Name: Kari Miller
Position: Libero
Sport: Sitting Volleyball
Discipline(s):
Sitting Volleyball
Height: 5-6
DOB: 4/16/1977
Birthplace: Newark, N.J.
Hometown: Washington D.C., Washington, D.C.
High School: Cardoza Senior High School
College: University of Central Oklahoma, 2011
Paralympic Experience
- 2016: Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (Gold)
- 2012: London Paralympic Games (Silver)
- 2008: Beijing Paralympic Games (Silver)
World Championship Experience
- 2010: WOVD Sitting Volleyball World Championships (Silver)
- 2006: Sitting Volleyball World Championships
Other Career Highlights
- 2016: World ParaVolley Intercontinental Cup (Gold); Exhibition tournament vs. Russia; Dutch Tournament (First)
- 2015: Parapan American Games (Gold)
- 2012: Volleyball Masters (Gold)
- 2011: Parapan American Zonal Championships (Gold)
- 2010: WOVD World Cup (Gold); Parapan American Championship (Gold)
- 2009: Parapan American Zonal Chapionship (Gold); Eurocup (Gold)
- 2008: WOVD Intercontinental Cup (Bronze)
- 2007: Sitting Volleyball Invitational (Silver)
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- MOST NOTABLE
- Member of the U.S. Women's Sitting Team named Team USA's 2016 "Best Paralympic Team"
- Started all 17 matches of both the London and Beijing Paralympics
- Named Best Receiver and Best Libero of the London Paralympics
- Named Best Libero of the 2011 ECVD Continental Cup
- Along with her teammates named, “Paralympians of the Year” for 2008
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- DID YOU KNOW
- Kari is a U.S. Army veteran and earned the rank of Sergeant
- She became an amputee in 1999 when a drunk driver collided with the car she was traveling in
- In 2013, Kari was nominated for the USAA Athletic Inspiration Award
- She has since served as a community programs coordinator for the Air Force’s Wound Ill and Injured program
- She was named a “Hero of Fortune” by Fortune Magazine, recognizing individuals who work for Fortune 500 companies
- Competed in wheelchair basketball before discovering sitting volleyball
- She competed in basketball and track in high school
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