Biography
Career Highs
Points: 17 at Wake Forest | Dec. 2, 2017
Rebounds: 9, 2x – last vs. William & Mary | March 8, 2018
Field Goals: 7 at Wake Forest | Dec. 2, 2017
Three Pointers: 5 vs. James Madison | March 9, 2018
Free Throws: 4, 2x – last vs. Towson | Feb. 3, 2017
Assists: 3, 2x – last vs. Hofstra | Feb. 25, 2018
Steals: 4 at Hofstra | Feb. 16, 2018
Blocks: 2 vs. Northeastern | Feb. 10, 2017
Turnovers: 4 at Northeastern | Jan. 27, 2017
Minutes: 29, 3x – last vs. James Madison | March 9, 2018
2017-18: Played in all 33 games on the year, starting 17 of them…Averaged 7.2 points with 3.8 rebounds per game in 19.2 minutes of action per contest…Scored in double figures 10 times, which included four outings in a row from March 1 to March 9…Shooting 38.9 percent from three-point range, her percentage finishes as the seventh-best mark in a season in program history…Made her first start in maroon and gold against Coker (11/27) and scored 16 points on 6-of-9 shooting…Upped her season high with a team-best 17 points to go with five rebounds in the loss to Wake Forest (12/2)…Finished one rebound shy of a double-double with 10 points and nine boards in the CAA-opening victory over UNCW (12/29) and nearly reached a double-double in the CAA Quarterfinals against William & Mary (3/8) with 12 points and nine rebounds…Posted a team-best 15 points on 6-of-10 from the floor in the final game in Alumni Gym against William & Mary (3/1)…Notched a team-high 15 points in the CAA Semifinals against James Madison (3/9), hitting 5-of-6 from three-point range…Hit three three-pointers in the opening four minutes of action in the road loss at Delaware (1/5)…Had 11 points and seven rebounds in Elon’s home victory over Drexel (2/9).
2016-17: Appeared in 31 games for the Phoenix, averaging 4.2 points per contest…Shot 39.1 percent from long distance, marking the sixth-best shooting percentage from range in a season in program history…After scoring more than three points in a game just three times in the first 19 contests, came alive with big games against Northeastern with a then-season-best 13 points and a career-high 14 points against Towson two games later on 4-of-8 from three-point range…Added eight points on Feb. 19 against William & Mary and picked up a season-high three steals against the Tribe in the CAA Semifinals…Grabbed seven rebounds against Bucknell and Georgia State while pulling six against Towson…Came up with two blocks against Northeastern on Feb. 10.
2015-16: Inactive for season due to NCAA residence requirements for transfers…Redshirted.
2014-15 (Charlotte): Appeared in eight games on the season for the 49ers, averaging three minutes per game…Finished 2-of-11 from the field with five points on the year…Hauled down five boards and tallied one assist and one steal.
2013-14 (Charlotte): Played in 10 games, including four against Conference USA foes and the WNIT matchup at St. Bonaventure…Made her collegiate debut with eight minutes played at Kansas State, scoring her first point on a free throw and grabbing a rebound…Tallied a career-high seven points on 2-of-3 field goals and 3-of-4 free throws to go along with a career-best five rebounds, including three offensive, against Marshall.
High School: Four-year starter at Jordan-Matthews… Averaged 18.6 points, 5.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game as a senior…Named 2013 NCPreps.com’s 2A state player of the year and to the all-state team…Earned all-state second team honors by the North Carolina Basketball Coaches Association as a senior…Voted the Mid-State Conference Player of the Year, the District 8 Player of the Year and received All-District 8 First Team plaudits as a senior…Concluded career as the school’s all-time leading scorer with 2,210 points…Selected for the 2013 West squad at the North Carolina High School Coaches Association East-West All-Star Game, leading the West squad with 16 points…Led Jordan-Matthews to a 31-0 record and 2A state championship, the first in school history, in 2012…Garnered NCPreps.com all-state team accolades and selected as a Associated Press North Carolina All-Star as a junior…Tabbed 2012 state tournament MVP (Kay Yow Player of the Game) honors after scoring 22 points, grabbing eight rebounds and blocking two shots…Received 2012 2A East Region (state semifinals) tournament MVP and all-tournament team plaudits after 28 points and 11 rebounds in the region final
Personal: Full name is Mylia Gabrielle Caressa Garner…Daughter of Henry and Brenda Garner…Born on May 4, 1994…Brother played football at East Carolina and UNC-Pembroke...Graduated with a degree in Accounting.
