2011 Men's Lacrosse Roster
Roster
Jovan Miller
- Position:
- Midfield
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 204
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Syracuse, N.Y.
- High School:
- Christian Brothers Academy (N.Y.)
Senior Year (2011): USILA Second Team All-American … All-BIG EAST First Team honoree for the second consecutive year … Started all 17 games as a member of the first midfield … One of eight players to start every game … Scored 25 points (14g, 11a) … At least two points in 10 of SU’s 17 games … Also had 24 ground balls and six caused turnovers on the season … Tied his career high with two goals versus Maryland in the NCAA quarterfinals, including the equalizer with 1:05 remaining to force overtime … Also scored twice versus Denver, Army and against Duke in the Konica Minolta Big City Classic … Finished with a career-best four points (2g, 2a) against the Blue Devils on his way to BIG EAST Honor Roll (April 4) recognition … Matched his personal-best with two assists against Cornell … Assisted on JoJo Marasco’s game-winning goal with six seconds left and scored one goal at Villanova … Eclipsed the 100-ground ball mark for his career with four against Georgetown at the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic … Tied his season high for ground balls (4) versus Denver and at Princeton.
Junior Year (2010): Named to the USILA All-America Third Team … All-BIG EAST First Team selection … Started all 15 games as a member of SU’s first midfield … Also one of the team’s primary short-stick defensive midfielders … Scored 21 points (15g, 6a) … Tallied at least one point in 12 of the team’s 15 games and registered eight multi-point games … Four two-goal games … Second on the team with 48 ground balls … Contributed to an SU defensive unit that led the nation in scoring defense (7.4 goals per game) ... Had a goal and an assist in his first career start versus Denver … Tied his season best with three points, including two goals, against Albany … Against Army in the regular season, Miller recovered a career-best nine ground balls … Set a personal best with four caused turnovers against Georgetown.
Sophomore Year (2009): Played in all 18 games as a short-stick defensive midfielder … Two goals, six assists … Picked up 28 ground balls and was 1-for-6 (.167) on faceoffs … Part of an SU defense that ranked fourth nationally in scoring defense (7.39 goals per game) … Picked up a season-best five ground balls in the NCAA semifinal win against Duke … Season-best two points (1g, 1a) against Cornell in the regular season … Had a goal versus Colgate … Also passed out assists in wins against Providence, at Georgetown, at Loyola, versus Siena in the first round of the NCAA Tournament and against Cornell in the NCAA title game.
Freshman Year (2008): Saw action in 17 games … Had four goals and six assists … Collected 17 ground balls and was 6-for-10 (.600) on faceoffs … Recorded a season-best three points on one goal and a personal-high two assists against Loyola … Recorded his first two career goals during the team’s regular-season win at Johns Hopkins … Earned his first career point by assisting on the game-winning goal against Army … Had a goal and an assist at Cornell … Also registered assists at Rutgers and versus Massachusetts … Won 3-of-6 (.500) draws at Colgate … Scooped up four ground balls and went 3-for-4 (.750) at the faceoff X against Canisius (NCAA) … Collected at least two ground balls in five outings.
High School: Led the CBA Brothers to a 40-6 record in his two seasons and to two Section III Class C titles … Tallied 42 goals, 17 assists and 110 ground balls as a senior … Finished his career with 80 goals, 34 assists and 200 ground balls … 2007 Under Armour All-American … Two-time All-CNY choice, including second-team honors in 2007 … 2007 Division III First Team selection … Two-time all-city … Member of the Central team that competed at the 2006 Empire State Games ... Also earned all-state and all-city honors in football as a running back and defensive back.
Personal: Jovan O. Miller … Born in May 1989 in Syracuse, N.Y. … Son of Jeffrey and Delbra Miller … One brother, one sister … Child and family studies major.
| MILLER'S CAREER STATS | ||||||||
| Year | Games | Shots | Goals | Assists | Points | GBs | Faceoffs | CTs |
| 2008 | 17 |
27 | 4 |
6 | 10 | 17 |
6-10 (.600) |
- |
| 2009 | 18 |
14 | 2 |
6 |
8 |
28 |
1-6 (.167) |
- |
| 2010 | 15 | 54 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 48 | 0-0 |
14 |
| 2011 | 17 | 55 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 24 | 0-0 |
6 |
| Totals | 67 | 150 | 35 | 29 | 64 | 117 | 7-16 (.438) |
20 |
