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2017 Women's Track and Field Roster

Scott Donaldson
Sun Belt Conference
Brad Puckett
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LaMia Miller

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Pine Forest HS
  • Hometown Pensacola, Fla.

Biography

2017: Outdoor  Placed first in the Jaguar Opener's shot put with a 14.12-meter throw and second in the women's hammer throw with a 52.68-meter mark. Indoor — Placed 18th in the Sun Belt Conference Championship weight throw with a personal best 16.16m and ninth in shot put with a 14.15-meter mark ... threw for a 13.46-meter mark for eighth in shot put at the Samford Invite and 15th in the weight throw (15.53m). 

2015: Outdoor — Recorded a career-best 15.68m mark to finish fourth in the shot put at the Sun Belt Conference Championship ... Advanced to the NCAA East Region Preliminaries in the event ... Was also sixth in the hammer throw at the league meet with a toss of 51.23m ... Placed second in the hammer throw at the Southern Miss Invitational (50.39m) ... Among the top five in both the shot put and hammer throw at the War Eagle Invitational hosted by Auburn as well as the South Alabama Invitational ... Came in fourth in the shot put and eighth in the hammer throw at Auburn's Tiger Track Classic ... Finished seventh in the shot put at the Yellow Jacket Invitational ... Had a 14.34m mark to win the shot put at the Jaguar Challenge, and was fourth in the hammer throw with a career-best 52.84m effort ... Claimed the shot put at both the Jaguar Opener and Battle of I-65, winning the hammer throw at the latter meet as well ... Indoor — Won the shot put at the BSC Panther Indoor Invitational with a 14.26m effort, and had a career-best mark of 15.86m in the weight throw to finish fifth ... Also was the winner of the shot put at the Samford Invitational with a career-long 14.65m toss ... Placed ninth in the event at the Sun Belt Championship ... Was second in the shot put (13.71m) and fifth in the weight throw (15.81m) at the Commodore Indoor Invitational ... Also earned top-five finishes in both events at the UAB Vulcan Invite, coming in third in the weight throw (15.78m) and fifth in the shot put (13.34m).

2014: Outdoor — Was 10th in the shot put at the SBC Championship (13.80m) and added a top-15 result in the hammer throw (45.77m) ... Recorded a 14.07m mark to come in second in the shot put at Troy's Coach "O" Invitational, placing fourth in the weight throw with a distance of 47.85m; both were her best marks of the season ... Finished second in the sjot put and third in the hammer throw at the South Alabama Invitational ... Had a mark of 13.91m to come in fifth place at Auburn's Tiger Classic in the shot put ... Placed 10th in the discipline at the Alabama Relays ... Posted top-10 finishes in both the shot put and hammer throw at the Jaguar Opener and the Battle of I-65 ... Indoor — Won the shot put in her collegiate debut with a career-best 13.42m toss, also placing in the top 10 in the weight throw at the meet ... Had marks of 13.13m in the shot put and 13.98m in the weight throw — a career best — at the conference championship to finish among the top 20 in both events ... Came in 12th place in the shot put at the Arkansas State Invitational.

High School: Lettered two seasons in track & field and one season each in basketball, volleyball and weightlifting…Was a district and regional champion in the shot put as well as the state runner-up in the event in her junior and senior seasons…Advanced to the New Balance National Elite during her senior season.

Personal: Daughter of Vincent and Tamara Miller…Has one younger brother, Jamarcus…Favorite movie is Love and Basketball…Enjoys reading Where the Sidewalk Ends and “The Road Not Taken”…Favorite team is the Miami Heat, and she lists Dwyane Wade, Lebron James, Mario Chalmers and Mike Miller as her favorite athletes…Favorite musical artists include J. Cole, Nicki Minaj, Wale, Future, Kendrick Lamar and Aaliyah.

Major: Exercise Science

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    Throws
    5'8"
  • 2014-15Sophomore

    Throws
    5'8"
  • 2015-16Junior

    Throws
    5'8"
  • 2017Senior

    Throws
    5'8"