Amesha Miller is more than just a student-athlete at Virginia State University.

She’s that rare student-athlete and mother.

There is a saying that “it takes a village to raise a child.”

Never could that be truer than at VSU where Miller’s 2-year-old son Avery is among the most popular “Trojans” on campus.

“Virginia State is our village,” said his doting mother.

The toddler has probably charmed and fist-bumped everyone on campus at one time or another.

He’s present at all home games and many practices, where he has the run (although closely watched by many) of the sprawling Multipurpose Center.

Along with mothering an infant, Miller, a 6-foot junior from Suffolk, is the leading scorer and rebounder for the Trojans. When not on the court, she studies for her major in psychology with an academic course load of 18 hours.

“It’s challenging, all about time management, but I’m so appreciative,” she said. “My parents (Adrienne and Michael), grandparents, other family members … my teammates, the students, everyone.”

Younger brother Mikel Miller (a basketball player at The Apprentice School in Newport News) has been an enormous help “running up and down the road,” Miller said, adding, “We use a lot of gas.”

VSU Coach Nadine Domond describes Miller and her son’s presence as akin to family.

“Avery’s our mascot … he’s got 15 aunts and uncles watching over him,” she said, referencing the other Trojans and various male figures who are close to the program.

Miller, who answers to “Meesha” and even “Ol’ Lady,” is 24 and the oldest team member. She had been away from basketball for two years before enrolling at VSU this past summer.

The young mother lives with her son in a student apartment that often is buzzing with activity.

“People are always coming over to visit and help,” she said. “It doesn’t get any better than that.”

The party doesn’t last late, however.

“I take Avery to Miss Crystal’s (babysitter) at 7:30 a.m.,” she said. “Then I go to morning practice … then I have classes at noon, one, five and six … go home, do dinner, bathe Avery, go to bed.”

At a recent practice session, Avery wandered off to explore in the 5,000 or so empty seats at the Multi-Purpose Center. When he was retrieved, there was something missing ­ — his shoes. A concerned search party went into action and quickly returned the sneakers to their rightful owner.

Following an All-State career at King’s Fork High in Suffolk, where she scored more than 1,000 points and grabbed more than 1,000 rebounds, Miller played two seasons at Division I UNC-Greensboro.

In 2019-20, she transferred to Norfolk State, to be closer to home.

She sat out the first year under NCAA transfer rules. The 2020-21 season was canceled by COVID-19.

With Avery on the way, Miller dropped out of school to work at Suffolk’s John Yeates Middle School. But she continued to shoot hoops in a recreation league where she was spotted by former NSU assistant coach Kymesha Alston.

Alston, a longtime friend of VSU’s Domond, began putting the pieces together.

Several calls were made and one of them was from Domond offering a scholarship to Miller, who eagerly accepted.

“That was always my goal, to graduate,” Miller said. “I’d been taking some classes on my own back home, but it’s a lot different when you don’t have to pay for it.”

VSU is getting a good return on its scholarship investment.

In helping the Trojans to a 9-1 start, Miller leads the team with averages of 15 points, 10 rebounds and more than a blocked shot per outing. She carded 22 points and 18 rebounds in the 76-64 win on Dec. 14 over St. Augustine’s.

Quickly in Ettrick she has become a star. Factoring in Avery, better make that co-star.