NJAC NEWS ARCHIVE

 2005-06

April 4, 2006


 TCNJ'S MILLER CAPTURES HER 300TH CAREER
SOFTBALL COACHING VICTORY


REACHES MILESTONE WITH A DOUBLEHEADER SWEEP AT MUHLENBERG


With a doubleheader sweep at Muhlenberg on March 30, TCNJ head softball coach Sally Miller captured her 300th career victory at the helm of the Lions program. Miller, who is in her 11th season at TCNJ, has guided the Lions to a winning record every year since she took over the program in 1996. 

Miller ranks among the winningest active coaches in Division III by percentage. With a career log of 300-116-2, she boasts a win percentage of .720.

Miller has guided the team to seven NJAC Tournament appearances as well as to the CWS three times, winning the 1996 NCAA crown, taking fourth in 1997, and fifth in 2000. She has produced 13 All-Americans as well as six CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, while guiding the Lions to five NCAA Tournament appearances. In the fall of 1998, Miller was honored by her peers at TCNJ with the Roy Van Ness Award, which is given annually to a coach for outstanding success and leadership as selected by TCNJ’s athletic department.

A former third baseman at the University of Iowa, she was a member of the Hawkeye softball program from 1986 until 1989, serving as team captain for both the 1988 and 1989 squads. During her senior season, Miller helped Iowa capture the Big Ten Conference Championship and earn a berth in the NCAA Division I Regional. She was named to the 1987 Big Ten All-Conference and All-Mideast Regional All-America Second Teams, as well as the team’s MVP. During her career, Miller left her mark on the Iowa softball records. Twice, she set the school’s single-season assist mark with 170 assists in both 1987 and 1988.

After graduating from Iowa in December of 1989, Miller served as an assistant softball coach for Princeton University from 1990–1992. Following her stint at Princeton, she spent one season as an assistant for the Michigan State University softball program before her arrival at Indiana University in 1993. Miller came to the TCNJ after serving as the assistant softball coach at Indiana in 1994 and 1995.