Miracle Gray Season 2016-17

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PositionGUARD
Height5-6
YearFreshman
HometownStone Mountain, Ga.

2017-18 / AS A SOPHOMORE

• Played in 33 of 34 contests in her sophomore season, averaging eight minutes a game
• Logged a career-most 18 minutes in the home opener vs. Miami (Ohio), finishing with four points and three rebounds
• Scored a career-high five points vs. Saint Mary’s, hitting 3-of-4 at the free throw line
• Posted four points and four rebounds in a 18 minutes vs. Minnesota
• Dished a career-high four assists at Indiana
• 2018 Purdue women’s basketball postseason banquet Roger Blalock Memorial Outreach Award honoree

2016-17 / AS A FRESHMAN

• Appeared in 21 games in her inaugural collegiate season, averaging just 3.6 minutes per game
• Scored her first collegiate points against North Carolina Central
• Played a career-most 14 minutes vs. Nebraska, posting season-best marks of three rebounds and three assists

HIGH SCHOOL

• Four-year varsity letterwinner at Stephenson High School
• Earned First Team All-Region honors as a senior, averaging 17.4 points, 6.4 rebounds, 3.2 steals and 2.5 assists per game
• Surpassed 1,000 career points in 2015-16, and had her jersey retired at Stephenson
• Three-year team captai
• Led her squad to the Georgia AAAAA State Championship in 2015, scoring 13 points in the finals
• Averaged 13.3 points, 4.2 assists, 4.1 rebounds and 3.1 steals per game in 2014-15
• Earned honorable mention honors for the 2015 Naismith Award, awarded to the top high school players in the nation
• Named Second Team All-County in her junior season
• Averaged 10.3 points, 5.1 assists, 2.0 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game as a sophomore

PERSONAL

• Full name is Miracle Samara Gray
• Born Oct. 10, 1997, in Decatur, Georgia
• Daughter of Robert and Cherri Gray
• Has two brothers, Nick Jones and Joshua Gray, and three sisters: Nadine Morgan, Angel Gray and Zenata Gray
• Sister Nadine Morgan is the associate head coach at Purdue, and played collegiately at James Madison, while sister Angel Gray played at Florida State and currently works as a reporter for the Atlanta Dream (WNBA) and Fox Sports 1
• Intends to major in sports management
• High school coaches were Dennis C. Watkins and Reginald Harris
 

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Sophomore
2017-18

GUARD
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