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2010: A top pinch runner all year for the Hokies … Appeared in 24 games, scoring nine runs … Scored the game-winning run in the eighth inning of Tech’s win over second-seeded Virginia in the first round of the ACC Championship … Scored three game-winning runs … Drew two walks at the plate … Had offseason shoulder surgery.

High School: A four-year letterwinner in both softball and basketball at Highland School, a private school in Warrenton, VA … Named the Fauquier Times-Democrat2009 Girls Athlete of the Year … Honorable mention All-Met by The Washington Post her senior season … Named first-team All-Loudoun Extra by The Washington Post her final year … A three-time VIS first-team all-state selection … Named first-team All-Delaney Athletic Conference all four years … Was the DAC Player of the Year her final season after batting .800 in conference play … Batted .603 her senior year, striking out only three times in 73 plate appearances … Also finished with 16 RBI, 37 runs and a school-record 29 stolen bases in 30 attempts … Led her team to two state titles … Also played basketball and scored 1,024 career points, leading her team to three VIS state runner-up finishes … A first-team All-Delaney Athletic Conference selection all four years in basketball … Named first-team all-state in basketball her freshman year.

Personal: Ella Katherine Newbill Miller … Born January 9, 1991, in Warrenton, VA … Daughter of Brooke and Ann Miller … Named after her grandfather Newbill Miller, with whom she shares a birthday … Has two older siblings, David and Amanda, and a younger brother, Henry … Grew up on the family Purebred Angus farm … Enrolled in university studies.