Miller Named to Big 12 "Good Works" Team

Dallas ? Nebraska junior Betsy Miller, a member of the Husker cross country and track and field teams, was one of 12 athletes named to the inaugural Big 12 Fall Sports “Good Works” Team, the conference office announced Wednesday. The squad recognizes student-athletes for their dedication to both community service and academics.

 

Miller is in the midst of a stellar junior season on the cross country course. She is a co-captain for the Husker squad that recently finished third at the Big 12 Conference Championships, the program’s highest placing since 1997. Miller has finished among NU’s top-five runners in five of six meets this season.

 

A native of Lodgepole, Neb., Miller is majoring in biological sciences and owns a 3.975 cumulative grade-point average at Nebraska. She is the representative for the women’s cross country team on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and received the HERO Leadership Award last spring. Miller’s community involvement includes having volunteered for the Spring Break 2006 Tour of Excellence, where Husker student-athletes visit various community schools around the state. She currently is serving as chairperson for the second annual Student-Athlete Week in the spring of 2007.

 

Beginning this academic year, each member institution selected a student-athlete for recognition based upon significant community service, good academic standing and participation in a Big 12 sponsored sport. The Big 12 will announce 12-person "Good Works" Teams for fall (football, cross country, volleyball, soccer); winter (men's basketball, women's basketball, swimming and diving, gymnastics, wrestling); and spring sports (golf, tennis, track & field, softball, baseball).

2006 Big 12 Fall Sports “Good Works” Team
Name                          Class                School                          Sport
Maurice Linguist           Sr.                    Baylor                           Football
Therese Vinal               Jr.                     Colorado                       Volleyball
Jenny Mockler              Sr.                    IowaState                     Cross Country
James McClinton          Jr.                     Kansas                         Football
Morgan Bonds              Jr.                     KansasState                Cross Country
Jessica Vander Kooi     Sr.                    Missouri                        Volleyball
Betsy Miller                  Jr.                     Nebraska                      Cross Country
Carl Pendleton             Sr.                    Oklahoma                     Football
Darnell Smith               Sr.                    OklahomaState             Football
Leticia Armstrong         Jr.                     Texas                           Volleyball
Chad Schroeder            Sr.                    Texas A&M                   Football
Antonio Huffman           Sr.                    Texas Tech                   Football