As soon as the service members are able to move around, she teaches them adaptive versions of sports.
“That is the legacy that I would like to leave behind, because you know that they are going to be able to share it with someone else, and someone else and someone else.” In her leisure time, Miller enjoys activities that may intimidate even the most able-bodied people. Her current hobbies include horseback riding, sky diving and jet skiing. “Facing your fear, that part of it, is the part that I love.” She says it’s about “overcoming that and feeling like I won. I did it.” She ex- plains that she misses the freedom of running, so she replaces it with the freedom and speed of jet skiing.
Miller relishes her position as libero, say- ing it fits because she’s aggressive and will fight to the end in life and everything. “I think I can, and therefore I’m going to try my best, and 90 percent of the time you can. You can do that impossible thing and that’s what I love about the libero position,” says Miller, who has been voted best libero in multiple tournaments and was named USA Volleyball Female Sitting Athlete of the Year in 2010. “Playing libero gives you a chance to be a hero all the time.”
Miller can rest assured that her ticket to London has been punched, as the final roster
GOLDEN ASPIRATIONS: The U.S. Women’s Paralympic Sitting Team was set to send to London a roster that included Allison Aldrich (Schuyler, Neb.), Monique Burkland (Ardmore, Okla.), Heather Erickson (Fayetteville, N.C.), Michelle Gerlosky-Schiffler (Lake Wales, Fla.), Katie Holloway (Lake Stevens, Wash.), Kaleo Kanahele, (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Kendra Lancaster (Westfield, Ind.), Brenda Maymon-Jensen (Charlestown, Ind.), Nichole Millage (Champaign, Ill.), Kari Miller (Washington, D.C.) and Lora Webster (Phoenix, Ariz.). Alternates were Angela DeHaan (Yuba City, Calif.) and Bethany Zummo (Dublin, Calif.).
has recently been announced and her name is on the list once again.
Discussing a possible rematch of the 2008 Paralympics with current world No. 1 China, Miller said, “I’m really excited to play them because we are not the team we were before.” She explains that there is a heightened level of maturity, mental toughness and quiet calm about the team now.
As for her plans beyond 2012, Miller says she would like to be on the team as long as
she can contribute on the court. She is also interested in coaching a Paralympic sport like sitting volleyball to help train the next genera- tion of players.
“I’ve had nothing but a great experience since my injury,” she says. “I love volleyball and all that it has brought to me, and all that I’ve been able to bring to other people from it.” To support Kari and The USOC Paralym- pic Military Program, visit https://everystep.
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