Mike Miller

  • Mike
  • Miller

  • Event
    Pole Vault
  • Class
    Senior
  • High School/Other
    Broadway
  • Hometown
    Keezletown, Va.

2012 Outdoor: Finished third in the pole vault at the ACC Championship with an outdoor personal best mark of 17-4.5 (5.30m), helping the Hokies sweep the podium in the event … Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round where he cleared 15-11.75 (4.87m) … Runner-up at Clemson’s Tiger Qualifier (16-2.75, 4.95m) and Radford’s Highlander Invite (16-6.75, 5.05m) … Fifth at Clemson’s Bob Pollock Invitational (16-9.25, 5.11m) … Cleared 16-8.75 (5.10m) at Tennessee’s Sea Ray Relays.

2012 Indoor: Placed ninth at the ACC Championships in the pole vault with a personal best indoor clearance of 16-6.75 (5.05m) … Took 10th at the ACC Meet in his first ever heptathlon with 4,574 points … Won the heptathlon pole vault at the ACC Meet with a clearance of 16-4.5 (4.99m).

2011: Did not compete.

2010 Outdoor: Jumped a season best of 16-2.75 (4.95m) three times on the season, including a first place finish in the unseeded section of the Sea Ray Relays, a fourth place finish at the Liberty Twilight and a ninth place finish at the ACC Championships.

2010 Indoor: Did not compete.

2009 Outdoor: Vaulted a season-best 16-0.75 to earn fifth place in the pole vault at the ACC Championships ... Finished second at the Fred Hardy Invitational with a clearance of 15-9 in the pole vault ... Recorded top-five finishes in the pole vault at the Liberty Invite and the HP Vertklasse Meet, placing third and fourth, respectively.

2009 Indoor: Cleared a season-best 16-6 at the VT Final Qualifier to place 11th ... Won the unseeded section of the Virginia Tech Invitational’s pole vault with a clearance of 15-9 ... Scored for Tech at the ACC Championships with an eighth-place effort in the pole vault, clearing 16-4.75 ... Placed sixth at the VT Elite Meet, vaulting 16-5.25.

2008 Outdoor: Redshirted.

2008 Indoor: Earned ninth place in the pole vault at the ACC Championships with a vault of 15-7 ... Matched his season-best clearance with a 15-7 vault at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet for third place ... Finished runner-up in the pole vault at the Penn State National Invitational, clearing 15-5.

High School: Six-time All-State athlete at Broadway High ... Member of District championship 4x100-meter relay squad as a senior ... Finished Runner-up at the State Meet in the pole vault four times ... Earned All-Region honors his junior year in the indoor 55-meter dash ... Also played football in high school ... Member of National Honor Society, Foreign Language Honor Society and graduated with Advanced Diploma.

Personal: Born November 24, 1988 ... Son of Tom and Barbara Miller ... Consumer studies major.

Miller's Collegiate Track & Field Bests
Indoor Outdoor
60m: 7.36 PV: 17-4.5 (5.30m)
60m Hurdles: 9.77
1000m: 3:02.58
HJ: 5-7 (1.70m)
PV: 16-6.75 (5.05m)
LJ: 19-11.5 (6.08m)
SP: 35-6.75 (10.84m)
Heptathlon: 4574 points