Eastern Illinois University Athletics

2009: Miller played in 19 games and started 12 times, including the final six contests of the season… also started six straight games in September… played the starring role in the comeback win at Cleveland State, assisting on Ashley Eck’s equalizer and scoring the game-winning goal in the 86th minute… scored the equalizer in the draw with Indiana State… assisted on Sarah Rusk’s goal against Tennessee Tech at the OVC Tournament… logged a season-high 83 minutes twice, in the draws with Green Bay and Tennessee Tech… averaged 58 minutes per game as a starter… Eastern was 4-2-2 when she scored during her career… EIU All-Time Rankings: 10th in assists.

2008: OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll... Miller played in all 19 games and started 17 times, all but the Murray State and Jacksonville State matches… one of six Panthers to play in every game… assisted on Ashley Eck’s goal at Purdue and Pam Melinauskas’ goal against Southeast Missouri… will enter her senior season as the OVC’s active career leader with 11 assists… ranked sixth on the team in minutes played (1,462), averaging 76 per game… went the distance in road games at Northern Illinois and Western Kentucky… played a season-high 98 minutes in the overtime win at Tennessee Tech.

 

2007: OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll...Miller played in all 20 games and started 18, coming off the bench in only the Tennessee Tech and Austin Peay contests… led the team in assists while ranking second in goals and points… her six assists were the most by a Panther since 2004… scored two of her four goals by bending a corner kick inside the near post, accomplishing the feat against Austin Peay and at Murray State in the opening round of the OVC Tournament… the goal at Murray came in overtime and lifted EIU into the tourney semifinals… became just the second Panther to score a golden goal in the OVC Tournament… recorded her first career multi-assist game with two helpers in the draw against Western Illinois… also registered her first game with a goal and an assist in the loss at Southeast Missouri… for the season assisted on: Michelle Steinhaus’ early goal against Western Kentucky, Rachel Hamilton and Kathleen Hayes’ goals versus Western Illinois, Ashley Slota’s goal against Tennessee Tech, Steinhaus’ goal at SEMO, and the first of Steinhaus’ two goals in the OVC finale versus Jacksonville State… logged 80-plus minutes four times, including a season-high 84 at SEMO… with Steinhaus graduating, will enter her junior season as the only active Panther with a non-conference, OVC and post-season goal on her résumé… also ranks as the program’s active leader in goals, assists and points… OVC Rankings: fourth in assists.

 

2006: OVC All-Tournament Team… OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll... She played in all 20 games and started 11, including five OVC contests… scored the game-tying goal against Murray State with less than 10 minutes remaining, helping EIU salvage a draw… recorded EIU’s first goal of the season, a first-half score in the win at Indiana State… assisted on the last two goals of the year, Michelle Steinhaus’ game-winner at Illinois State and Ashley Slota’s game-winner versus UT Martin in the OVC Tournament… also tallied a helper on Kellie Floyd’s goal against Eastern Kentucky… led the EIU freshman class with three assists and seven points… saw action in goal in the second half against Bowling Green… registered a season-high five shots on three occasions… teed up numerous corner kicks… OVC Top 10 Rankings: tied for 10th in assists.

HIGH SCHOOL: She was a four-year letter-winner and a three-time first team all-conference selection for coaches Jeff Muhr and Kristy Voss… also lettered once in softball.... three-time St. Louis Post-Dispatch All-Metro pick, headlined by First Team honors as a senior… won a state title as a sophomore in 2004… her St. Louis Soccer club team was MYSA state champ in 2006.

PERSONAL: No. 1 sports highlight was winning the high school state championship in ’04… most admires her former coach Scott McDonald because “he has motivated me to become a better player, but most of all, he helped me become the person I am today”… daughter of Gary and Anita Miller… MAJOR: Special Education/Early Childhood.