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Ali Miller
Senior
Forward
Sinking Spring, Pa./Wilson
At Delaware: Fourth-year team member • one of the top players and most explosive scorers in the Colonial Athletic Association and in the region • earned pre-season first team All-CAA honors • has appeared in 53 career games with 51 starts and recorded 22 goals and eight assists with 163 shots • ranks No. 6 all-time at Delaware with 22 goals scored and is No. 8 all-time in points with 52 • could become only fourth player in UD history to score 30 career goals • one of eight seniors on the team • enters season having scored a goal in five straight games.
2011 Season: Started all 21 games for the Blue Hens • earned third team NSCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region and first team All-Colonial Athletic Association honors • team went 10-7-4 and advanced to CAA Tournament semifinals • team's leading scorer with 30 points on 14 goals and two assists and also had a team-high 90 shots • 14 goals tied Delaware single season record established by Kristy Hendrickson in 1994 • ranked 28th in NCAA Division I in total goals (14), 29th in goals per game (0.67), and 50th in points per game (1.43) • led all CAA players with 90 shots • scored two goals each vs. Delaware State, Towson, and UNCW • scored a goal in each of the final five games of the season • scored game winning goals on four occasions, in 2-0 win over Delaware State (Sept. 16), 3-2 victory against Hofstra (Oct. 2), 3-0 win against Northeastern (Sept. 29) and in the CAA Tournament quarterfinals against Hofstra on Nov. 3 • Colonial Athletic Association All-Tournament Team selection as she scored one goal each in quarterfinal win over Hofstra and semifinal loss to William & Mary • Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Week (Oct. 31) • PhillySoccerNews.com Player of the Week (Nov. 2) • National 5&10 Best of the Blue Hens Athlete of the Week (Nov. 7) • named to CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.
2010 Season: Played and started in all 19 games as a sophomore • team went 8-10-1 • among team's leading scorers with 17 points on six goals and five assists • tallied a team season-high five points (2g, 1a) vs. Delaware State (Aug. 22) • led team in shooting (53) with 27 on goal (.509 percent) • recorded five multi-point games • scored game-winning goals in 2-1 victory at Cornell (Sept. 3) and 1-0 victory against Towson (Oct. 24) • had game-winning assist to Amy Pickard against Georgia State (Sept. 25).
2009 Season: Appeared in 13 games as a freshman and started 11 matches • team went 6-6-5 • scored two goals and added an assist • tallied scores against Binghamton (Aug. 28) and at Towson (Oct. 16) • notched an assist in 1-0 victory over VCU (Oct. 11) • recorded 20 shots on the season, placing eight of them on goal • named to CAA Academic Honor Roll.
High School: Four-year starter and letterwinner at Wilson High School • named all-division, All-Berks County, all-region, and All-State • two-time Berks County Player of the Year • led Wilson to a pair of county titles, the 2007 district championship, and the 2008 district semifinals • played and lettered in field hockey for two seasons • led team to two Division I championships • member of the National Honor Society • honor roll student.
Personal: Alexandra "Ali" Miller • daughter of David and Maureen Miller • born June 29, 1991 • honor student as a Spanish education major at Delaware with a minor in business administration • older sister, Brianne, was a member of Saint Joseph’s field hockey team from 2004-08 • attributes late friend and teammate Taylor “Flash” Seitzinger as the biggest influence on her game • worked at a pizzeria and as a camp coach with the Reading Rage during the summer • studied abroad in Barcelona, Spain this past summer.
Career Statistics at Delaware
| Year | GP/GS | Goals | Assists | Points | Shots |
| 2009 | 13/11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 20 |
| 2010 | 19/19 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 53 |
| 2011 | 21/21 | 14 | 2 | 30 | 90 |
| Totals | 53/51 | 22 | 8 | 52 | 163 |
Career-High Goals: 2 (4 times, most recently vs. UNCW, 10/28/11)
Career-High Assists: 1 (eight times, most recently vs. Towson, 10/23/11)
Career-High
Points: 5 (at Delaware State, 8/22/10; vs. Towson, 10/23/12)
Career Game-Winning Goals: 7 (most recently vs. Hofstra, 11/3/12)
