Miller, Alan

Alan Miller was one of South Dakota’s greatest prep and college basketball players. He graduated from Stickney High School in 1981 and Dakota Wesleyan College in 1985. He was a four-year starter at DWU and still holds the school’s all-time scoring record with 2,920 career points (No. 1 in the state at the time, now third all-time). Miller left DWU with nine school records and led the Tigers to a pair of South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference championships. He was a four-time All-SDIC selection and a three-time All-American and All-District 12 while leading the NAIA in scoring (32.5 ppg) his senior year.
On February 5, 1985, Miller scored 55 points, to give DWU a 125-124 win over Sioux Falls College. Miller also rallied DWU from a six-point deficit in the final 42 seconds of that game by scoring seven points, including making a free throw to tie the game at 111 to send it into overtime. His 55 points set a new South Dakota collegiate single game scoring record that was held by Alan’s brother, Chris, who scored 54 points in a game. Earlier in the season, Alan Miller scored 48 points in a loss against Augustana.
Miller led Stickney to a third-place finish in the State B Basketball Tournament as a junior and the state title as a senior. He was a two-time all-stater and was selected as the 1981 South Dakota Mr. Basketball with 1,062 career points. He was a fifth-round pick in the 1985 CBA Draft by the Sarasota SunCoast Stingers, He turned down the offer and returned home to South Dakota to begin his teaching/coaching career (17 years at Ethan, Chamberlain, and Mitchell). He is currently a financial advisor. He has been inducted into the SDIC, SD Basketball, and Dakota Wesleyan halls of fame.