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Seated from left to right, Jerry Miller, Jaymee Miller, and Gayle Miller. Standing from left to right Larry Grigg, SHS softball coach and Rick Carbone, CSC softball coach all watch while Jaymee Miller signs a letter of intent to play softball at Connors State College.

TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA - Jaymee Miller, Sequoyah High School (SHS) senior, recently signed a letter of intent to play softball at Connors State College next fall.

"Jaymee is just an all-around good athlete and excels in everything that she does", said Larry Grigg, SHS softball coach. "She needs more of a challenge. I think she’ll do great there."

Miller has earned several honors while playing softball at SHS. She has been named All-Region Underclassman, All-Conference player, Female Player of the Year, Most Valuable Player, Golden Glove award winner, and the N.E.O. Lakes Conference Player of the Year.

"She’s excited to play with a team of girls who also play softball all of the time", said Gayle Miller, Jaymee’s mother. "She has played every year since she was little. She’s played in summer leagues, tournaments, and been on a traveling team out of Kansas."

Connors State College (CSC) softball team will begin practicing August 17. At that time, Miller will get to meet all of her teammates. They will practice daily until they return from the winter break, when they will start practicing twice a day to gear up for the spring softball season. The CSC softball team was ranked 15th in the Nation this past year and Head Coach Rick Carbone expects to do better next year.

"We have a strong freshman class coming in", Carbone said. "She (Jaymee) is going to bring some speed to the team. She’s got a strong arm."

Miller is planning to major in physical therapy or athletic training while at CSC before graduating and attending a four-year university.`

Sequoyah High School "Home of the Indians!" Sequoyah High School is an Indian boarding school which originated in 1871 when the Cherokee National Council passed an act setting up an orphan asylum to take care of the many orphans that came out of the Civil War. Sequoyah High School's approximate 300 enrollment represents 42 tribes and 14 different states. Students are eligible to attend if they are members of federally recognized Indian tribes or one-fourth blood descendants of such members.