Nichole Millage
Height: 5-7
Weight: 185 pounds
Current Residence: Edmond, Okla.
College: University of Central Oklahoma
PERSONAL: Born Nichole Ann Millage on March 27, 1977 in Champaign, Ill. ... Parents are Dennis Millage and Philomena Schnepper. Her step-father is Dave Schnepper... Nichole's step-brother is Brett Schnepper. Hannah Millage is her half sister... Nichole graduated from Centennial High School in Champaign in 1995. While in high school, she played volleyball and softball for all four years... Millage lost her left leg in a boating accident when she was 21... She discovered sitting volleyball while volunteering at a camp for disabled children... She is now attending the University of Central Oklahoma to get a degree in business and human resources management. She is on pace to graduate in 2009... Nichole works as a waitress and bartender at the Oak Tree Country Club... Nichole enjoys bike riding and spending time with her friends... She enjoys listening to 80s music... Among her favorite movies are Say Anything, Sixteen Candles, The Notebook, Goonies, Dumb and Dumber and "anything with Corey Haim and/or Corey Feldman"... Among her favorite TV shows are Scrubs, The Office and Nip/Tuck... Nichole's role model is her mom "because she's such a good person. She's always there for me, no matter what, with unconditional love."
MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 2011- Parapan American Zonal Championship in Sao Paulo, Brazil (gold). 2010- Sitting Volleyball World Championships in Oklahoma (silver)... Parapan American Championship in Colorado (gold)… World Organization for Volleyball Disabled (WOVD) World Cup in Egypt (gold)… 2009- U.S. Women’s Sitting Team won Parapan American Zonal Championship (Montreal)… Nichole also was a member of the U.S. Women’s Sitting Team that won gold at the Eurocup (Netherlands)… 2008 - Paralympic Games in Beijing (silver medal) World Organization Volleyball for Disabled (WOVD) Intercontinental Cup in Ismailia, Egypt (bronze medal)... 2007 - Sitting Volleyball Invitational in Shanghai China (silver medal)... 2006 - Sitting Volleyball World Championship in Netherlands (fifth place). Nichole has also played in several exhibition matches, both international and domestic, with the U.S. team.
INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: 2011 – Nicole helped the U.S. Women to a 7-0 record and a gold medal at the ECVD Continental Cup in Yevpatoria, Ukraine... Nichole competed with the U.S. Women's Sitting Team in China in four exhibition matches against the Shanghai club team... Nichole helped the U.S. Women to four victories over the Shanghai club team in exhibition, played in conjunction with 2011 Colorado Crossroads on March 17-20 in Denver… Nichole was third on the team with 34 points on 22 aces… Nichole recorded eight service aces, good for second on the team. 2010 - Nichole played in 25 sets for the team at the Sitting Volleyball World Championships. At the event, she posted 28 kills, 1.12 per set, and five blocks, 0.50 per set. She was also the team leader in digs with 44, 1.48 per set, and finished fifth amongst the teams best point scorers with 46, 1.84 per set. 2009- Nichole was awarded along with team as the Paralympians of the Year for 2008... 2008-Was the sixth-leading scorer on the U.S. team that captured a silver medal at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing... Nichole finished with 23 points in the tournament on 12 kills, eight blocks and three aces... Came in as a substitute in the semifinal match against the Netherlands and totaled eight kills and five blocks to lead the U.S. to the victory in five sets... Played in 12 of the 17 sets in Beijing.
Updated September 14, 2011
