Matt Miller Bio
12/10/2008 5:08:00 AM | General
JUNIOR (2008): Was enjoying a standout season before suffering an injury in game 14 when he fouled a pitch off his leg in the bottom of the first inning... made two appearances a month later as a pinch-hitter but would have to miss the rest of the year... batted .357 with 18 runs and 12 RBI from his leadoff spot... six doubles, 14 walks, three home runs and two outfield assists... started all three games against Boston College... team-leading .571 batting average (8-for-14) with seven runs scored and 6 RBI... in the series had a 1.000 slugging and .625 on-base percentages... tied two game records in the BC finale with three doubles and five runs scored... 3-for-7 at Georgia Tech... hit a RBI triple in game one of the two-game series... stole one base, hit a double and walked two times in the series... 2-for-12 (both doubles) against Towson but scored six runs and walked five times in the series... two RBI and was 2-for-2 in stolen bases... at Bethune-Cookman finished 3-for-5 with two runs scored... 3-for-12 at the Keith LeClair Classic... hit a 2-run homer against Michigan... walk-off solo HR in bottom of 10th inning against Pitt later that day... had two walks that game as well... 1-for-5 in game one against USC Upstate... came out of game two with an injury... batted .538 against left-handed pitching... batted .417 with two outs... SOPHOMORE (2007): Finished tied for fourth in the Southern Conference with 21 doubles (.34 per game) and ranked sixth in walks (36/.58 pg)... tied for ninth among the GS season ?Top 10' in doubles... scored 55 runs, second-most on the squad... 41 RBI ranked fourth and was tied for third stealing six bases... opened the season hitting two doubles at Hawai'i, part of his four hits (three doubles) in the series and 11 putouts... 3-for-10 in the home sweep of Georgia Tech and drove in a career-high five runs in the opener... scored three runs and had two hits in the two-game trip to Jacksonville... 4-for-9 against New Jersey Tech with two doubles, five runs scored, four RBI, three walks and two stolen bases... scored three runs in the Wiregrass Classic... RBI triple against Troy that weekend... one home run, two walks, had two RBI and two runs scored in the home win over JU... two runs, two walks and two key outfield assists in the Eagle Invitational... finished 3-for-9 in the Coastal Carolina Tournament, including eight putouts and three walks... 5-for-12 in the Lipscomb series including three runs, three RBI and two doubles... 4-for-14 in the Elon series with eight putouts and three walks... batted .333 against Charleston... 3-for-5 with two RBI at Mercer... .400 batting average, four runs and three RBI at Appalachian State... 3-for-8 with four runs scored and four RBI in the two-game home sweep of Georgia State... hit a double and home run while totaling four RBI in the finale against the Panthers... 5-for-15 in the sweep of Wofford, recording four runs scored and two doubles... had 10 putouts in the series, including two catches where he robbed a Terrier of a home run... scored three runs and walked three times in the Davidson series... tied a Georgia Southern record with four walks in the finale at The Citadel while scoring a career-high four runs that game... hit a go-ahead 2-run homer in the home win over Mercer... finished the SoCon Tournament 6-for-14, including a home run in consecutive games (Western Carolina and UNC Greensboro), the first time in his career hitting a HR in back-to-back games... four runs scored and three RBI in the tournament... his home run was one of four hits against UNCG... batted .444 with the bases loaded... successful 9-of-12 times with a runner at third base and less than two outs... during the summer of 2006 named to the All-Star game in the New England Collegiate Baseball League, playing for the Sanford Mariners... was 1-of-2 at the plate, helping the Northern Division to a win... team finished 26-16, one game back of the league title... named Second Team All-NECBL... FRESHMAN (2006): Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American... did not play in the first three weeks of the season, originally was going to redshirt... started all 45 appearances...351 batting average, 38 walks and .475 on-base percentage all ranked second on the team... team-high 12 doubles...three runs against Coppin State and Appalachian State...went 2-for-4 in his first collegiate game against Marshall...five-hit games at Troy and versus UNC Greensboro... multi-hit games in seven of his first nine outings... finished 12th among the SoCon batting leaders, third in on-base percentage and seventh in total walks... ranked 16th nationally averaging 0.84 walks per game... 8-for-10 in pair of games at Troy... season-high three RBI against Coppin State and at Wofford... scored five runs in Wofford series... 8-for-14 against UNCG... five hits in Furman series and at Southern Conference Tournament... four hits in Davidson and Elon series.. two RBI at Georgia Tech, UNCG (twice) and Elon... finished his first collegiate series (versus Marshall) 4-for-9 with three runs scored and three walks... batted .500 after his first month... season-high seven-game hitting streak twice... hit safely in 23-of-26 games during one stretch... ended the season on a five-game hit streak... blasted a home run at Wofford, at Elon, at Georgia Tech and versus The Citadel... drew three walks in the Coppin State finale... drew two walks on seven occasions... stole a base at Troy... two outfield assists... two sacrifice flies in game two of the Wofford series... hit .320 in league play with 24 runs scored, 14 RBI and seven doubles... 25 walks to 14 Ks in SoCon games... .463 on-base percentage... 12-of-17 with a runner on third and less than two outs... 575 percentage advancing runners... HIGH SCHOOL: All-6 AAAAA Region... hit .325 during his junior year with 21 walks... played for coach Scott Krug... lettered three years in baseball... played for the East Cobb Braves and won three tournaments one summer... summer 2004 posted a .448 batting average with 18 RBI and 24 runs scored... All-County... received both the Best Offensive and Best Defensive Awards... team captain... PERSONAL: Born May 11, 1987 in Orlando, Florida... No. 1 sports highlight was, "Hitting a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th to defeat Pittsburgh last year."... his dad has been a major influence, "He has also told me if I work hard I can become anything I want."... most admires Chipper Jones, "He is a leader of a team and always works hard."... enjoys watching sports and working out... lists Three Days Grace as favorite music group and the Atlanta Braves as favorite professional team... son of Doug and Carolyn Miller... MAJOR: General Studies
