18 Sydney Miles
18 - Sydney Miles
Height: 6-1
Year: Jr.
Hometown: Oklahoma City, OK
High School: Heritage Hall
Position: S
Major: Neuroscience & Behavioral Biology

Career:
After three seasons with the program, she ranks third all-time at Emory in assists (4,384) and is fourth in assists average (10.56 aps) ... Has 15 matches of 50 or more assists ... 24 matches of 10 or more digs ... Named UAA Player of the Week on six occasions.

Junior (2014):
Turned in an outstanding season in helping the Eagles to a berth in the title match of the NCAA D-III Championships ... Captured First Team All-America honors for the third straight year, the first Emory player in program history to earn that distinction ... First Team All-UAA for the third straight year ... AVCA All-South Region ... Played in 149 of the team's 154 sets over the course of appearing in 42 matches ... Led the UAA and ranked 12th nationally with a 10.78 assists-per-set average, with that mark good for the No. 9 position on the Eagles' seasonal chart ... Her setting keyed an Emory attack that hit .275 on the year, good for the top spot in the UAA and third among all D-III programs ... Total of 1,066 assists ranked third on the school's season ladder ... Landed a spot on the NCAA Championships All-Tournament Team after averaging 13.07 assists over 13 sets of play ... Dished out a season-high 58 assists, her third-highest career total, vs. Hope College (Nov. 24) in the finals of the NCAA Championships ... Totaled 56 assists and paced the squad with five (1-4) blocks vs. UW-Stevens Point (Nov. 22) in the NCAA Semifinals ... Posted a team-high 51 service aces and her 0.34 aces-per-set average was 11th on the UAA chart ... 10 matches of 50 or more assists ... Averaged 2.12 digs per set, placing her 29th among UAA players ... 11 outings of double-figure digs including a career-best 19 to go along with 50 assists and five (1-4) blocks in a 3-1 triumph vs. Chicago (Oct. 19) at the UAA Round Robin II ... Emory National Invitational All-Tournament Team (Oct. 31 - Nov. 1), averaging 11.3 assists and 1.4 kills per set in helping Emory to a 3-0 record ... Recorded a season-best tying eight terminations, hit .412 (8-1--17), dished out 37 assists in a 3-1 verdict over UMASS-Boston (Oct. 31) ... Tabbed as the UAA Offensive Player of the Week after earning a berth on the Elmhurst Invitational (Sept. 19-20) All-Tournament Team after averaging 10.1 assists over 16 sets of action in four matches ... 55 assists and eight digs in a five-set clash vs. Chicago (Sept. 20) ... Solid outing in a 3-2 victory over No. 23 Mary Hardin-Baylor (Sept. 6) at the Cal Lutheran Invitational, racking up 56 assists while chipping in 14 digs and three block assists ... 15 matches of two or more service aces ... 53 successful attack attempts, 14 digs and four aces in a 3-2 come-from-behind triumph against Carnegie Mellon (Oct. 5) that marked head coach Jenny McDowell's 600th career win ... Topped all performers with a career-high eight (1-7) blocks, the fourth-highest total by an Eagle during the season, and was second on the club with 15 digs vs. DePauw (Aug. 31) ... Hit .700 on the strength of seven terminations with no errors in 10 opportunities, and totaled 56 assists and nine digs in a 3-1 win over Williams (Nov. 21) in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championships ... Came through with 52 assists, three service aces and 11 digs vs. Washington University (Nov. 16) in a 3-2 victory in the NCAA St. Louis Region Championship. 

