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Is on the Wallace Award Watch List as a potential national player of the year candidate...last season was a Freshman All-American in Collegiate Baseball after starting his college career not giving up an earned run in his first 44.0 innings...was also honorable mention All-Pac-10 after consistently being among to the top of the league in ERA and opponent batting average...enters the season as the Bears' top starter after both relieving and starting as a true freshman...throws in the mid to upper 80s with a curveball and change-up.
AS A FRESHMAN (2008): Was 6-1 with a 2.90 ERA (2nd in Pac-10) in 21 appearances (five starts)...had 68 strikeouts in 71.1 innings...opponents batted .196 (2nd in Pac-10) against him...got no decision in start May 25 versus UCLA (4.0 innings, four hits, no runs, three walks, two strikeouts)...lost in relief at Stanford May 11 (4.2 innings, seven hits, four earned runs, one walk, two strikeouts)...won in relief May 6 versus UC Davis (5.0 innings, three hits, two runs, one walk, two strikeouts)...had five strikeouts in 3.1 innings May 3 versus Arizona (three hits, two runs, three walks)...had no decision at Arizona State April 26 (5.0 innings, seven hits, seven runs, six walks, five strikeouts) and versus Washington April 19 (6.2 innings, four hits, one earned run, five walks, career-high eight strikeouts)...won April 5 vs. Oregon State in relief (6.2 innings, one hit, three walks, seven strikeouts)...won versus eventual national champion Fresno State in relief April 2 (2.0 innings, no hits, no runs, one walk, two strikeouts), and March 29 versus Long Beach State (2.2 innings, no hits, two walks, four strikeouts)...had seven strikeouts in 4.2 innings March 25 at Santa Clara (two hits, no earned runs, one walk)...earned wins versus San Francisco (March 11 start, 6.0 innings, three hits, no earned runs, two strikeouts) and Loyola Marymount (March 15 in relief, 3.1 innings, one hit, one walk, one strikeout)...had no decision in March 4 start versus Stanford (5.0 innings, five hits, one walk, four strikeouts)...was selected as the team's Freshman of the Year.
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: At Valley Christian High School threw two no-hitters as a senior in 2007, including a 16-strikeout no-hitter...finished the year 13-1 with 102 strikeouts in 82.0 innings, earning first-team all-state, first-team All-Central Coast Section and first-team all-league...helped his team to a 33-4 record and the 2007 Central Coast Section title...was a 2006 first-team All-WCAL selection, going 11-3 with a 0.95 ERA, and had 102 strikeouts in 95.3 innings...was selected 2006 first-team All-Central Coast Section by the San Jose Mercury News, and MVP of the North-South series played in Irvine...finished his high school career 29-5 with 251 strikeouts in 218.0 innings...undeclared major...parents are Steven and Kathy Miller...born August 25, 1989 in San Jose, Calif.
Miller's Career Statistics YEAR ERA G GS CG W L S IP H R ER BB SO 2008 2.90 21 5 0 6 1 0 71.1 52 28 23 37 68Career vs. the Pac-10 G W L S PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB HR ERA vs. UA 1 0 0 0 .000 3.1 3 2 2 3 5 0 0 5.45 vs. ASU 1 0 0 0 .000 5.0 7 7 7 6 5 0 0 12.60 vs. OSU 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.2 1 0 0 3 7 0 0 0.00 vs. STAN 1 0 1 0 .000 4.2 7 5 4 1 2 0 1 7.66 vs. UCLA 1 0 0 0 .000 4.0 4 0 0 3 2 0 0 0.00 vs. USC 1 0 0 0 .000 3.0 3 4 4 4 5 0 1 12.00 vs. UW 1 0 0 0 .000 6.2 4 2 1 5 8 0 0 1.34 vs. WSU 2 0 0 0 .000 3.2 3 0 0 4 4 1 0 0.00
Career Bests Most Strikeouts: 8, April 19, 2008 vs. Washington Most Innings Pitched: 6.2, twice, last time April 19, 2008 vs. Washington Longest Winning Streak: 6, March 11-May 11, 2008 Longest Losing Streak: Has lost one game
