| Abby Miller |
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2007 Sophomore
Saw action in 30 of 31 matches ... appeared in 109 games total ... was a member of the Dean's List in 2008 ... finished with a reception percentage of .940 and had 13 games with no reception errors ... was third on the team with 2.68 digs per game and finished with 292 digs ... notched double-digit digs in 11 matches ... earned Wake's Co-Defensive Player of the Year Award as well as the Co-Deacon Award ... posted a .936 service percentage and was tied for third on team with 14 service aces ... started the season strong at the Best Western/Sycamore Inn Classic (Aug. 31-Sept.1) ... recorded 12 digs and a service ace against Pittsburgh (Aug. 31) and posted 13 digs along with a service ace against Miami (OH) (Sept. 1) ... had a combined 50 serve attempts over the three matches and posted just two errors ... played solid in all three matches of the Black & Gold Challenge (Sept.7-8) ... opened the weekend by tying a season-high with two service aces against Dayton (Sept. 7) ... finished the weekend with just two reception errors in 43 chances ... recorded first two kills of her career against Rice (Sept. 14) in the first game of the Univ. of Houston Tournament (Sept. 14-15) ... also dished out a career-high four assists in the three-game win over the Owls ... posted 17 digs and a pair of assists in four games against Houston in the tournament finale ...opened ACC-action with 10 digs and recorded one service ace and no errors in 13 serve attempts against Duke (Sept. 18) ... had 31 digs in the Deacons' three-game sweeps of Boston College (Sept. 21), Maryland (Sept. 21) and Miami (Sept. 22) ... also notched a service ace in all three matches ... had nine digs and a .920 reception percentage on a season-high 25 attempts in five games against Florida State (Sept. 30) ... tallied 17 digs and no service errors in a combined 21 attempts against in-state rivals North Carolina (Oct. 4) and NC State (Oct. 6) ... tied a season-high with 25 reception attempts against Clemson (Oct. 12) ... also posted 13 digs in four games against the Tigers ... had a service ace and no errors in 19 attempts against Georgia Tech (Oct. 13) and recorded back-to-back double-digit dig performances against Virginia (Oct. 19) and Virginia Tech (Oct. 20) ... had 16 digs against the Cavaliers and 13 against the Hokies ... dished out three assists on a season-high 22 set attempts against Boston College (Oct. 28) ... also had a season-high 26 service receptions along with 11 digs in five games against the Eagles ... tied a season-high with a pair of service aces against FSU (Nov. 2) ... had nine digs against both Miami (Nov. 3) and Clemson (Nov. 8) ... also had a combined 31 service receptions without an error in the two matches ... recorded a career-high 20 digs and a pair of assists in five games against UNC (Nov. 14) ... had seven digs in a three-game win over NC State (Nov. 16) and also posted seven digs in three games against Virginia Tech (Nov. 21) ... ended the season with 18 digs and three assists in a five-game match against Virginia (Nov. 23).
2006 Freshman
Appeared in 23 matches on the year ... played in 57 games total ... made one start as the Deacons' libero ... finished the season with 63 digs, an average of 1.11 per game ... ranked eighth on the squad in digs per game ... posted double-digit digs in two matches ... had 11 service aces and was fifth on the team with 0.19 aces per game ... turned in a serve percentage of .924 ... ranked fifth on the Deacons in reception percentage with a mark of .935 ... played in two matches at the Coors Invitational (Sept. 1-2) ... made her collegiate debut against James Madison (Sept. 2) and finished with one dig in two games ... appeared in all three games against Florida Atlantic (Sept. 2), recording a dig and an assist ... served a combined 15 times on the weekend and did not have an error ... saw action in two matches at the Marriott Flyer Invitational (Sept. 8-9) ... played in all three games against Indiana (Sept. 8) and had an ace and a dig ... saw extensive action at the Black & Gold Challenge (Sept. 15-16), appearing in three matches and 12 games total ... tallied seven digs in five games against Davidson (Sept. 16) ... started at libero in the championship match against Winthrop (Sept. 16) ... had season-highs of 12 digs, five aces and two assists against the Eagles ... made her ACC debut with a dig in two games against Clemson (Sept. 23) ... totaled two aces at North Carolina (Sept. 27) ... recorded two digs and an ace in four games against Virginia Tech (Oct. 6) ... tallied four digs the following night against Virginia (Oct. 7) ... had three digs each in matches against Duke (Oct. 10) and Maryland (Oct. 13) ... tied her season-high with two assists at Clemson (Oct. 27) ... tied her season-high in digs with 12 in four games at Georgia Tech (Oct. 28) ... turned in three digs in two games against North Carolina (Nov. 1) ... tallied eight digs and served 10 times without an error at Duke (Nov. 7) ... followed with three digs at Boston College (Nov. 10) ... had one dig at Virginia (Nov. 17) before ending the season by playing in two games against Florida State (Nov. 21).
High School
Played with Triad JOVBC for four years and Piedmont Triad Volleyball Club for two years ... played libero for the Carolina Region High Performance Team in 2005 ... four-year letterwinner at North Davidson High School ... named the Central Piedmont Conference Player of the Year in 2004 ... three-time all-conference selection ... named to the Greensboro All-Area Team in 2004 & 2005 ... North Davidson MVP in 2004 & 2005 ... NDHS Most Outstanding Senior Athlete in 2005 ... won three CPC championships, going undefeated in the league from 2003-05 ... Wendy's High School Heisman nominee ... received the U.S. Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award ... National Honor Society member.
Personal
Majoring in health and exercise science ... born Sept. 3, 1988 in Winston-Salem, N.C. ... daughter of Cheryl and Ned Miller ... has one sibling, a twin brother Alex, who attends UNC Charlotte ... came to Wake Forest because it was close to home ... lists her cousin, Jan, as the most impressive person she knows.
