CCGS is pleased to announce the 2010 winners of the Ruby Miller Scholarships for senior girls who wish to go into coaching. Four $1000 scholarships will be presented to the following athletes at the Basketball All-State Games banquet on Sat., March 27, at the DoubleTree Denver North Hotel, Westminister.

This year's winners are:

Kimberly Hazelton - Miami-Yoder
Kelsey Koester - Caliche
Marissa Smith - Holyoke
Kelcey Vogel - Manitou Springs

CCGS thanks all the girls who applied and coaches who encouraged their athletes. The committee was very impressed with all the applicants and their sincere desire to enter the coaching field.

CCGS Ruby Miller Scholarship

The CCGS Ruby Miller Scholarship was established in order to recognize one or more outstanding athletes who are graduating seniors and who plan to go into coaching. The award also honors Dr. Ruby Miller, one of the most respected coaches in the history of Colorado girls’ interscholastic sports.

Ruby Stephenson Miller (1916-2002) was an Iowa native who graduated from the University of Northern Iowa in 1938. After teaching in Iowa, Nevada, Washington, and Oregon, she settled in Colorado, at Adams City High School, in 1956. During her 20-year tenure, she taught physical education and, literally, jump-started girls’ sports--first in the Skyline League and then around the state. She was instrumental in gaining CHSAA approval for team scoring in individual sports and, finally, allowing competition in team sports.

Ruby was a founding member of CCGS, in 1970, and its first Hall of Fame inductee, at the inaugural All-State Games, in 1979. Primarily because of Ruby’s insistence on equal pay for equal work, Adams County School District #14 was the first to pay coaches of girls’ sports. This pre-dated Title IX by two years. Ruby saw girls’ sports progress from GAA playdays and sportsdays to full-fledged, interscholastic programs.

Ruby’s list of awards is lengthy. In 1973, NOW recognized her for the role she played in gaining pay for coaches of girls’ sports. She was inducted into the University of Northern Iowa Hall of Fame in 1986. CHSAA inducted her into its Hall of Fame in 1990. The University of Northern Colorado has bestowed several awards—among them “Contribution to the Profession,” 1967; Alumni Association Award, 1986; and Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, 1991.

Ruby Miller was a teacher/coach for 34 years. She is quoted as saying: “I really only had one goal—to help young women become better individuals; and I thought I could do that best through coaching.”

Ruby Miller Scholarship application
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Questions?
Mary Kvamme
mustskinow@msn.com