Marina Miller

GRADUATE (2023): 

• Selected as team captain for the 2023 inaugural season
• Appeared in all 18 games
• Recorded 34 points, including a career high 23 goals in a season
• Recorded 11 assists, including a career high of 5 assists against Winthrop
• Recorded hat tricks in 4 games (Gardner-Webb, Campbell, VT & Pitt)
• Recorded 17 ground balls and 8 caused turnovers
• Had 33 recorded draw controls for the season
• Earned a spot on both the 2023 Senior All-Star Team and the South’s All-Region Second Team
• Served as a member of Clemson’s 2023 Power Leadership Academy
• Earned ACC All-Academic Team Honors

Before Clemson:

Miller follows Coach Allison Kwolek to Clemson from Richmond and looks to play an immediate role in the team’s midfield. As a senior in 2022, she started all 18 games for the Spiders, netting 20 goals and adding 10 assists, while also finishing second on the team in draw controls with 48. In her three years at Richmond, she totaled 34 goals and 17 assists.

Notable Collegiate Honors / Stats:

2022 (Senior)

• Named team captain
• Played in and started all 18 games
• Ended the year with 30 points (20 goals, 10 assists)
• Finished second on the team in draw controls with 48
• Recorded nine multi-point games and recorded points in 16
• Led the Spiders against in-state rival Virginia (3/9/22), scoring a season-high four goals on five shots and collecting six draw controls
• Recorded a career-high seven draw controls against La Salle (3/25/22)
• Scooped a career-high three ground balls against George Washington (3/27/22)
• Recorded a career-high two caused turnovers and added an assist to help Richmond take down #16 Stanford (2/25/22)
• Named Richmond Athletics’ Iron SPIDY, an award given to one female and one male student-athlete that have demonstrated excellence in the areas of performance, integrity, respect, service to others and continuous improvement

2021 (Junior)

• Saw action in all 12 contests, making 10 starts at midfield
• Sixth on the team with 12 goals and six assists, and seventh with 18 total points. Fourth with 18 draw controls and ninth with 11 ground balls
• Opened the season with a hat trick against Radford (Feb. 14) on two free position shots, while picking up four draw controls, two ground balls and two caused turnovers
• Scored in the first six games, with three multi-goal games
• Had a season-high four-point game at George Washington (March 26), scoring twice and dishing out two assists and grabbing three draw controls
• Grabbed a season-high three ground balls against VCU (March 28)

2020 (Sophomore)

• Saw playing time in all seven contests and picked up six starts on the attack
• Fifth on the squad with 16 points, fourth in goals (11) and fifth in assists (5)
• Fourth on the team with eight draw controls, fifth in draw controls (5) and ground balls (9)
• Netted her first hat trick against Liberty (2/29)
• Scored a career-high four goals against Old Dominion (3/7)
• Tallied four points three times – two goals and two assists against Campbell (2/19), three goals and one assist against Liberty (2/29) and four goals against (3/7)
• Helped the offense to average 18.43 goals per game, ranking fourth nationally

Prior To Richmond (At Penn State)

• Spent the 2019 season earning a letter at Penn State.
• Played in nine games, including four in Big Ten play.
• Scored her first career collegiate goal against Lehigh.
• Accounted for six draw controls, with a career-high three against Northwestern.

Notable High School Accomplishments:

• Member of the Inside Lacrosse Power 100 for the class of 2018 rated as a 4.5 star prospect
• Ranked 39^th in Inside Lacrosse Young Guns Senior Rankings
• Four-year letterwinner at Pine-Richland High School
• Two-time team captain
• Named the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Player of the Year as a senior
• Three-time All-American selection and a four-time All-WPIAL honor
• Ended her career as Pine-Richland’s all-time leading scorer with 325 goals and 94 assists
• Led Pine-Richland to back-to-back Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic League (WPIAL) titles

Why did you choose Clemson?:

I am thrilled to be a part of the inaugural season at Clemson. The chance to play under Coach Alli and earn a Master’s Degree while competing in the ACC is an amazing opportunity. I am very grateful and excited to represent this school and the new program.

Fun Fact:

Her family lived on a ski resort for 8 years when she was younger.

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