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On Her Way

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Amanda Moss displays
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Steve Stein | Contributing Writer

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rom China to Bloomfield Hills
Adrian on Feb. 6 and took down a sea-
to Kalamazoo.
son-high five rebounds against Calvin on
Amanda Moss has taken that
Jan. 23, but statistics don’t tell the story of
path in her life. Along the way, she’s gone her contributions to the team.
from being a standout girls basketball
“Amanda’s role grew as the season pro-
player at Bloomfield Hills High School
gressed,” Miller said. “She gave us a huge
to a freshman two-sport athlete at
spark off the bench with her intensity
Kalamazoo College.
and energy. She worked very hard
Moss, 18, is playing women’s
in practice every day to become a
basketball during the winter
better player and she pushed her
and women’s lacrosse during
teammates to improve as well.”
the spring at Kalamazoo and
Miller said she wanted Moss
doing well in the classroom.
to have an impact on a game as
The future economics major
soon as she got in, and that’s what
made the dean’s list in her first
she did.
trimester at Kalamazoo thanks Amanda Moss
“On defense, she turned steals
to a 3.56 grade-point average.
into scores. Offensively, her quick-
She was adopted from China by David ness helped give us some easy buckets in
and Janice Moss when she was 9 months transition,” she said.
old, “so I haven’t had to make adjust-
Having one of her athletes play lacrosse
ments to living in the U.S. because I’ve
in addition to basketball is no problem
lived here most of my life,” she said.
for Miller. “Coaches at Kalamazoo are
Basketball became a part of her life
very supportive of multisport athletes,”
when she was 4 or 5 and played on a
she said.
Little Tikes hoop.
Moss said athletically, she feels better
“I would even dunk because I could
than ever.
reach the rim. Not so much now,” said
“I feel lighter on my feet than I’ve ever
the 5-foot-4 guard.
felt,” she said. “At the beginning of the
After playing basketball on her
basketball season, I knew I was going to
middle school team, Moss moved on to
have to work hard to get playing time. As
Bloomfield Hills High and was on the
the season went on, Coach Miller gave
varsity team for three seasons. She scored me more and more opportunities to play,
302 points and averaged 15.1 points per
and I’d say I took advantage of them.”
game as a senior, attracting the attention
It was during a fall 2015 visit that Moss
of college coaches like Kalamazoo’s Katie
fell in love with Kalamazoo. She said she
Miller.
liked the small-school atmosphere, and
“There were a number of things that
the feelings of safety and being part of a
convinced me Amanda would be a great
community. She also enjoyed how a class
addition to our program,” Miller said.
was run when she shadowed a student.
“Her speed and quickness stood out
Basketball also was a selling point.
immediately, and she had the ability to
“After my high school basketball career
get great looks at the basket even against
was over, I knew I didn’t want to stop
taller players.”
playing. I would miss it way too much,”
A strong work ethic and fierce com-
she said. “So I had the perfect package
petitiveness also were obvious.
right in front of me. A great academic
“You could tell Amanda really hated to school that also met my athletic needs.”
lose,” Miller said.
She credited time spent with
Moss played in 23 games this sea-
Bloomfield Hills girls basketball coach
son for the Hornets, who finished
Jeff Rubin in the gym during the high
8-17 overall and 5-11 in the Michigan
school off-season with molding her into
Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
the basketball player she is today.
She averaged 1.6 points per game,
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