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2022-23 Track & Field Roster

Alyssa Miller

  • Class Senior
  • Position Multi/High Jump
  • Hometown McKinney, TX
  • High School McKinney Boyd
  • Prev School Baylor

Biography

CAREER HONORS
  • Two-time NCAA West Region Preliminary Qualifier - outdoor high jump (2019, 2021)
  • Six-time All-Big 12 finisher (indoor high jump, outdoor high jump, pentathlon)
  • Three-time All-Big 12 - indoor high jump (2019, 2020, 2021)
  • Two-time All-Big 12 - indoor pentathlon (2019, 2021)
  • One-time All-Big 12 - outdoor high jump (2021)
  • 2019 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships (high jump - fourth place)
  • Baylor indoor high jump school record holder
As a second-year senior (2022-23)
Outdoor
  • Racked up 10 placements within the top 10, including two event wins
  • Opened the outdoor campaign by taking 10th in the high jump at the UCF Black and Gold Invite (3/17) with a mark of 1.63m
  • Placed seventh in the high jump (1.66m) at the Pepsi Florida Relays (3/31)
  • Took a pair of top-five placements at the LSU Lloyd Wills Invitational (4/8) by finishing fourth in the high jump (1.63m) and fifth in the 100H (14.44)
  • Registered a 10th place finish in the 4x100m (47.88) at the Virginia Challenge (4/20)
  • Won both the 100H (14.18) and the 4x100m (47.16) while finishing runner up in the high jump (1.66m) at the Kehoe Twilight Meet (5/5)
  • Finished ninth in the 4x100m (47.31) and 10th in the high jump (1.65m) at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/12-14)
Indoor
  • Scored three top-10 finishes during her first indoor campaign with the Terps
  • Finished fifth in the high jump (1.68m) at the Hokie Invitational (1/20)
  • Took seventh in the high jump at the Dr. Sander Invitational Columbia Challenge (1/27) with a mark of 1.65m
  • Notched an eighth-place result in the high jump at the Doc Hale VT Meet (2/3) with a mark of 1.63m
As a senior at Baylor (2021-22)
Outdoor
  • Scored four top-10 results and one event title in her last year with Baylor
  • Opened outdoor campaign by taking sixth in the high jump (1.66m) at the TCU Invitational (3/18)
  • Won the high jump (1.73m) at the Baylor Invitational (4/2)
  • Placed seventh in the heptathlon (4,628) at the 44 Farms Team Invitational (4/8)
  • Ended her career with Baylor by taking ninth in the heptathlon (4,964) at the Big 12 Championships (5/13)
Indoor
  • Participated in three indoor competitions during her final season with the Bears
  • Competed in the high jump (1.65m) and pentathlon (3,507 points) at the Big 12 Indoor Championships
As a junior at Baylor (2020-21)
Outdoor
  • NCAA West Region Preliminary Qualifier (High Jump)
  • All-Big 12 (High Jump)
  • Scored three top-five finishes and one event title during her junior season
  • Won the high jump (1.73m) in the season-opening UTSA Invitational (3/18)
  • Notched a sixth-place result in the 100H (14.15) at the Baylor Invitational (4/3)
  • Claimed sixth place in the high jump (1.66m) at the Michael Johnson Invitational (4/16)
  • Took fifth in the high jump (1.71m) at the LSU Alumni Gold (4/23)
  • Finished fifth in the high jump to take an All-Big 12 placement while earning a personal-best 5,069 points to take 10th in the heptathlon at the Big 12 Championships (5/14-16)
  • Competed in the high jump (1.72m) at the NCAA West Preliminary Round (5/26)
Indoor
  • 2x All-Big 12 (High Jump, Pentathlon)
  • Notched four top-five finishes during the indoor campaign
  • Finished fourth in the 60H (8.68) at the Texas Tech Corky Classic (1/16)
  • Placed fourth in the high jump (1.66m) at the Aggie Invitational (1/23)
