McMiller played her first two seasons of her scholastic career at Trinity Collegiate School in Darrlington, South Carolina where she averaged 27.1 points per game as a sophomore. Heading into her junior year of high school, McMiller took her talents to Life Center Academy in Burlington, New Jersey where as a senior she averaged 30.1 points, 5.6 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.8 steals per game. She left high school with a breathtaking resume, where, over a three-year span of 70 games, she poured in 2,015 points, hauled down 437 rebounds while dishing out 363 assists and on the defensive end, came up with 231 steals. Staggering numbers.

One of five siblings, along with her two brothers, Michael and Jeffrey, and two sisters, Miku and Yuri, McMiller hails from a basketball family. Her mother Ravilia McMiller played at Mount Saint Mary's, her aunt Ashley Simmons (Alexander) played at Loyola Maryland and cousin Nalini Page (Hawkins) played at Army. Her father Mike has been McMiller's lead trainer her whole life and, along with her mother, served as an assistant coach during her two seasons at Life Academy.

Aside from basketball, McMiller said what she enjoys most is spending time with her family.

"My family is a very important part of my life. Just being around my family when I'm away from basketball, that's everything to me," McMiller added, "My parents have definitely had a big part in my development as a basketball player. I've been around basketball my whole life. They're definitely the reason why I'm in the position that I'm in now. It's all because of them."

So, in the end, why did Miller decide to attend Rutgers?

"One of the biggest factors for me was the connection I had with Coach Washington and the entire team," said McMiller, who despite her rising fandom and attention speaks in a calm, measured tone. "That was a big thing for me because if I didn't feel I could trust the coaches, then that wasn't a place where I wanted to be. For me it felt comfortable knowing that I would be in such good hands with Coach Washington, her staff and the Rutgers team."

"Coach is just a very honest person and that's really important to me," McMiller added. "Whatever she says to me, you can believe that it's going to be the truth. I think she's definitely a good coach and it's definitely a situation where I can see me and her and the team all doing great things together."

McMiller and her teammates recently completed a two-month on-campus summer training program which served the dual purpose of the getting the new and returning players acclimated to one another while at the same time learning the system and honing their individual skills.

"I think summer workouts have gone very well. I think we're definitely going to come through and shock a lot of people because I've seen a lot of things with this team that gives me confidence that we're going to come out and make a point and put a lot of things out in the air."