Tangela Cheatham Deputy Athletic Director/Administration and SWA (Sport Administrator: Women's Basketball & Softball) | Central Michigan Chippewas Website
Tangela Cheatham Deputy Athletic Director/Administration and SWA (Sport Administrator: Women's Basketball & Softball) | Central Michigan Chippewas Website
Kaitlyn (Schultz) Miller, the first four-time All-Mid-American Conference volleyball honoree in Central Michigan history, will be inducted into the CMU Marcy Weston Athletics Hall of Fame as part of the 2024 class. The ceremony is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 20 at McGuirk Arena and she will also be introduced at the CMU-Ball State football game on Saturday, Sept. 21.
Miller led CMU to its only MAC Tournament title and NCAA Tournament appearance in 2011. She remains the program's all-time leader in career hitting percentage and season hitting percentage (.407 in 2011), ranking among the top 10 in six statistical categories including career kills. That year, she was named the MAC Tournament most valuable player after leading her team to victory.
Reflecting on her time at CMU, Miller recalled: "It was the bus ride home and we were talking about how we were going to go to somebody's apartment and re-watch what happened... It was just a once-in-a-lifetime thing."
Miller earned a bachelor’s degree in special education/emotional impairment with a minor in child development and plans to enroll in graduate school next year. She has been teaching preschool at Dove Academy, a charter school in Detroit for children from low-income families, for ten years. Miller resides in Madison Heights with her husband Ryan and their two sons.
Interestingly, Miller exchanged wedding vows with Ryan at the Detroit Zoo on May 2, 2013—coincidentally also their son Tucker's birthday. "My husband and I, we love animals," she said. "We've been members of the Detroit Zoo for like 10 years now."
Reflecting on her college experience, Miller said: "Playing volleyball in college... gave me something outside of going to school – you're a student before you're an athlete – but it gave me something fun to look forward to... It gave me everything, honestly."
The class also includes wrestling coach Tom Borrelli, football player Eric Fisher, gymnast Sarah Dame, basketball/baseball player Chad Pleiness, and track & field/cross country runner Ryan Watson.
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