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Brad Miller named ACC Player of the Week

May 16, 2011 By

Brad Miller wins award for third time this season

Clemson shortstop Brad Miller has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Player of the Week for the third time this season, while Georgia Tech’s Buck Farmer and Virginia’s Tyler Wilson are the Co-Pitchers of the Week.

Miller led Clemson to four wins last week by hitting .526 (10-for-19) with one homer, seven RBIs, four runs, two walks, one hit-by-pitch, and a .591 on-base percentage in five games.

Against East Tennessee State on Wednesday, the Windermere, Fla., junior went 4-for-4 with three RBIs. His biggest hit of the week came at Virginia Tech in the second game of a doubleheader on Saturday. With the score tied 3-3 in the eighth inning, Miller blasted a three-run homer to propel the Tigers to an eventual 8-3 victory. On the season, Miller leads the ACC in batting average (.435) and on-base percentage (.534) while totaling 10 doubles, three triples, three home runs, 42 RBIs, 45 runs, 34 walks, and 20 stolen bases in 45 games (43 starts).

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Clemson sweeps weekly ACC Baseball honors

May 2, 2011 By

Brad Miller hit .588 last week

Clemson swept the ACC Baseball weekly honors for the period of April 25-May 1, as Tigers shortstop Brad Miller was named the conference’s Player of the Week and Justin Sarratt was cited as the Pitcher of the Week.

Miller, a junior from Windermere, Fla., batted .588 with an .882 slugging percentage and a .650 on-base percentage to lead Clemson to four wins in five games this past week. He was 10-for-17 with two doubles, one homer, seven RBIs, six runs, three walks, and two stolen bases. In Wednesday’s game at Western Carolina and Friday’s game against No. 9 Georgia Tech, Miller combined to go 7-for-7 with two walks, meaning he reached base in nine straight plate appearances.

In the three-game series against the top-10 Yellow Jackets, Miller was 5-for-10 to lead the Tigers to two wins. On the season, he leads the ACC in batting average (.437) by 37 points and on-base percentage (.535) by 53 points along with totaling eight doubles, three triples, two homers and 32 RBIs. Miller has scored 37 runs with 28 walks, and 18 stolen bases in 37 games (35 starts).

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Clemson’s Miller earns national honor

April 11, 2011 By

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Junior shortstop Brad Miller was one of four Division I players named national player-of-the-week by Collegiate Baseball on April 11 for his performances in five games from April 5-10. He also received ACC Player-of-the-Week honors, his first as a Tiger.

In the five games during the week, all at Doug Kingsmore Stadium, he went 14-for-21 (.667) with two doubles, two triples, seven RBIs, eight runs, a .952 slugging percentage, and .696 on-base percentage. He had at least two hits in each of the five games during the week and totaled at least three hits and two RBIs in each game against Maryland over the weekend. Against the Terrapins, he was 10-for-13 (.769). He raised his season batting average from .333 at the start of the week to .423by the end of the week.

Miller added two walks and four steals in four attempts to lead Clemson to four wins in five games. In the field, he did not commit an error in 28 chances at shortstop, which included several highlight-reel plays. On the season, Miller leads the ACC in batting average (.423) and on-base percentage (.545) while totaling five doubles, three triples, 17 RBIs, and nine stolen bases in 24 games (22 starts

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Tigers warm up for USC with win over Wofford

March 2, 2011 By

Four Tiger pitchers combined to hold Wofford to one unearned run while stranding 10 runners on base in #4 Clemson’s 5-1 victory at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. The Tigers, who won their fifth game in a row, improved to 6-1 overall, while the Terriers dropped to 6-3. The win marked the Tigers’ 1,000th all-time victory at Doug Kingsmore Stadium, which opened in 1970.

The Terriers took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth inning, but Clemson tied the score with a run in the bottom of the fourth and took the lead for good with two runs in the fifth inning. Then, Kevin Pohle and Jonathan Meyer worked out of several jams in the latter stages of the game to keep the lead in Clemson’s favor.

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Clemson’s Miller shines for USA team

August 7, 2010 By

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Clemson rising junior shortstop Brad Miller led Team USA Baseball with a .441 batting average during the summer, which culminated with a silver-medal performance at the FISU World University Baseball Championships inside Meiji Jingu Stadium in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday. It was Miller’s second year on the squad, as he played for Team USA after his freshman season in 2009.

Miller, who was one of only four team members to hit at least .300 for the season, led Team USA in batting average by 80 points while playing 14 games (seven starts) for the Red, White, & Blue. He was 15-for-34 with four doubles, one homer, six RBIs, 11 runs, a .647 slugging percentage, six walks, a .team-high 525 on-base percentage, and one steal. Miller also committed just one error in the field in 27 chances (.963 fielding percentage).

Team USA went 5-1 at the world championships but lost in the title game to Cuba 4-3 in 10 innings. Team USA had a 16-3 record in its 19 games over the summer.

The Windermere, FL native was coming off a stellar 2010 season with the Tigers when he led the squad with a .357 batting average along with 19 doubles, four triples, eight homers, 49 RBIs, a .458 on-base percentage, and nine steals in 69 games while helping Clemson reach the College World Series.

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