Another Hamilton County girls basketball star has committed to the University of Michigan.
Noblesville senior-to-be Emily Kiser made the announcement on her Twitter account that she will be heading to Ann Arbor to join the Wolverines team. Kiser has been a starter for the Millers ever since her first game as a freshman back in 2014.
Kiser posted her tweet Wednesday afternoon, saying that she was “excited and thankful” to be committing to Michigan. Kiser is the second county girls player to announce her intentions to play for the Wolverines: Carmel senior-to-be Amy Dilk committed to the school a couple weeks ago.
Kiser averaged 19.4 points and 11.6 rebounds per game for Noblesville last season, when she took on an expanded leadership role after the graduation of two Miller greats, Katelyn O’Reilly and Alexis Shannon. But Kiser had been a good player from the moment she started her NHS career. As a freshman, she scored 5.8 points per game and was already dominating the boards with a 5.2 rebound average. Kiser’s numbers continued to improve her sophomore year, as she averaged 9.2 points and 8.0 rebounds.
Michigan has continued to improve itself over the years. The Wolverines have won at least 20 games every year beginning with the 2012-13 season, and have played in either the WNIT or the NCAA tournament in nine of the last 10 post-seasons.
Michigan finished last year with a 28-9 mark and won a dramatic WNIT final, beating Georgia Tech 89-79 in three overtimes. The Wolverines will be relatively young again this year, despite graduating Siera Thompson, who became only the second player in Michigan history to reach 1000 points, 500 assists and 400 rebounds.
Noblesville senior-to-be Emily Kiser announced that she has committed to the University of Michigan to play basketball for the Wolverines. Kiser has been a star for the Millers since her freshman year. (Kent Graham/File photo)