May 26, 2009
WACO, Texas - Baylor junior Aaron Miller was named second-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America, the College Sports Information Directors of America announced Tuesday. Miller is the seventh student-athlete in Baylor baseball history to earn Academic All-America honors.
Miller, a management and entrepreneurship major from Channelview, Texas, is a two-time, first-team Academic All-District VI selection. He became eligible for Academic All-America honors by earning first-team all-district honors this season.
Also a left-handed pitcher, Miller was selected Academic All-America as an outfielder. He enters NCAA Tournament play with a .328 batting average, 12 home runs, 47 RBI, 11 doubles, 47 runs scored, a .581 slugging percentage and a .430 on base percentage. Miller, who is tied for 10th in the Big 12 in home runs, became the first Baylor player to hit 12-plus home runs in consecutive seasons since Josh Ford in 2003-2004. He also is 3-3 on the mound this season with 59 strikeouts over 47.2 innings.
Miller joins pitcher Pat Combs (1988 first team), first baseman Charley Carter (1998 first team), pitcher Jason Jennings (1998 third team; 1999 first team), outfielder Jon Topolski (1998 second team; 1999 second team), first baseman Ross Bennett (2003 first team) and catcher Zach Dillon (2006 first team) on Baylor's list of baseball Academic All-Americans.
Baylor returns to action this weekend at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional, hosted by LSU at Alex Box Stadium. The third-seeded Bears face second-seeded Minnesota in the first round Friday at 6 p.m. CDT.