  • Scored a fourth-place finish in the high jump at the Texas Tech Invitational (1/29)
  • Earned All-Big 12 status with fifth-place finishes in the high jump (1.75m) and pentathlon with a career-best 3,792 points
As a sophomore at Baylor (2019-20)
Outdoor
  • No outdoor season due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Indoor
  • All-Big 12 (High Jump)
  • Cleared 1.79m at the Texas Tech Invitational & Multis (1/30) to tie Kirsten Stepcick's Baylor indoor high jump record set at the 1993 Southwest Conference Championship
  • Runner-up in the high jump at the Aggie Invitational (1/25) with a mark of 1.68m
  • Recorded a mark of 1.68m to place eighth at the Big 12 Indoor Championships and achieve All-Big 12 status
As a freshman at Baylor (2018-19)
Outdoor
  • NCAA West Region Preliminary Qualifier (High Jump)
  • Finished 10th in the long jump (17-6.25) and 11th in the javelin (74-3, 22.64m) at the USC Trojan Invite (3/15)
  • Recorded a score of 4,677 in the heptathlon at the UTSA Roadrunner Invitational (3/21), placing fourth and ranking as the No. 7 all-time performer at Baylor
  • Recorded a career-best shot put of 8.16m to finish fifth at the Baylor Invitational (3/23) and placed seventh in the javelin with a throw of 22.70m
  • Set a then-personal-best high jump mark 1.76m to finish fourth at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays (3/27)
  • Recorded a third-place finish in the high jump (1.75m) at the Michael Johnson Invitational (4/19)
  • Placed fifth with a high jump of 5-6.5 (1.69m) at the National Relay Championships (4/26)
  • Finished ninth in the high jump (1.67m) at the Big 12 Championships (5/10)
  • Competed at the NCAA West Preliminary Championships (5/23) in the high jump (1.75m), falling just short of a place at nationals
  • Recorded a career-best high jump of 1.80m at the USATF U20 Championships, good for a fourth-place finish
Indoor
  • 2x All-Big 12 (High Jump, Pentathlon)
  • Placed second in the high jump (1.69m) at the Ted Nelson Invitational (1/11) to make her the No. 7 indoor high jump performer in school history
  • Made the finals in the 60-meter hurdles and finished seventh with a time of 8.83
  • Ran a 200m time of 26.11 to place 25th
  • Finished fourth in the high jump (1.75m), and the 60H (8.84) at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (1/18)
  • Helped the 4x400m relay team finish third (3:34.95), placed sixth in the high jump (1.72m) and finished ninth in her first-career pentathlon (3,382 points) at the Texas Tech Classic (1/24-26)
  • Finished ninth in the long jump at the Tyson Invitational (2/8) with a mark of (5.66m)
  • Scored two All-Big 12 placements, finishing fourth in the high jump at Big 12 Championships (4/22) with a season-best mark of 5-9.25 (1.76m) and eighth in the pentathlon (3,600 points)
Before College
  • Four-time state qualifier in three events (100-meter hurdles, 200-meter hurdles, high jump)
  • Earned three second-place finishes at the Texas Relays (two in high jump, one in 100-meter hurdles)
  • 2017 Region 1-6A Champion in the 100m hurdles
  • Four-time District 5-6 Area 6A Champion
  • Five-time District 6-6A Champion
  • Four-time All-American (three times in the heptathlon, one time in the high jump)
  • 2016 15-16 National Champion in the heptathlon (4,496 points)
  • Held career bests of 5,012 points (heptathlon), 13.99 (100-meter hurdles), 5-10 (high jump), 18-9.50 (long jump), and 25.15 (200 meters)
Personal
  • Daughter of Alfred and Debbie Miller
  • Has one sister, Aaliyah, who earned All-America honors in 2018 by running the third leg for Baylor’s eighth-place 4x400m relay at the NCAA Championships in Eugene
  • Majoring in business
Updated July 5, 2023