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U.S. Women's Sitting Team Claims Bronze Medal at… USA Volleyball October 31, 2008
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USA Volleyball Represented at White House… USA Volleyball October 06, 2008
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UCO Offers Chance to Welcome Home U.S. Sitting… USA Volleyball September 17, 2008
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U.S. Sitting Women Secure Paralympic Silver Medal USA Volleyball September 14, 2008
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U.S. Sitting Women to Play for Paralympic Gold USA Volleyball September 12, 2008
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U.S. Women's Sitting Team Advances to Semifinals USA Volleyball September 10, 2008
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China Hands U.S. Sitting Women First Paralympic… USA Volleyball September 09, 2008
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U.S. Sitting Women's Volleyball Team Opens… USA Volleyball September 08, 2008
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U.S. Sitting Women's Team Prepared for Paralympics USA Volleyball September 04, 2008
Kari Miller
- Home: Washington, DC
- Birthdate: April 16, 1977
Height: 5-4
Weight: 118 pounds
Birth Date: April 16, 1977
Hometown: Washington, DC
Current Residence: Edmond, Okla.
PERSONAL: Born Kari LaRaine Miller on April 16, 1977 in Newark, N.J. ... Kari's father is Nathaniel Peterson. Her mother is Mary C. Lanuze... Kari has one brother named Michael Miller... Kari graduated from Cardoza Senior High School in Washington, DC, in 1995... She competed in basketball and track during high school... Kari was serving in active military duty when a drunk driver collided with the car she was traveling in. The driver of her car was killed. Kari survived, but lost both her legs in the crash; one amputated above the knee, one below... Kari competed in wheelchair basketball before discovering sitting volleyball... She now trains with the U.S. Women's Sitting Team at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmund, Okla. ... Kari's hobbies include volunteering at an animal shelter, sky diving, horseback riding and jet skiing... She likes to listen to Neo Soul... Her favorite TV show is Heroes... Her role model is her mother... Kari says of herself, "I will try just about anything."
MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2008 - Paralympic Games in Beijing (silver medal)... World Organization Volleyball for Disabled (WOVD) Intercontinental Cup in Ismailia, Egypt (bronze medal)... 2007 - Sitting Volleyball Invitational in Shanghai China (silver medal)... 2006 - Sitting Volleyball World Championship in Netherlands (fifth place). Kari has also played in several exhibition matches, both international and domestic, with the U.S. team.
INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2008 - Was a key member of the U.S. squad that won the silver medal at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing... Started and played every set of every match during the tournament as the team's libero.
