University of Arizona Athletics

2017: Saw action in 11 games prior to a season-ending hamstring injury … Hit a perfect 1.000 on the season (2-for-2) … Scored five runs and drove in one … Notched pinch-hit singles in consecutive plate appearances vs. Purdue (2/24) and LIU Brooklyn (2/25).
 
2016: Started 13 games, 12 in right field and one in center … Arizona’s primary pinch running option and appeared in 47 of Arizona’s 61 games … Hit .162 in 37 at-bats … Scored 18 runs and stole three bases in four attempts … Drew three walks and was hit by one pitch … Went 2-for-2 vs. Nebraska Omaha (2/13) … Her three steals ranked fourth on the team … Knoxville Regional: Appeared as a pinch-runner in all three games … Auburn Super Regional: Appeared as a pinch-runner in all three games and scored a run in game 1 (5/28).
 
High School: A four-year letterwinner at Ironwood Ridge H.S. in Tucson under coaches Randy Anway and Rich Alday … Named first-team all-Southern Arizona in 2015 and all-state in 2013 and 2014 … Team MVP and captain as a senior … Hit .443, stole 47 bases and scored 89 runs as a senior … Helped lead the team to the 2013 state title … A 2015 Arizona Scholar.
 
Personal: Born Merrilee Therese Miller in September of 1996 to Seth and Irene Miller in Flagstaff, Ariz. … Has two sisters (Katie and Abby) … Aunt Miken Miller played softball at Portland State and uncle Kevin Miller golfed at East Carolina … Has a black belt in kung-fu … Plans to major in family studies and human development to pursue a career in CPS because, “I like to help those who need it most” … Enjoys sleeping and spending time with her family … Chose Arizona because “it has been my dream school since I moved to Tucson from Oregon when I was eight years old.”