Meet the Athlete: Shayla Miller

Freshman Shayla Miller reflects on basketball career

Hannah Leff

Freshman Shayla Miller dribbles the ball in her Feb. 22 game against Blake. According to the StarTribune Girls’ Basketball Hub, Miller averages 10.3 points per game with a total of 258 points in the 2016-2017 regular season.

Who:
Shayla Miller

Grade:
Freshman

Sport:
Basketball

How long have you been playing basketball?

Since first grade.

What position do you play?

I play guard.

Do you play on an off season team?

I play for the Minnesota Suns during the spring and summer.

What were some of your goals this season?

Well as a team I think we wanted to win more games than we did last year, which we did, and personally I wanted to be more of a leader because we have a few more younger people now.

What do you contribute to the team?

I think I’m a leader like vocally and just like how I play and I think I’m good at offense.

Why do you like basketball?

I like the challenge and I like working with other people and I like the people on our team especially like they’ll have the same kind of goals that I do so it’s fun to like get to know the same interests.

What are your goals for the rest of your high school basketball career?

I want to continue to keep winning more games, I think we have a lot of talent so putting that all together.

What is your favorite memory from this season?

We beat Benilde twice so that was fun.

What did the team do well this season?

We, as the season went on, worked well together and I think we did offense better than in the past because we scored more.