Outlook

Dejah Miller is a beast and is very familiar with being the go-to player at crunch time ... Smart, athletics and is a very strong and versatile player ... Brings power, a solid block, competitiveness and a high volleyball IQ ... An all-around skilled player who will be exciting to see on the court this season.

Freshman Year 2021-22

Earned first-team All-Kansas Jayhawk D-II Conference and All-Region VI/Plains District B honors … Played in 33 matches and 102 sets … Led the team  and ranked seventh in the conference with 318 kills … Also led the team and ranked ninth in the conference with a 3.12 kills-per-set average ... Also hit .272 on the season, which ranked sixth in the conference, and had 61 blocks ... Produced 13 matches with 10+ kills ... Posted the first double-digit kill match in a loss to No. 1 Iowa Central (9-10-21) ... Five days later recorded 15 kills against No. 13 Highland (9-15-21) ... Had 16 kills and six digs against No. 2 Iowa Western (9-25-21) ... Had a second 16-kill match in a win over Lincoln Land (10-9-21) ... Credited with 17 kills and six digs in a win at Metropolitan (10-19-21) ... Led JCCC with a season-high 18 kills in a win at NEO A&M in the first round of the District B Playoffs (11-3-21) ... Had a season-high six blocks, along with six kills, against Cowley (8-25-21) ... Posted a season-high seven digs and along with nine kills in a win over NEO A&M (9-24-21) … Open the national tournament with 16 kills and a hitting percentage of .560 in a 3-0 win over No. 19 Cape Fear (11-18-21) … Followed with 17 kills and kill percentage of .414 in a 3-2 win over No. 5 Sauk Valley in the quarterfinal round (11-18-21).

High School

Was a two-year starter for coach Jesica Farmer-Walter at Hayden Catholic High School, Topeka, Kan. … Graduated 2021 … Helped Hayden to a 30-14 record and a Kansas 4A State Championship her junior year … Earned first-team All-Centennial League and first-team 4A All-State … Also was named to the 4A State Tournament Team … As a senior, missed most of the season recovering from an injury … Started her freshman and sophomore years for coach Emma Brann at Topeka High School … Was a first-team All-Centennial League and All-City selection, and named honorable mention All-State as a sophomore … Garnered second-team All-City her freshman year … Played club volleyball for the Topeka Saints from 2016-21 for coach Dara Fairfield … Helped the team to a eighth-place finish at Nationals in 2018 and was named as an All-American … Also played club ball for Velocity and Starlings … Earned a varsity letter in track her freshman year … Earned All-City and was a state qualifier in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes … Also earned a varsity letter in softball her senior year at Hayden … Honor roll student. 

Personal

Born Dejah Marie Miller on January 30, 2003, in Topeka, Kan. … Nickname is Dej … Daughter of Greg Miller and Buffie Munoz … Has three siblings, Shiloh, Kendall and Mekhi … Her father played basketball at Independence Community College, and her mother played softball at Coffeyville Community College and William Penn University … Majoring in sports medicine … Also recruited by Stetson University, West Texas University, Graceland University, William Jewell College and Butler Community College … Favorite food is seafood … Favorite fast food restaurant is Raising Canes … Favorite TV shows are Naruto, Big Mouth and Wild ‘n Out … Favorite movies are Frozen and anything scary … Favorite sports movie is The Sandlot … Favorite actor is Kevin Hart … Favorite music entertainer is Daniel Caesar … Favorite book is The Outside Boys … Favorite cartoon characters are Olaf, Bugs Bunny and Sponge Bob Square Pants … Favorite athlete is Travis Kelce … Favorite sports team is the Kansas City Chiefs … Best player she has played against is Seaman High School standout Camryn Turner … Her greatest sports moment was earning All-American at AAU Nationals … Notable alumni from her school are Maryland head men’s basketball coach Mark Turgeon and Margaret Thompson Murdock, the first woman to win a medal in shooting at the Summer Olympics.