Yellowjackets’ Milne Earns MSU Billings Outstanding Senior Award
Courtesy MSU Billings University Relations

BILLINGS, MT – Montana State-Billings senior women’s basketball player Robyn Milne was announced as one of the University’s two Outstanding Seniors for 2005 on Friday.  Milne and Tim Loveless were named Outstanding Seniors while Margaret Sheneman received the Golden Merit Award.  All three will be honored at next week’s commencement ceremony.

While many of her records have been set the basketball court, Milne has quietly made a huge impression as a student at MSU Billings as well.

The 6-foot, 3-inch center from Richey was named Most Valuable Player this year for the Lady Yellowjackets. She was second on the team in scoring and led the team in rebounding, assists and blocked shots. Her 104 blocked shots set a new single season school record.  Milne received a number of awards in her senior season, including her second team MVP honor.  For the second straight year, she was named to the All-West Region second team. 

Around games, road trips and practices, she has accumulated an equally impressive record in the classroom. She will be graduating with a degree in education and a 3.91 GPA.

She is involved in Sigma Tau Delta and the English Honor Society, and has worked as a teaching assistant for English 150 classes. Off-campus, she has worked as a coach at the Billings Bees Basketball Camp and has read to children in various schools as part of the outreach done by the women's basketball program.

Her coach, Kevin Woodin, said "she represents everything you want in a student athlete. She is an excellent leader who sincerely cares about others."

Milne said being a student-athlete helped her with organization and focus.

"First and foremost you are a student," she said in looking back on her career. "You have to be."

Pressure on the academic front can be as big as on the athletic court, she said, but "that's part of the wonderful thing of being a student athlete."

After completing her education field experience at Castle Rock Middle School, she will be looking for a teaching job. Until then she will remember what being a student and an athlete has meant: "The thing I am most proud of is becoming a better person because of my teammates."