Olivia Miles
No. 5 – Notre Dame Fighting Irish
PositionPoint guard
LeagueAtlantic Coast Conference
Personal information
Born (2003-01-29) January 29, 2003
Summit, New Jersey, U.S.
Listed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Career information
High schoolBlair Academy
(Blairstown, New Jersey)
CollegeNotre Dame (2021–present)
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing the  United States
FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship
Gold medal – first place2019 ChileTeam

Olivia Miles (born January 29, 2003) is an American college basketball player for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

High school career

Born in Summit, New Jersey and later a resident of Phillipsburg, New Jersey, Miles played basketball for Blair Academy in Blairstown, New Jersey.[1] In her junior season, she averaged 13.6 points, 8.1 rebounds and 7.6 assists per game,[2] leading her team to the Prep A state title.[3] Miles competed for the Philadelphia Belles on the Amateur Athletic Union circuit, with whom she won a Nike Elite Youth Basketball League title in June 2019.[4] In addition to basketball, she played soccer in high school.[5] Miles was selected to the Jordan Brand Classic roster.[6] Rated a five-star recruit by ESPN, she committed to play college basketball for Notre Dame after also considering Stanford and North Carolina.[7]

College career

Miles opted to enroll early at Notre Dame and joined the team on January 25, 2021.[8] Over six games in her first season, she averaged 9.3 points and 3.5 assists per game.[9] On November 21, 2021, Miles posted 14 points and 14 assists, three short of the program single-game record, in a 94–35 win over Bryant.[10] On December 8, she joined Marina Mabrey as the only Notre Dame freshmen to record a triple-double, with 11 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists in a 73–56 win against Valparaiso.[11] Miles scored a season-high 30 points in a 74–61 win against Boston College on January 30, 2022.[12] In the first round of the NCAA tournament, she became the first freshman in women's or men's tournament history to register a triple-double, with 12 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in an 89–78 victory over UMass.[13] As a freshman, Miles averaged 13.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 7.4 assists per game, ranking second to Caitlin Clark in assists among NCAA Division I players.[14] She was named first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).[15]

On December 10, 2022, Miles posted 13 points, 13 rebounds and 14 assists in a 108–44 win over Merrimack, surpassing Skylar Diggins-Smith and Jackie Young for the most triple-doubles in Notre Dame history, with three.[16] On February 16, 2023, she made the game-winning shot as time expired, while recording 18 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists, in a 78–76 victory over Louisville.[17] Miles suffered a season-ending knee injury during her team's regular season finale against Louisville on February 26. As a sophomore, she averaged 14.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 6.9 assists per game. Miles was named first-team All-ACC, second-team All-American by the Associated Press (AP) and third-team All-American by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA).[18]

National team career

Miles played for the United States national under-16 team at the 2019 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship in Chile. She averaged 5.2 points, 2.2 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game, helping her team win the gold medal.[19]

Career Statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2020-21 Notre Dame 6022.751.110.046.73.73.51.20.23.09.3
2021-22 Notre Dame 333333.445.527.067.75.77.41.80.23.813.7
2022-23 Notre Dame 282831.746.022.876.77.36.92.10.23.314.3

References

  1. ↑ Olivia Miles, USA Basketball.Accessed August 16, 2022. "Attended and played her prep career at Blair Academy in New Jersey.... Born in Summit, New Jersey, and now resides in Philipsburg, New Jersey."
  2. ↑ Anderson, Anthony (April 24, 2020). "Notre Dame women's basketball gets commitment from nation's No. 2 player in 2021 class". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  3. ↑ Gould, Brandon (February 19, 2020). "Blair girls basketball ends title drought, wins Prep A championship". NJ.com. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Ivey signs top-five 2021 recruiting class". Leader Publications. November 16, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  5. ↑ Weinfuss, Josh (January 29, 2020). "Two sports, no problems for No. 2 basketball prospect Olivia Miles". ESPN. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Citron/Miles Named to 2021 Jordan Brand Classic". Notre Dame Fighting Irish. May 24, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  7. ↑ Berardino, Mike (January 30, 2021). "Olivia Miles Has Big Plans As She Begins Her Notre Dame Career". Forbes. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Olivia Miles Enrolls Early to Notre Dame". Notre Dame Fighting Irish. January 18, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  9. ↑ Anderson, Anthony (December 22, 2021). "Notre Dame Women's basketball: Shifty, nifty Miles learning to be more demanding". Notre Dame Insider. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  10. ↑ Bell, Gayle (November 10, 2021). "One game at a time: A journey through Notre Dame's 2021-22 women's basketball season". Notre Dame Insider. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  11. ↑ Oren, Paul (December 8, 2021). "Takeaways: Freshman Olivia Miles leads No. 22 Notre Dame past Valparaiso". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Freshman Olivia Miles scores 30 as Notre Dame tops Boston College 74-61". WTHR. Associated Press. January 30, 2022. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  13. ↑ Weiner, Natalie (March 25, 2022). "Olivia Miles Is Shredding Defenses as a Freshman. How Far Can She Go?". The New York Times. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  14. ↑ Laase, Eden (March 29, 2022). "JWS NCAA awards: Our picks for Player of the Year, All-Americans, more". Just Women's Sports. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  15. ↑ Shepkowski, Nick (March 2, 2022). "Notre Dame star named ACC freshman of the year". Fighting Irish Wire. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  16. ↑ Anderson, Anthony (December 10, 2022). "Olivia Miles sets Irish triple-double mark, tops Merrimack". Associated Press. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  17. ↑ Mentock, Andrew (February 16, 2023). "Miles hits buzzer-beater, No. 10 Notre Dame beats Louisville". Associated Press. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  18. ↑ Philippou, Alexa (March 16, 2023). "Notre Dame star Olivia Miles out for season with knee injury". ESPN. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  19. ↑ "Olivia Miles". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on May 17, 2022. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
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