Angelo State’s Kira Miller was named the 2022 Lone Star Conference Women’s Soccer Academic Player of the Year as the conference released the league’s academic awards on Thursday.
Miller headlined a group of 11 standout student-athletes honored for their work in the classroom and on the pitch. She also became the first Rambelle to receive the award since 2016. The All-Academic team is chosen by the league’s sports information directors, who select players on the basis of both athletic and academic achievement. To be eligible for LSC academic honors, a student-athlete must have played in at least 50 percent of their team’s contests, reached sophomore athletic and academic standing, completed at least one full academic year at the nominating institution and have a minimum 3.30 cumulative grade point average based on the 4.0 system for their entire collegiate career.
The ASU graduate student was joined on the team by DBU’s Kaleigh Naizer and Sophia Schrock, Eastern New Mexico’s Samantha Jeffries, Lubbock Christian’s Madison Mayben, St. Mary’s Eliza Merrion and Juni Ejere, UT Tyler’s Brooklyn Robinson and West Texas A&M’s Ashley Silvestre, Mandy Stricker and Reagan Heelan.
Miller, a goalkeeper from Frisco, claimed the award with a 4.00 grade-point average as a Coaching, Sport, Recreation and Fitness Administration major at ASU. The Rambelle’s starting keeper is among the nation’s best net-minders and ranks eighth in NCAA Division II in shutouts with 10 and 28th during the regular season with a .611 goals-against average. Miller has helped lead ASU to a 13-3-3 record this season, anchoring the second-best defense in the LSC.
2022 LSC WOMEN’S SOCCER ALL-ACADEMIC AWARDS
| Player |
School |
Year |
Pos. |
Major |
Hometown |
| Kira Miller |
Angelo State |
Grad. |
GK |
Coaching, Sport, Recreation and Fitness |
Frisco, Texas |
| Kaleigh Naizer |
DBU |
Jr. |
F |
Psychology |
Midlothian, Texas |
| Sophia Schrock |
DBU |
So. |
MF |
Biology |
Bellflower, Calif. |
| Samantha Jeffries |
Eastern New Mexico |
Jr. |
GK |
Digital Filmmaking |
Albuquerque, N.M. |
| Madison Mayben |
Lubbock Christian |
Sr. |
DEF |
Biology |
San Angelo, Texas |
| Eliza Merrion |
St. Mary's |
So. |
MF |
Biology |
Park City, Utah |
| Juni Ejere |
St. Mary's |
Sr. |
F |
Business |
Weatherford, Texas |
| Brooklyn Robinson |
UT Tyler |
Jr. |
DEF |
Management |
Spring, Texas |
| Ashley Silvestre |
West Texas A&M |
Jr. |
MF |
Marketing |
Amarillo, Texas |
| Mandy Stricker |
West Texas A&M |
Sr. |
DEF |
Biology |
Broomfield, Colo. |
| Reagan Heelan |
West Texas A&M |
So. |
GK |
Civil Engineering |
Kearney, Neb. |