Ronda Jo Miller Explained

Ronda Jo Miller
Nationality:American
Birth Date:21 April 1978
Birth Place:Little Falls, Minnesota, United States

Ronda Jo Miller (born 21 April 1978) is a retired American professional deaf female basketball and volleyball player.[1] [2] She is one of the few deaf women basketball players to have tried out for WNBA.[3] [4] However, she did not make the team.

Biography

Ronda Jo Miller was born profoundly deaf in Little Falls, Minnesota. As a child she played basketball with her brother, Robert using a hoop nailed to a shed next to their barn. She attended and graduated from the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf. She graduated at Gallaudet University in 2001.[5]

Career

She made her Deaflympic debut at the 1997 Summer Deaflympics as part of the US deaf basketball team that claimed the gold medal.[6] She then became the member of the US deaf volleyball team and clinched silver and bronze medals at the 2001 Summer Deaflympics and 2005 Summer Deaflympics respectively.[7] [8]

Apart from her Deaflympic career, she had a historic stint with Gallaudet University women's basketball team, scoring over 1000 points for Bison.[9]

In 1997, she was nominated for the ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award for her performance in the basketball event at the 1997 Summer Deaflympics.[10] She was inducted into the Gallaudet Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008. She retired from international basketball competitions in 2014.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ronda Jo Miller Deaflympics. www.deaflympics.com. en. 2018-01-07.
  2. Web site: ESPN.com - Page2 - Winning sounds like this. www.espn.com. 2018-01-07.
  3. Web site: GVC 06-18. winners.virtualclassroom.org. 2018-01-07.
  4. News: A STAR IN SILENCE Despite deafness, Gallaudet's Miller looks to WNBA career. NY Daily News. 2018-01-07. en.
  5. Web site: Ronda Jo Miller Bio. Gallaudet. en. 2018-01-07.
  6. Web site: Women's basketball 1997 Summer Deaflympics. www.deaflympics.com. en. 2018-01-07.
  7. Web site: Women's volleyball 2001 Summer Deaflympics. www.deaflympics.com. en. 2018-01-07.
  8. Web site: Women's volleyball 2005 Summer Deaflympics. www.deaflympics.com. en. 2018-01-07.
  9. News: Embracing the silence. 2014-04-30. NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA. 2018-01-07.
  10. Web site: 1997 ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year nominees Deaflympics. www.deaflympics.com. en. 2018-01-07.