2015 Beach Volleyball Roster
Roster
Natalie Miller
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Linden HS
- Hometown:
- Linden, Calif.
Miller was a two-sport student-athlete at Linden High School in Linden, Calif. ... a four-time letterwinner in volleyball, she was named First Team All-Mother Lode League three times and was also tabbed the Most Outstanding Player of the Mother Lode League as a junior (2010) and a senior (2011) ... the Lions won the Mother Lode League title, going 15-0 in her freshman year (2008) ... served as a team captain her last three years and earned Mother Lode All-Academic honors all four years ... was a setter for head coach Jessica Podesta ... career stats included 401 kills, 608 digs, 966 assists and 143 aces in 269 sets ... coached by Jason Hitt in basketball as she lettered twice as a forward ... played club with Delta Valley Volleyball Club and Rage Volleyball Club ... her sophomore year, her 17U team placed fifth at the Junior Olympics.
PERSONAL
Born Natalie Marie Miller in Stockton, Calif., on April 27, 1994 ... parents are David and Luanne Miller ... has a younger sister, Taylor ... her father played baseball at San Jose State and her mother was a manager and student athletic trainer for three years for the UCLA women's volleyball program for head coach Andy Banachowski ... chose to attend UCLA for its longstanding reputation and excellence in athletics and for its broad range of majors and academic opportunities ... lists having the opportunity to play on the sand team at UCLA as the biggest athletic thrill of her career ... hobbies include hiking, cooking/baking, singing and working with her dad on the family's ranch ... athlete she admires is Holly McPeak ... majoring in linguistics and psychology.
