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  Jerome Miller

Jerome Miller

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Stafford, Va.

High School:
Colonial Forge

Height / Weight:
6-1 / 170

Event:
Jumps

Birthdate:
08/14/1986

Four-time All-ACC honoree in the high jump

In 2006-07: An excellent junior season as a Yellow Jacket ... An All-ACC selection for both the indoor and outdoor seasons in the high jump ... NCAA Championships qualifier in the high jump for the indoor and outdoor seasons ... An ACC Indoor Champion in the high jump ... Placed 11th at the 2007 NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships in Sacramento, Calif. with a leap of 7'0.25'' in the high jump ... Tallied a mark of 7'1.00'' at the NCAA East Region Championships in Gainesville, Fla., finishing second ... Posted a mark of 48'6.75'' in the triple jump at the NCAA East Region Championships ... Posted a school record, NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 7'2.50'' in the high jump competition at the Clemson Indoor Opener (12/1) ... Became an ACC Champion in the high jump with a mark of 7'1.00'' at the ACC Indoor Championships ... Finished third in the triple jump at the ACC Indoor Championships with a leap of 48'4.50'' ... Tallied a school-record, lifetime-best, NCAA Region qualifying mark by leaping 7'3.00'' in the high jump at the Yellow Jacket Outdoor Invitational (3/30) ... Finished second in the high jump at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a mark of 7'0.50'' ... Set an outdoor personal record mark of 49'9.25'' in the triple jump competition at the ACC Outdoor Championships, finishing fourth.

In 2005-06: Garnered All-America honors in the high jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (7'0.25") ... Tallied a school record tying mark of 7'1.50" at the outdoor NCAA meet to advance to the finals ... Qualified for first NCAA Championships by finishing fourth in the high jump at the NCAA East Region Championships with a mark of 6'11" ... Posted a personal-best outdoor mark of 7'1" at the Georgia Tech Invitational ... Garnered All-ACC honors for the second consecutive season with a third-place finish in the high jump at the ACC Outdoor Championships (6'8.75") ... Tallied a personal-record mark of 49'1.75" in the triple jump at the Yellow Jacket Invitational ... Tied an indoor school record with a personal-record leap of 7'1.75" at the Kentucky Invitational ... Earned all-conference honors in the high jump for the second straight season at the ACC Indoor Championships with a mark of 6'11.50" ... Finished runner-up at the indoor ACC meet in the triple jump with a personal-record mark of 48'10.25" ... Won the high jump event at the Rod McCravy Memorial with a mark of 6'11.50".

In 2004-05: Became one of the top high jumpers in the ACC ... Posted a NCAA East Region qualifying mark of 6'11.75" at the Georgia Tech Invitational ... Finished seventh at the NCAA Region meet with a mark of 6'11" ... Garnered All-ACC honors at both the indoor and outdoor ACC Championships ... Tied for first at the indoor ACC meet with a season-best mark of 6'11.75", finishing second after losing in a jump-off ... Registered a third-place finish at the outdoor ACC meet with a mark of 6'10.75" ... Had an outdoor season-best mark of 47'9.25" in the triple jump at the Orange & Purple Classic ... Finished ninth at the indoor ACC meet in the triple jump (46'7.50").

High School: Four-year letterwinner in track and field at Colonial Forge, Springbrook (Silver Spring, Md.) and Western Branch High Schools ... Won the high jump Maryland state championship during the outdoor season in 2002 ... Captured the high jump Virginia state crown during the '03 indoor and outdoor seasons ... Won the high jump and triple jump state titles in Virginia in '04 ... Finished the 2004 season ranked No. 2 in the nation in the high jump ... Was a three-time All-American ... Earned all-state, all-district and all-area honors from 2002-04 ... Helped lead team to indoor and outdoor district titles in '03 and '04 and a regional crown in '03 ... School record holder in high jump (7'1"), long jump (23'3") and triple jump (48'2") ... District and Region meet record holder in high jump with marks of 6'8" and 6'9", respectively ... Honor Roll in all four years and graduated with Summa Cum Laude honors.

Personal: Born Jerome Michael Miller on Aug. 14, 1986, on Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland ... Parents are Jimmie and Melanie Miller ... Twin brother, Jason, is a sophomore on the Missouri track team ... Has two other siblings, Jimmie and Jetaime ... Cousin, Franklin Jacobs, set a World Record in the high jump at the 1978 Millrose Games in Madison Square Garden and was a three-time NCAA national champion at Farleigh Dickinson (1976-79) ... Majoring in aerospace engineering.

Miller's Career Top Marks
EVENT MARK (INDOOR) MARK (OUTDOOR)
High Jump 7-2.50^ 7-1.75*
Triple Jump 49-4.25 48-10.75
Long Jump - 23-03.00

^ - Holds School Record
* - Tied a school record.
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