Ashley Miller

AJ Militello

/ Softball

Photo by: (Ben Solomon/Michigan State Athletics)

LEESBURG, FL - FEBRUARY 28: The Michigan State Spartans softball team takes on the Iowa Hawkeyes at Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex on February 28, 2021 in Leesburg, Florida.
(Ben Solomon/Michigan State Athletics)

Photo by: Ben Solomon

Height:
5-9
Class:
Junior
High School:
Leo
Hometown:
Leo, Ind.

SOPHOMORE (2022): NFCA Second Team All-Great Lakes region ... Big Ten Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 14) ... B1G Distinguished Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Tossed the third perfect game in program history against Akron on Feb. 13 ... Finished season with 244 strikeouts, the second most single-season strikeouts in program history ... Led the team with a 1.81 ERA over 193.1 innings of work ... Tossed 20 complete games including five shutouts and three combined shutouts ... Ended the season ranked No. 20 nationally in total strikeouts ... Struck out double-digit batters in 11 of her 34 appearances ...

FRESHMAN (2021): Big Ten All-Freshman Team Honoree ... Made 27 appearances in the circle, starting 18 and tossing four complete games ... Led the staff with a 1.98 ERA ... Shared three shutouts (one complete game shutout) and added two saves ... Struck out 99 batters and had a 3.41 strikeout-to walk ratio, both which ranked 12th in the Big Ten ... Threw a staff-best 113.0 innings ... Earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors on March 1 after the B1G opening weekend in Leesburg, Fla, where she tossed 15 innings, went 2-0, and owned a 0.93 ERA, tossing a two-hit shutout vs. Iowa in her first collegiate start ... Started two games and appeared in two others in relief in the second Big Ten weekend, tossing 13.1 innings against Minnesota and Illinois, surrendering just three earned runs and striking out nine while earning her first collegiate save against the Illini ... Threw a team-high 14 innings in the Rutgers series (3/26-28), scattering nine hits and striking out 15 with a 0.50 ERA on the weekend ... Started three of the four games at Maryland (4/9-10), striking out 10 in 9.1 innings of work ... Had a 1-1 record in three appearances in the Purdue series (4/23-25), striking out 10 and allowing 11 hits in 9.1 innings pitched ... Threw 15.2 (out of a possible 25) innings in the Indiana series (4/30-5/2), boasting a 0.89 ERA, 1-2 record, 10 strikeouts, and two earned runs ... Tossed a complete game gem vs. Michigan, striking out seven in a nine-inning, 1-0 loss to the Wolverines ... Started three of the four games against Wisconsin, striking out 13 in 12.2 innings ... Threw a combined 3.1 innings in the Penn State doubleheader (5/11), striking out three ... Went 1-1 in the final series at Ohio State (5/14-16), throwing a staff-high 11.1 innings with a complete game, six strikeouts, and scattering 11 hits ...

High School:  Three-year letter winner … State Runner-Up her junior season… Sectional Champions three consecutive years (2017, 2018, 2019) … Regional Champions her sophomore and junior seasons… Two-time Conference Champions (2017, 2018) … Three-time First Team All-Conference… Member of the All-Area team (2017, 2018) … First-team All-State sophomore and junior year… North East Indiana Player of the Year (2019) …

Club:  Played for Finesse Fastpitch in Wixom, Mich. under Coach Donny Dreher …

Personal:  Daughter of Mike and Sharon Miller… Has a brother, Matt, who plays hockey at the University of Nebraska-Omaha… Father ran track & field at Central Michigan University and was the MAC Champion in the 110 hurdles… Spent four years on the Principal's Honor Roll… Ranked #6 out of 232 in her class… Plans on majoring in Business.