Name: Nichole Millage
Position: Outside Hitter/Setter
Sport: Sitting Volleyball
Discipline(s): Sitting Volleyball
Height: 5-7
Birthplace: Champaign, Ill.
Hometown: Champaign, Ill.
High School: Centennial High School
College: University of Central Oklahoma (Business Administration and MBA)
Paralympic Experience
  • Four-time Paralympian (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020); Four-time Paralympic medalist (2 golds, 2 silvers)
  • Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, gold
  • Paralympic Games Rio 2016, gold
  • Paralympic Games London 2012, silver
  • Paralympic Games Beijing 2008, silver
World Championship Experience
  • 2018: ParaVolley World Championships (Silver)
  • 2014: ParaVolley World Championships (Silver)
  • 2010: WOVD Sitting Volleyball World Championships (Silver)
  • 2006: Sitting Volleyball World Championships
Other Career Highlights
  • 2019: World ParaVolley World Super 6 (Gold)
  • 2019: Parapan American Games (Gold)
  • 2019: USA Exhibitions vs Canada at Colorado Crossroads; USA Exhibitions vs Russia at USAV Nationals
  • 2018: USA Exhibitions vs Russia and Canada at Colorado Crossroads; USA Exhibitions vs Canada at USAV Nationals
  • 2016: World ParaVolley Intercontinental Cup (Gold); Exhibition tournament vs. Russia; Dutch Tournament (First)
  • 2015: ParanPan American Games (Gold)
  • 2013: ParaVolley Pan American Sitting Volleyball Zonal Championships (Gold); Moscow Open Cup (Gold)
  • 2012: Volleyball Masters (Gold) Shanghai Exhibition Tournament; Netherlands Exhibition Tournament
  • 2011: Parapan American Zonal Championships (Gold); ECVD Continental Cup (Gold)
  • 2010: Parapan American Championship (Gold); World Organization for Volleyball Disabled (WOVD) World Cup (Gold)
  • 2009: Parapan American Zonal Championship (Gold); Eurocup (Gold)
  • 2008: WOVD Intercontinental Cup (Bronze)
  • 2007: Sitting Volleyball Invitational (Silver)
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  • DID YOU KNOW
  • Member of the U.S. Women's Sitting Team named Team USA's 2016 "Best Paralympic Team"
  • At age 21, Nichole was involved in a boating accident; as a result, her left leg below the knee was amputated and she also sustained serious damage to her left hand
  • Nichole first learned about sitting volleyball in 2004, during an Amputee Coalition of American camp for disabled children
Personal: Parents are Philmena Schnepper and Dennis Millage. Step-Father is C. David Schnepper...Has a step-brother named Brett Schnepper (1985) and a half sister named Hanna Millage (2000)...Works as an environmental sustainability specialist for the City of Champaign...Enjoys sushi, seafood and pizza...Favorite team is the Chicago Cups and favorite athlete is Clay Stanley...Hobbies include going to the movies and beach, scrapbooking and bike riding
More

U.S. Women's Sitting Team overtakes top spot in world rankings
U.S. Women's Sitting Volleyball Team named "Best Paralympic Team"
Paralympians welcomed home – WCIA
From lowest low to highest high – The News-Gazette
Update: Millage captures gold – The News-Gazette
Champaign's Millage ready for Rio – WCIA
Champaign city employee heading to Rio 2016 Paralympic Games – Fox Illinois
Champaign Paralympian says Rio Games may be her last – The News-Gazette
Fast Five with Sitting's Nichole Millage and John Kremer
Photos: Zimbio
Nichole Millage's Advice on Moving on From Setback