Brooke Miller

Background

Brooke followed up her breakout 2008, during which she became the first women to simultaneously hold both the U.S. Road and Crit National Championships, with a stellar 2009 campaign. Despite being slowed by a respiratory infection during the early part of this season, she managed to win four of six races in nine days during the Southeast Criterium series in the Spring. She returned to form during the summer, and closed the season with authority, winning the Chris Thater Memorial in late August, then sweeping the four-race Women’s Tour of Missouri Series in early September. Brooke will again be looking to establish her dominance in the sprints in 2010.

Date of Birth/Location:

March 21, 1976; Huntington Beach, CA

Height:

5′ 9.5″

Current Residence:

Sebastopol, CA

Education:

UC Santa Cruz, PhD Evolutionary Biology, 2007 UC Santa Cruz, MA Evolutionary Biology, 2003 UC Berkeley, BA Integrative Biology, 1999

• Neufeld Scholar winner 1998 – Highest GPA of graduating female athletes
• Golden Bear Academic Achievement Awards (highest GPA on VB team), 1996, ‘97, ‘98
• PAC-10 Honorable Mention All-Academic, 1995, ‘95, ‘97
• Four-year letter winner and scholarship volleyball player at U.C. Berkeley

NAUI Open-water Advanced and Scientific SCUBA diver certification Outward Bound Wilderness Survival Training certification

Years Racing:

7

Strengths off the bike:

Disseminating information

Currently on my iPod:

Harry Potter books on tape, Poisonwood Bible book on tape, To Kill a Mockingbird book on tape, podcasts of NPR, pretty random collection of music.