Miller named finalist for 2023-24 America East Woman of the Year Award

BOSTON—UMBC Volleyballs Isiah Miller has been named a finalist for the America East Conference Man of the Year Award for the 2023-24 season, the conference announced Monday.

To be nominated, student-athletes must compete in an America East sponsored sport and earn intercollegiate eligibility in their primary sport by the end of the Spring 2024 season or before the end of the Summer 2024 semester. Must have a bachelor's degree and meet minimum requirements. Cumulative grade point average is 2.500 (4.000 scale). Institutions may submit up to two nominees for each award, provided at least one is an international or ethnic minority student-athlete.

A three-time America East All-Conference honoree and both America East Setter of the Year and America East Defensive Specialist of the Year, Miller played every position on the court in 2023 and was named to the All-Conference Second Team. Obtained the right to participate. He earned OH/S/L/DS titles and was also named to the All-Academic team for three consecutive years. The rest of her illustrious career is summarized below.

2022: Named America East Defensive Specialist of the Year in his first season as a libero…America East All-Championship Team, All-America East Second Team, All-Academic Team…Leads America East Conference with 4.14 digs per set…America East Volleyball Scholar-Athlete of the Year The Year…Scored career highs against Delaware State, scoring 30 goals and dishing out seven assists in a game, tied for sixth all-time…Scored a team-high nine goals against Penn State in the NCAA Tournament. Finished with… Became the 13th member of the 400 Dig Club with a total of 418 digs during the 2022 season.

Fall 2021: America East All-Championship Team and America East All-Academic Team… He was scheduled to return to a defensive specialist role, but due to an injury, he started the first eight games of the season as a setter and then transitioned to outside hitter. Had 42 assists and 19 digs against South Florida and 39 assists and 15 digs against Rutgers…had 15 kills and 15 digs against Quinnipiac in her first game as an outside hitter…her career He played his best match. In the America East semifinals, she set career highs with 17 kills and 24 digs.

Spring 2021: He was hired as a defensive specialist and participated in the preseason, but was called up as a setter before the first game and was named America East Setter of the Year (the first from UMBC since 2013 and the second in history). Named to the America East All-Conference Second Team and America East All-Rookie Team… Named Conference Best Setter of the Week four times during the season and won Rookie of the Week awards three times. …committed to America East and ranked 31st overall in the NCAA with 10.65 digs per set…also averaged 2.54 digs per set…recorded a career-high 58 assists and tied for UAlbany. Added 12 digs in the America East Championship game…UMBC freshman record set with 55 assists against Stony Brook on February 27th…47 assists in a five-set win against Stony Brook on February 28th Recorded a best 23 digs…finished the season with 607 assists, 145 digs, and 31 kills.

The nominations will be narrowed down to three male and three finalists, who will be announced on Wednesday, May 29th. The 2023-24 America East Best Men and Women will be announced at the conference's annual awards dinner on Wednesday, June 5.

America East began recognizing Woman of the Year in 2006 and introduced the Man of the Year award in 2015. All-Time America East Man & Woman of the Year Awards List.