Sydney Miller

Position:
RHP
Height:
5-10
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
High School:
Harrison
Hometown:
Lafayette, Ind.

BALL STATE CAREER NOTES ENTERING 2025 SEASON
• 2023-24 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• Appeared in four of a possible 58 games over her Ball State career, earning two starts at pitcher

2024 (R-Fr.): Earned first letter at Ball State … named an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete … appeared in four games in the circle, including a pair of starts … threw 8.2 innings on the year, including a career-high 3.0 innings in both games of the doubleheader versus Kent State (March 23) … recorded her first career strikeout to end her opening inning of action against the Golden Flashes … held KSU scoreless and to just one hit over her 3.0 innings of work in the nightcap … made her first collegiate start at Toledo (March 30), while making her second in the nightcap at Buffalo (April 6).

2023 (Fr): Redshirted at Ball State after transferring from Bethel University at the end of the fall semester.

BETHEL UNIVERSITY: Spent the 2022 fall semester at Bethel University.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters for coach Kelsi Clark at William Henry Harrison … earned Second Team All-State as a senior after helping guide the Raiders to a 28-2 record and an IHSAA Class 4A State Runner-Up finish her senior season … finished her senior season with a 17-2 record, two saves and a 2.33 ERA over 120 innings of work … struck out 164 batters in her senior campaign, while allowing just 20 walks … also produced a .387 batting average with a team-high 40 RBIs as a senior … the effort included three home runs and a team-leading 12 doubles, while she also scored 17 runs … named First Team All-Conference as a junior and senior … helped Harrison win a pair of North Central Conference Championships (2021 & 2022), three IHSAA Class 4A Sectional Championships (2019, 2021, 2022) and both a IHSAA Class 4A Regional and Semi-State Championship in 2022 … two-time team Mental Attitude Award winner, two-time team Most Valuable Player … 2022 Journal and Courier Big School Softball Player of the Year … two-time Academic.

CLUB: Played eight seasons for the Indiana Magic.

WHY BALL STATE: I fell in love with the beauty of the campus and the people I met here. I wanted to find somewhere that felt like home and I knew from my first visit that this was the school for me.