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Aaron Miller

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Channelview, Texas

High School:
Channelview

Height / Weight:
6-3 / 200

Position:
OF/LHP

Experience:
2L

B/T:
L/L

FALL 2007
Started all 20 games ... Hit .317 (20-for-63) with six doubles, one triple and 17 RBI ... Led team in home runs (5), runs scored (30), walks (21), slugging percentage (.683), on base percentage (.488) and OPS (1.171) ... Also was successful in both stolen base attempts ... Was 2-for-5 with a double, a home run and two RBI against Texas (10/14).

SUMMER 2007
Did not play competitively while continuing rehabilitation on right arm.

2007 (FRESHMAN)
Started each of Baylor's first 39 games in right field before sustaining a broken right arm when hit by a pitch in Missouri series opener (4/20) ... Played 16 games in Big 12 action, all starts ... Despite missing season's final 23 games, tied for third on team with 35 RBI ... Also finished third on team in triples (4) and slugging percentage (.511) ... Hit .348 (23-for-66) with runners on base, including a .300 mark (15-for-50) with runners in scoring position ... Tallied 10 multiple-hit games, three of which were in Big 12 play ... Tied for second on team with 11 multiple-RBI games, including four in conference action ... Hit .435 (10-for-23) during a seven-game hitting streak in late March and early April ... Hit .329 (26-for-79) in 23 non-conference games ... Posted a .345 average (30-for-87) in 25 games at Baylor Ballpark ... Did not go hitless in consecutive games all season ... Reached safely and/or produced an RBI in 36 of 39 games played ... Reached safely in 18 of season's first 19 games ... Went 1-for-4 with a run scored against Houston in Baylor's season opener at the Astros College Classic (2/9) ... After going hitless against top-ranked Rice in Bears' second game of season, hit safely in five consecutive games and in 11 of the next 12 contests ... Hit .583 (7-for-12) with two doubles, two triples and five RBI in three games against Stephen F. Austin (2/16-18) ... Went 3-for-5 with a double, a triple, two RBI and two runs scored in series opener (2/16) ... Followed that with a 2-for-3 outing the next day ... Also doubled, walked twice and recorded two RBI in that game ... Was 2-for-4 with a triple, an RBI and a run scored in series finale ... Went 2-for-4 against Oral Roberts (2/24) with a double, four RBI, two runs scored and first career home run ... Was 2-for-4 with an RBI double against 10th-ranked Texas (3/17) ... Went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk and two RBI against Texas Tech (3/24) ... Had a two-run triple in Texas Tech series finale (3/25) ... Doubled twice with an RBI and a run scored in series finale at 14th-ranked Oklahoma State (4/1) ... Went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI against Houston (4/3) ... Homered in both games of doubleheader at Kansas (4/15).

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Channelview [Texas] High School ... Pitched and played first base and outfield for head coach Cory Bowyer ... Led Channelview to first state tournament appearance in 2006 and earned all-tournament honors ... Named third-team All-America by Baseball America as a senior after hitting .581 with 14 home runs, 49 RBI, 11 doubles, two triples, 54 runs and 20 stolen bases ... Named first-team preseason All-America by Collegiate Baseball and third-team preseason All-America by Baseball America as a senior ... One of Baseball America's four-member "Best Two-Way Players" list prior to senior campaign ... 2006 Baseball America Jackie Robinson Award finalist ... No. 6 on Texas Baseball News Texas Top 25 ... No. 23 on Baseball America Prospect Plus National Top 300 ... AFLAC, Cape Cod and Puma High School All-America as a senior ... Two-time first-team all-Greater Houston, earning MVP honors in 2006 ... Three-time district MVP and first-team all-district ... Posted a 3-0 record with a 0.57 ERA and 23 strikeouts in 13.0 innings as a senior ... Also hit .471 with nine home runs, nine doubles, 28 RBI, 16 stolen bases and a .986 slugging percentage in 2005 ... Participated in 2005 Area Code Games ... Graduated salutatorian ... National Honor Society member.

PERSONAL
Full name is Aaron Shaun Miller ... Born Sept. 18, 1987, in Channelview, Texas ... Son of Ricky and Bonnie Miller ... Business major.