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  Corrie Mills
Corrie Mills

Player Profile
Class:
RS Senior

Hometown:
Elgin, Ill.

High School:
Larkin

Position:
Middle

Birthdate:
12/07/1984

Experience:
3L

2007: Played in 28 of the 31 matches (60 games), including fours starts ... complied 61 kills with a .104 hitting percentage, 32 blocks, 11 digs, 10 assists, and two aces ... served up a career high two aces against Buffalo (10/6/07) ... terminated a season high seven kills against Cal State Fullerton (8/31/07) ... recorded a season high .455 hitting percentage (6-1-11) against Kent State in the MAC Tournament quarterfinals.

2006: Placed on the Academic All-MAC team ... ranked seventh in the Mid-American Conference with 1.10 blocks per game ... recorded 11 blocks in the MAC Tournament Semifinals sweep over Toledo, second most in MAC Tournament history, trailing only her teammate Kendra Halm who racked up 12 blocks in the same game ... excelled offensively as well with 206 kills an 36 assist on the year ... posted six double-digit kill performances ... hit .769 (10-0-13) vs. Buffalo (10/7/06) ... member of the All-Tournament team at the Country Inn & Suites Classic ... voted Best Teammate for second year in a row.

2005: Saw action in 76 games...broke personal record with 8 assisted blocks in a game against UIC...averaged 2.91 points per game and ended with 221.5 points for the season...totaled 20 points in the season opener against UIC...had a stretch of 16 matches in which she recorded at least one dig ...broke personal hitting percentage record with a .600% game against Buffalo (10/21/05) ... recorded double-digit kills in four of five matches from Sept. 10-17.


2004: Saw action in 19 games, making two starts...led the team with a .301 hitting percentage...she also tied for the team-high with 1.16 blocks per game...was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Wright State Invitational, where she pounded out a career-high 19 kills versus Wake Forest and hit .361...in the following match she recorded her first career double-double with 10 kills and 12 total blocks (two shy of BGSU record)...in her only two starts of the season she recorded 29 kills (3.63 per game), 17 blocks (2.13 per game) and hit .345...also had 10 kills and hit .500 in a four game win over Oakland...earned the Coaches Award for the second straight season.

2003: Redshirted.

High School: Earned three letters at Larkin High School ('03) ... helped the Royals of coach Mary O'Brien to a three-year record of 81-25, including an Upstate Eight Conference mark of 25-9 ... hit .355 as a senior ... twice named to the Daily Herald & Courier News First Team ... also earned three softball letters as a pitcher/first baseman ... captained both teams ... two-year National Honor Society member ... also named to the Spanish NHS ... an Illinois State Scholar ... earned the Rotary Scholarship Award, and earned academic all-conference for both volleyball and softball every year.

Personal: Corrie Jennifer Mills was born Dec. 7, 1984 ... daughter of Dave and Karen Mills ... plans to become a mathematics teacher and coach volleyball and softball ... father played basketball and baseball at Elgin CC ... cousin, Jerylin Hattendorf, played volleyball at Univ. of Florida ... majoring in mathematics with an intervention specialist minior.


MILLS' YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS:

YEAR      MP-MS/GP     K- E- TA  PCT.  AST  SA  DIGS   BS-BA
2003      Redshirted
2004      19-2/64     64-21-143  .301   4   2    4    10-27
2005      26-14/76    167-90-473 .163   9  14    58   8-65
2006      30-23/97    206-66-528 .265   36  0    28   11-96
2007      28-4/60     61-39-211  .104   10  2    11   1-31

MILLS' CAREER HIGHS:

Kills:        19, vs. Wake Forest 9/18/04
Hitting %:   .769 (10-0-13), vs. Buffalo 10/7/06
Assists:      3, twice
Aces:         2, vs. Buffalo 10/6/07
Digs:         5, several time
Blocks:       12, vs. Morehead State 9/18/04