Friday, June 27, 2014

Grambling State Miller Signs Contract to Play Overseas

GRAMBLING, Louisiana  -- Former Grambling State University guard Joanna Miller has signed to play with the Danish team Lemvig.  The team is a member of Euroleague, which features players from all over the world including the WNBA.

Through 30 games, Miller led GSU in scoring averaging 19 ppg, she made a team high 72 three pointers, while also leading the team in steals with a total of 78 on the year.  The Los Angeles, Calif. native scored 20 or more points on 10 different occasions and three times this season she poured in 30 or more points in a contest.

Miller began her career at North Carolina Central (Durham, N.C.), earning NCAA Div. I All-Independent honors in 2009-10 before transferring to Grambling.  During the 2012-13 season, she notched spots on both the All-Southwestern Athletic Conference First Team and All-SWAC Tournament Team, as well as being named the conference’s Newcomer of the Year.  Miller also led the conference in scoring that season.    She closed out career earning All-SWAC Second Team honors.
The GSU graduate is set to join a Lemvig team that finished third in the league last season.  



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