish in the state … averaged 11.9 points and 6.7 rebounds in 10 games for the Pioneers (26-5), who lost to Kickapoo 63-53 in the title game on March 19 at Mizzou Arena … was named first team All-District in 2014 and 2015 and was also chosen as a Missouri Coaches 5A All-State selection in 2015 … also tabbed to the Suburban XII South Division All-Conference first team in 2014 and 2015 and second team All-Metro in 2015 … also picked up two other honors, being named to the 2015 St. Louis American All-Star Team and the 2014 Suburban South Conference Newcomer of the Year … listed her career-bests as 33 points against Lee High School (Ala.), 17 rebounds versus Pattonville, 10 assists against Rosati Kain, 10 blocked shots versus Villa Duchene in 2015 and eight steals versus Seckman High School in 2014 … as a senior in 2017, she was named to the 2017 Naismith Trophy High School Girl’s Player of the Year Midseason Team and was named a fourth team All-American by MaxPreps, the Gatorade Missouri State Player of the Year, the Miss Show Me Basketball Player of the Year, the Missouri Class 5 Girl’s Basketball Player of the Year, Naismith Trophy High School Girl’s All-American Team (honorable mention), a McDonalds All-American Nominee, an American Family Insurance All-USA Girl’s Basketball Team, an American Family Insurance All-USA Missouri Girls Basketball Team Player of the Year, the St. Louis American Newspaper Girl’s Basketball Player of the Year and the Kirkwood HS Most Outstanding Female Athlete … throughout her prep career, she was a five-time Post Dispatch Athlete of the Week, a three-time All-Conference pick, a three-time All-District player, a two-time All-Metro selection and a two-time All-State honoree … as a sophomore in 2014-15, she started in all 27 games and averaged 17.3 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 2.3 steals and 4.0 blocks per game to help KHS to a 23-5 record and a fifth-place finish in the state tournament while shooting 56.5 percent from the field … as a freshman in 2013-14, she averaged 19.9 points, 10.3 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.9 steals and 2.8 blocks per game to help the Pioneers to a 22-7 record and a seventh-place finish in the 5A state tournament … was a member of the 2015 USA Basketball U16 National Team that captured the bronze medal with a 4-1 record at the 2015 FIBA Americas U16 Championship in Pueblo, Mexico … was 16th in the 2017 Prospects Nation Recruiting Rankings and the second-rated forward in the country … also rated No. 76 by Blue Star Media and No. 82 by Premier Basketball Report and 12th among front-line players by ESPN … Adidas National Champions in 2014 with her club team, MO Phenom.
PERSONAL
Full name: Lauryn Michelle Miller … her parents are Alvin and Romona Miller … has one older brother, Scott Jones and one older sister, Ariel Miller … her father, Alvin, played football as a wide receiver at Notre Dame and played basketball, baseball and football at Kirkwood High School, and the track at Kirkwood was renamed the Alvin Miller Track Field in 2012 … lists Candace Parker and Jackie Joyner Kersee as the athletes she admires … lists her greatest athletic achievement to date as, “Making the USA team and playing in Mexico has to be the greatest thrill. The outcome was not what we desired but representing the USA was life changing.” … lists reading and photography as her favorite hobbies … says she chose to attend UCLA because, “Academics are very important to me. I pride myself on being an excellent student. UCLA provided me both the academic culture, coupled with the high level of athletics that I desire.” … has yet to declare a major.
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