Career Notes
The Braves active career scoring leader with 911 points, she will likely end her career as the Braves all-time leader in three-pointers made and free throw percentage ... A sharp-shooting forward, Mueller ranked seventh in the MVC in scoring and will be one of the Braves top scoring threats again in 2003-04 ... Needs 89 points to become the 12th player in program history to score 1,000 career points.
2004 European Exhibition
Averaged 11.2 points per game, shooting .452 from three-point range ... Mueller connected on 14-of-31 shots from three-point territory, compated to just 6-for-16 from inside the arc (.375) ... Scored 16 points, hitting 4-of-5 three-point attempts in the Braves 79-74 win against the Dutch National Team.
2003-04 Season (Junior)
An honorable mention all-Valley pick, Mueller led the team in scoring (13.7 ppg) and three-pointers made (60) ... Named an MVC Scholar-Athlete, she also earned Division I-AAA Athletic Director’s Scholar-Athlete honors ... Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District V honors ... Ranked seventh in the Valley in scoring average and her 15.3 points per game average in conference play was the fifth best average in the league ... Named the team’s Most Valuable Player and also earned the squad’s best defensive player award ... Ranked sixth in the MVC in free throw percentage and 10th in steals per game ... Named MVC Player of the Week for the week of March 8 after averaging 29.5 points and shooting 10-of-19 (.526) from three-point range and 17-of-18 (.944) at the free throw line against Illinois State and Indiana State ... Scored 20 or more points six times and closed out the year averaging 20.4 points and shooting .441 (26-for-59) over the last seven games of the season ... Torched Indiana State for 33 points, hitting 7-of-10 three-pointers in the final game of the regular-season ... Tied or set career bests in every statistical category.
2002-03 Season (Sophomore)
Led the team with 35 made three-pointers, Mueller showed her range again, shooting 31.5 percent from beyond the arc and shot a team-best 94.0 percent from the free throw line ... Set a Bradley record with 33 consecutive made free throws, which tied for second in Missouri Valley Conference history ... Ranked second on the team, averaging 9.1 points per game and started six of the 28 games she appeared in ... Nearly doubled her assist and steal totals from the previous season ... Averaged 9.1 points per game in Valley contests ... Scored a then career-high 24 points, while hitting 6-of-13 three-point attempts against Maine ... Topped the 20-point mark three times and scored in double figures 13 times on the year ... Had 20 points, four rebounds and four assists in the Braves one-point loss at Missouri ... Scored a then career-high and snagged a career-best five steals against Florida International ... Earned honorable mention MVC Scholar-Athlete honors.
2001-02 Season (Freshman)
Quickly developed into one of the top reserves in the conference, playing in all 28 games ... Scored 274 points during her frosh season, which ranks as the sixth best total by a freshman and most since Heather Best totalled 340 points in 1995-96 ... Often the first person off the bench, Mueller ranked fourth on the team in minutes played behind starters Sara Bailey, Lora Weber and Rasheeda Love ... Averaged 9.8 points and 3.0 rebounds per game, while shooting 44.4 percent from the field and 37.9 percent from 3-point territory ... Led the team with an 89.1 free throw percentage, connecting on 41-of-46 attempts ... Earned Valley All-Freshman Team honors, ranking second among all freshman in the conference in scoring ... Led the team with 33 made 3-pointers and ranked third with 11 blocked shots ... Also made 27-of-29 free throw attempts against conference opponents ... Ranked 10th in the Valley in both field goal percentage and 3-point field goal percentage ... Earned all-tournament honors at the Dead River Classic in Orono, Maine, averaging 13.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and shooting 68.8 percent (11-for16) from the field in the two victories ... Scored in double figures 14 times, including four 20-point performances ... Had a stretch of 19 consecutive made free throws ... Had a nine-game stretch midway through the season when she averaged 13.4 points per game and shot 41.0 percent from 3-point territory (16-for-39).
High School
Springfield High School’s all-time leading scorer, Mueller ended her prep career with 1,934 points ... Also owns school records for double-figure scoring games (87) and free throw percentage (.788) and ranks second in career rebounds with 818 boards ... As a junior Mueller averaged 21.0 points and 9.5 rebounds per game, while also leading the team in steals with 87 ... A three-time Central State 8 All-Conference pick and two-time Player of the Year, Mueller led the team in scoring (22.6 points), rebounds (8.9 boards) and steals (2.6 thefts) per game as a senior, while ranking second on the team at 3.1 assists per game ... An all-state selection in basketball by the Chicago Sun-Times, Champaign News-Gazette and the Illinois Basketball Coaches’ Association as a senior, Mueller was a four-time letterwinner in volleyball, basketball and soccer.
Personal
Majoring in health science with a minor in spanish ... Born Sept. 21, 1982, in Springfield, Ill. ... Parents are Daniel and Yvonne Mueller ... Has one sister, Georgia (18) and one brother, Samuel (14) ... A member of the National Honor Society at Springfield High School, Mueller was selected for Who’s Who Among American High School Students ... Father Daniel played football at Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Mo ... A three-time academic all-conference pick, Mueller was voted the homecoming queen at Springfield High School her senior year ... Has been named to the Bradley Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in all six of her semesters at Bradley.
