Baseball Release - Miller Jewish AA - Guilford College
- GUILFORD'S MILLER EARNS JEWISH ALL-AMERICA BASEBALL HONOR
Greensboro, NC (08/06/04) -- Guilford's Josh Miller (Teaneck, NJ/Teaneck) earned a spot on The Jewish Sports Review's 2004 College Division All-America Baseball Team. The team is listed in the July/August issue of The Jewish Sports Review and is comprised of NCAA Division II and Division III student-athletes who have been identified to the publication as Jewish.
Miller,
a 6-0, 175-pound outfielder, earned college division all-state laurels this
spring after batting a team- and career-high .414 in 39 starts in left field.
A Second Team All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) pick, the
rising senior also led the club with 10 doubles, two triples and 65 hits.
His .414 batting average is the fifth-highest mark in the Quakers'
history and his 65 hits rank third all time.
Miller placed second on the club with 39 runs scored, two homers,
and 36 runs batted in (RBI). He
stood sixth among ODAC hits leaders and fifth in on-base percentage (.483).
Miller also ranks among the league's best in batting average (6th)
and stolen bases (12, 7th). He had
19 games with two or more hits and nine multiple-RBI contests. Miller concluded the season on a career-long 11-game
hitting streak.
Miller captured the ODAC's Baseball Hitter of the Week Award April 12 after hitting .579 with six RBI and three outfield assists in four games. The stretch included a 5-5 performance in the second game against league-rival Emory & Henry April 10. Miller also had four RBI and a triple in the contest and went 3-4 in the opener. He was 4-4 with three RBI, four runs scored, a double and a home run in Guilford's 13-2 ODAC win over Randolph-Macon March 20.
Coach Gene Baker's club posted a 20-19 overall record and finished eighth among 10 ODAC teams with a 6-12 league mark. Miller is one of 23 letter winners due back in 2005.