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2023 Baseball Roster

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42 Lane Miller

  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 211
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Boonville, Ind.
  • Highschool Boonville HS
  • Prev School Indiana
  • Instagram lane_miller18

Biography

2023: ABCA/Rawlings All-Midwest Region First Team … 2023 MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year … 2022-23 MVC State Farm Good Neighbor Award recipient … MVC All-Conference Second Team … One of the nation’s best stories on the mound, Miller made 11 starts on the mound in the 2023 season … Posted a 7-0 record with a 2.77 ERA over 61.2 innings pitched … Surrendered 51 hits and 23 runs (19 earned) … Posted a 38:14 strikeout-to-walk ratio … Allowed opponents to hit .219 from the plate … Served as the team’s primary batting practice arm early in the season before earning his first start on March 28 against Purdue … Went 8.0-innings allowing two runs while striking out five in the 8-2 win over the Boilermakers … Went on to serve as Indiana State’s primary Sunday starter on the mound in conference play … Went 8.0-innings allowing one run and three hits while striking out four against UIC on April 2 … Went at least 5.0 innings on the mound in each of his first six starts with wins over Purdue, UIC, Belmont, Southern Illinois, and Evansville … Added wins against Missouri State and Evansville (MVC Tournament) … Drew the start in the NCAA Regional title game against Iowa … Indiana State won all 11 of Miller’s starts in the 2023 season … Posted at least five strikeouts in six different games including a career-high six on May 26 against Evansville.

2022
  • Posted a 0-0 record with a 6.97 ERA
  • Made 10 appearances in relief in the 2022 season
  • Recorded 10.1 innings allowing opponents to hit .282 from the plate
  • Posted a 9:8 strikeout-to-walk ratio
  • Went at least 1.0 inning in six separate games
  • Posted a season-best 2.1 innings against Illinois State with two strikeouts
  • Added two strikeouts in a 2.0-inning scoreless outing against Merrimack on Feb. 25
  • Added two strikeout games against Maryland (Mar. 5) and Evansville (Apr. 23)
2021
  • Made two relief appearances in the 2021 season
  • Finished the year with a 13.50 ERA in 2.0 innings pitched
  • Posted three strikeouts
  • Made his season debut on April 2 against Saint Louis (1.0 IP, 3H, 1 ER)
2020
Season cut short due to COVID-19 ... Saw action in three games out of the bullpen and finished the year with a 0-1 record ... Pitched 5.2 innings, allowing six earned runs for a 9.53 ERA ... Struck out four and issued two walks ... Went a season long 4.1 innings and struck out a season high three batters in a loss against Chicago State (2/23).

Prior to Indiana State
Comes to Indiana State after one season at Indiana ... Did not see action with the Hoosiers due to a an injury ... A standout at Boonville High School under head coach Cory Julian ... Helped the Pioneers to a Sectional Championship in 2017 ... Earned All-Conference honors in 2016 and 2017 ... Named All-Southwest in 2016 and 2017 ... A multi-sport athlete at Boonville - playing baseball, football and basketball ... Miller earned All-Conference honors in all three sports in 2017.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 42

    2020Redshirt Sophomore

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'5" 220 lbs
    42
  • 42

    2021Redshirt Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'5" 220 lbs
    42
  • 42

    2022Redshirt Senior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'4" 211 lbs
    42
  • 42

    2023Redshirt Senior

    RHP
    6'4" 211 lbs
    42