#8 - Rachel Miller
Position: M
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Bathhurst, Australia
High School: MacKillop College
Height: 5-4


Career Recap
• Is the only three-time All-American in school history
• Named MAC Player of the Year in 2009 and 2010
• Ended her career ranked second all-time at Kent State with 51 assists
• Also ranked top 10 all-time with 141 points (5th) and 45 goals (T-7th)
• Is the only player in school history with over 40 career goals and 40 assists

 

2010 Senior Season (Team Captain)
Longstreth/NFHCA First Team All-American

 All-West Region First Team 

Womensfieldhockey.com First Team All-American 

Mid-American Conference Player of the Year 

First Team All-MAC 

MAC All-Tournament Team MVP

Academic All-MAC

KSU Academic Excellence Award

KSU Janet Bachna Award

• Joined Arlette van Cleeff (2001) as one of only two First Team All-Americans at Kent State

• Started all 22 games and did not come out of a single game totaling 1558 minutes

• Scored 11 goals and recording 14 assists

• Was one of just 10 players in the nation to post double digits in both goals and assists

• Led the MAC in assists and tied for 5th in goals scored

• Ranked 18th in the country with an average of 0.64 assists per game

• Had five game winning goals on the year including a string of three straight from Oct. 16 - Oct. 22 in wins over Miami, Ball State and Ohio

• The stretch was part of a five game streak with at least one goal scored



2009 Junior Season (Team Captain)
Longstreth/NFHCA Second Team All-American 

All-West Region First Team 

Womensfieldhockey.com Second Team All-American 

Mid-American Conference Player of the Year

First Team All-MAC 

MAC All-Tournament Team

KSU Academic Excellence Award 

• Became the first Golden Flash since Varsity ‘K’ Hall of Famer Helen Jerdan (Knull) in 2002 to earn a Second Team All-American recognition 

• After a Third Team honor last season, she and joins Jerdan (2001, 2002), Arlette van Cleef (2000, 2001) and Maggie Downey (1998, 1999) as the only back-to-back All-Americans in program history 

• Is the sixth Kent State player to be selected as MAC Player of the Year and first since Berber Rischen in 2004 

• Led the MAC and tied for 14th in the nation with 14 assists while also adding 10 goals …  Was the only MAC player to reach double figures in both goals and assists 

• Produced three game winning goals and four game winning assists 

• One of only two players in the nation to record five assists in a single game on the season when she accomplished the feat vs Ball State (Nov. 1) 

• Had a streak of 10 consecutive games with at least one point 

• Totaled 34 points for the year, ranking third in the MAC. 

2008 Sophomore Season

NFHCA All-American Third Team

• Became the first Kent State player to earn All-American status since 2002 

• Also earned a spot on Womensfieldhockey.com's All-American Third Team 

• Named to NFHCA All-West Region First Team for second consecutive season 

• Received All-MAC First Team recognition 

• Started all 22 games
• Ranked second on squad with 38 points

• Racked up 12 goals and 14 assists 

• Ranked 19th in the nation in assists per game (0.64) 

• Recorded three multi-goal games 

• Found the net and dished out two assists vs. Central Michigan in the MAC Tournament Nov. 7 

• Named to MAC All-Tournament Team 

• Picked up a goal and an assist at Missouri State Nov. 1 

• Scored two goals and assisted onanother at Central Michigan Oct. 17 

• Netted  game-winner against Missouri State Oct. 12 

• Scored and added two assists at Ohio Oct. 10 

• Assisted on two of five goals scored at Ball State Oct. 5 

• Tallied a goal and an assist at Miami Oct. 4 

• Found the net twice against Lock Haven Sept. 7 

• Scored first two goals of season against Saint Francis Aug. 30 

• Totaled seven goals and 12 assists in an 11-game end of the season span.

2007 Freshman Season

• Started in all 21 games and was named Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year 

• Led the team with 12 goals, nine assists and 33 points

• Earned NCAA All-West Region First Team honors 

• Selected to All-MAC First Team 

Named toWomensFieldHockey.com’s All-Rookie Squad 

• Her 1.57 points per game ranked sixth among all Division I freshmen

• Claimed a spot on the MAC All-Tournament Team after recording an assist in the semifinals 

• Earned MAC Player of the Week honors on Sept. 4, after her second week of competition 

• Fired 91 shots, putting an accurate .714% of her shots on goal 

• Recorded a goal or an assist in eight of nine games in September 

• Proved clutch with five game-winning goals 

• Produced three games with multiple goals 

• Scored twice--including the game winner--in a 3-1 triumph at Miami Sept. 22 

• Made her presence felt a second time against the RedHawks by scoring twice to provide all the offense needed in a 2-1 win Oct. 13 

• Pitched in two goals in a 4-1 victory over Missouri State on Oct. 20

• Tallied first collegiate goal in her first game, a 3-2 defeat against Bucknell on Aug. 25 

• Scored the game-winner in a 2-1 overtime victory at Missouri State on Sept. 29 

• Was the only MAC freshman to reach double digit goals in either of the past two seasons.

Prior to Kent State

• Competed for a number of Australian national teams throughout her youth career including the Australian Under-19 Team and Australia’s Under-21 Youth Olympic Team 

• Earned MacKillop College Player of the Year honors in 2004 and the New South Wales Blues award 

• Tabbed Most Enthusiastic Senior Sportswoman in 2006 

• Played on New South Wales national championship team in 2007 

• Named to Canberra Tournament Honorary Team in 2006 

• Earned Pierre De Coubertin Award 

• Was named Bathurstís Australia Day Junior Sportsperson of 2007 

• Competed in cross country and tennis at MacKillop.

Personal

• Born Dec. 15, 1988 

• Is the daughter of Kevin Miller and Margaret Miller 

• Majoring in education and hopes to be a teacher.