May 7, 2010

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Samford senior center fielder Wayne Miller was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District team, released by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on Friday.

Miller, a native of Knoxville, Tenn., has a 3.62 grade-point average and was named the Southern Conference's Student-Athlete of the Week on April 7, 2010. He was named to the SoCon's 2009 Spring Academic All-Conference team.

He was also named to the Ohio Valley Conference's All-Academic team in 2006-07 and 2007-08. He achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA in the Spring semester of 2007, and he has made Samford's Dean's List on four occasions. Miller was inducted into the Samford's chapter of the Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society in the Spring of 2009.

On the field Miller has been one of the leaders of Samford's 2010 team, which currently has a record of 25-18 overall and 13-7 in the Southern Conference. He has started 39 games in center field and is batting .348 as Samford's lead-off hitter. Miller also has nine doubles, two triples, six home runs and 29 RBI on the season.

As a member of the Academic All-District first team, Miller's name will advance to the ballot for the Academic All-America team. The voting for the Academic All-America team will take place next week and the team will be released at a later date.

Miller and the Samford baseball team will be in action this weekend with a Southern Conference series at Wofford. The series begins Friday evening at 6 p.m. (CT) in Spartanburg, S.C.