Junior Margaret Milling of the women’s basketball team is the 15th Taco Bell Athlete of the Week for the 2011-12 academic year for her performance in the team’s decisive 65-42 victory over Mary Hardin-Baylor on Saturday, Dec. 10. She is earning the honor for the second time in her career.
Milling helped Concordia improve to 5-0 for the first time as an NCAA Division III and American Southwest Conference member and end the weekend as the league’s only undefeated team by accumulating seven assists, five points on perfect shooting from the field and four steals in the 23-point Tornado victory. In addition, she only committed one turnover as the team’s starting floor general.
Milling ranks first in the ASC with a 3.6 assist/turnover ratio, which is 1.6 better than the second-ranked athlete in the conference. The junior also ranks first in the league in steals per game for the third time in as many seasons, averaging 3.6, and is second in assists (5.8 pg).
“Margaret’s ability to pass the ball, run our offense and still dominate on defense has been superb,” stated second-year head coach Rusty Rainbolt, whose squad has won all five of its games by an average margin of 20.6 points.
Milling, a kinesiology major, is the daughter of Karen and Chuck Milling. She has two brothers, Matt and Charlie, and two sisters, Kimberly and Katherine.
