Morgan Beck

Morgan Miller (born March 30, 1987) is an American professional beach volleyball player and model.

Morgan Beck Miller
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
BornMorgan Elizabeth Beck
(1987-03-30) March 30, 1987
Newport Beach, California, U.S.
Height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)

She was born in Newport Beach, California, and attended San Clemente High School in San Clemente, California. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, where she was a member of the volleyball team playing the positions of outside hitter and middle hitter.[1] She was a member of the United States women's national volleyball team.[2]

Biography

As a professional, Beck plays for AVP Pro, USA Volleyball and AVP Young Guns.[3]

She is also a model and was named by Complex Magazine "One of the 25 Hottest Athletes on the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team".[4] In 2010, she was featured in a Nike ad campaign.[5]

She married Olympic skiing champion Bode Miller on October 7, 2012.[3][6] They have a son, Nash Skan Miller, born in 2015.[7] Their daughter, Emeline "Emmy" Grier Miller (November 5, 2016 – June 10, 2018)[8] died at the age of 19 months after drowning in the swimming pool of a neighbor's home in Orange County, California. [9] Following her daughter’s death, she voiced support of parental blogger Nichole Hughes, who lost her 3 year old son to drowning around the same time as Miller, in raising awareness of childhood drowning, the number one cause of death for 1-4 year old children. Their second son, Easton Vaughn Rek Miller, was born on October 5, 2018.[10][11] On November 8, 2019 they welcomed twin boys Asher and Axel Miller. [12]


References
  1. Morgan Beck Cal Bears Bio
  2. "Morgan Beck". Team USA. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  3. Morgan Beck Miller. bvbinfo.com
  4. Hoare, Peter (July 26, 2012) Morgan Beck — The 25 Hottest Athletes on the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team. Complex. Retrieved on April 27, 2014.
  5. Kunnath, Avinash (October 8, 2010) Former Golden Bear Volleyball Hitter Morgan Beck Featured In Nike "Boom" Ads – SB Nation Bay Area. Bayarea.sbnation.com. October 8, 2010.
  6. Graham, Pat (November 15, 2012). "Bode Miller won't hurry back from knee injury". Aspen Times. Gunilla Asher. Retrieved November 18, 2012. they were wed on Oct. 7
  7. "Bode Miller Welcomes Son Edward Nash Skan". People Magazine. May 18, 2015.
  8. Jen Juneau (November 7, 2016). "It's a Girl! Bode Miller Welcomes Fourth Child". People Magazine. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
  9. "19-month-old daughter of Olympic skier Bode Miller drowns in pool". ESPN. June 11, 2018. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  10. https://people.com/parents/bode-morgan-miller-welcome-son/
  11. https://www.instagram.com/p/BtZZkvkjNh5/
  12. Johnson, Lauren (November 12, 2019). "Bode and Morgan Miller welcome twins a little over a year after losing their daughter". CNN. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
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