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Trae Young’s Girlfriend Shelby Miller: Relationship History and Other Interesting Details

Published 08/08/2021, 10:01 PM EDT

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Trae Young first became visible on the basketball circuit as an athlete for Norman North High School. He soon joined the NCAA and represented the Oklahoma Sooners for a year before ending up becoming a one-and-done prospect. 

In those early days, Trae was taking college basketball by storm and had already made a little name for himself in Oklahoma City. But exactly during that time, he was also making some romantic moves as a highly talented and handsome teenager. So who was he dating?

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Trae Young has a sweet fairytale of his own

Atlanta Hawks’ Trae Young is just 22, and he has already achieved a lot on the NBA court. But he hasn’t done an awful job at the court of love either. The youngster’s officially dating a woman named Shelby Miller. 

Now, the couple has kept their love story a little secretive, so it is unknown when they first met each other. However, it’s clear from Shelby’s Instagram post that they’re together ever since 2017. Reportedly, the couple proved the seriousness of their relation when Shelby moved from Norman to Atlanta just to stay close to the Hawks’ franchise face. Plus, they’re so sure that they once answered a social media Q&A by revealing they want three kids in the future.

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Trae’s Instagram has just one picture where Shelby was sitting on the courtside with him to cheer for Trae’s young brother. On the opposite, Shelby’s handle is filled top-to-bottom with them enjoying a hot tub in West Hollywood, the yacht in Miami, and the beaches in the Bahamas.

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Who is Shelby Miller, and what makes her a match for the Atlanta Hawks star?

Shelby Miller’s 25 and completed college in 2018, the same year when the NBA drafted Trae Young. She was an Oklahoma University Pom Team Member and carried a crazy passion for cheerleading. During her college days, Shelby’s OU team was a frequent squad to cheer at Owen Field for their college’s football team.

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Shelby currently has close to 25K Insta followers and has been in the limelight during her appearance on the Today show alongside Al Roker. The beautiful woman is a brilliant dancer and her mother, Sherri, is an adjunct instructor and intern supervisor at the OU. Her father, a lover of cars, is the VP of EnviroProducts and she also has an equally beautiful sister. 

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Shelby’s passion for sports and her roots in Norman (OK) make her the perfect choice for Ice Trae. Even Luka Doncic’s girlfriend approves of it as she has liked so many of their pictures. So what do you think, are they made for each other? Help us know how much you adore them in the comments section below.

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Sourabh Singh is an NBA sports analyst for EssentiallySports, who has been working with the site since May 2020. Prior to this, he functioned as Managing Editor at WittyFeed, followed by a stint at Decathlon. The Sports Management graduate leads an active lifestyle, veering to the mountains for off-trail adventures.
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