Sophomore (2013):
Enjoyed another banner campaign that culminated with her second straight first-team berth on the AVCA All-America Team ... AVCA All-South Region ... Earned First Team All-UAA acclaim for the second straight year ... Led the UAA and ranked 22nd nationally in the D-III ranks in assists (10.17 aps) ... Closed out the year with a .282 hitting percentage (164-44--426), good for ninth place among UAA performers ... Total of 1,393 assists ranked as the seventh-highest seasonal mark in school annals ... Named UAA Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 18) after capturing Most Outstanding Player honors at the NCAA Atlanta Regional ... Averaged 10.36 assists, 2.09 digs and 0.73 blocks per set during the Atlanta Regionals ... Helped Emory to a 3-1 triumph over Colorado College (Nov. 17) in the Regional Championship, totaling 47 assists, 10 digs, seven kills and four (1-3) total blocks ... Landed a spot on the Emory National Invitational All-Tournament Team (Nov. 1-2) after guiding the Eagles to a 4-0 record ... Chalked up a career-high 66 assists, the sixth-highest individual match total in school history, and contributed 14 digs in a 3-2 win over No. 15 Trinity (Nov. 2) ... Selected as the UAA Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 16) following her effort at the Emory Classic (Sept. 13-14) where she garnered all-tournament honors ... Doled out 49 assists and chipped in nine digs in a 3-1 verdict over No. 12 Christopher Newport (Sept. 13) ... UAA Player of the Week (Sept. 3) after sparking the team to a 3-0 ledger at the Wittenberg Invitational, averaging 10.1 assists and 2.08 digs per set ... Finished with 42 assists and eight digs in a 3-1 decision over 2012 NCAA champ and No. 1-ranked St. Thomas (Aug. 30) ... A day later she posted 47 assists and 11 digs in a 3-1 win vs. No. 3 Wittenberg ... Member of the Randolph-Macon Invitational All-Tournament Team (Sept. 6-7) after sparking the squad to a 4-0 mark with one of those wins being a 3-1 verdict over Trinity (TX) where she compiled 62 digs along with an eventual season-high tying 15 digs ... Hit .583 (7-0--12) and finished with 31 assists in a 3-0 triumph over Case Western (Oct. 6) at the UAA Round Robin I ... In a 3-0 victory over No. 8 Washington University (Nov. 8) in the semifinals of the UAA Championships, she accounted for 36 assists, 14 digs and four (0-4) total blocks. 

Freshman (2012):
Outstanding first year with the program that saw her appear in 36 matches and record 129 sets of action ... Captured AVCA First Team All-America honors, just one of two freshmen to earn that distinction ... Lone freshman to be tabbed to the AVCA All-South Region Team, and was selected as the South Region Freshman of the Year ... First Team All-UAA and was picked as the league's Rookie of the Year Award winner ... Topped the UAA and ranked 10th nationally among D-III players with a 10.74 assists-per-set average with that mark good for ninth place on Emory's seasonal chart ... Final mark of 1,385 assists placed her eighth on the Eagles' seasonal ladder ... Three matches of 50 or more assists ... Named the UAA Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 1) after averaging 10.54 assists, 1.54 digs and 1.15 kills per set in helping Emory to a 4-0 record ... Hit .700 (7-0--10) and chipped in 31 assists and seven digs in a 3-0 triumph vs. NYU (Sept. 29) ... Finished fourth on the team in blocks (0.40 bps) ... Totaled a season-high 55 assists, along with a season-high tying 12 digs, in a 3-1 victory over No. 23 Juniata (Nov. 10) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament ... Helped rally the Eagles from a 0-2 deficit to a 3-2 win over No. 6 Cal Lutheran (Sept. 14) by doling out 54 assists and contributing six kills ... Chalked up another .700 hitting effort (7-0--10) and finished with 35 assists and two blocks (0-2) in a 3-0 verdict over UMASS-Boston ... Posted six terminations en route to a .500 hitting performance (6-1--10), and registered 49 assists in sparking the Eagles to a 3-1 decision over Heidelberg (Oct. 20) ... Five matches of 10 or more digs ... Tied Alex Duhl for the team lead with a season-high four blocks (1-3) and added 35 assists and five kills vs. Williams (Sept. 22) ... 49 assists, 12 digs and two service aces in a 3-2 victory over then No. 4 Christopher Newport (Sept. 14) ... 46 assists and five digs in Emory's 3-1 triumph over No. 1-ranked Washington University in the UAA Championships.

High School
:
Four-year member of the Heritage Hall volleyball program where she was coached by Bill Hamiter and Rachel Macelvaine … As a senior, she was named All-City Player of the Year by The Oklahoman … Small West All-State selection … Helped her prep squad to the Class 5A state finals her final two years … All-tournament honoree during state competition in 2010 and 2011 … Named as Heritage Hall's MVP in 2011 … Named to five different all-tournament teams over her final two campaigns … Closed out her career as her high school's all-time leader in assists … Plays club volleyball for Oklahoma Peak 18s and was coached by Bill Hamiter and Tanna Smith.

Personal:
Daughter of Clay and Laura Miles.

 

Career Stats

Year SP-MP K KPS A SA DIGS DPG
2014 142-42 165 1.11 1606 51 316 2.12
2013 137-38 164 1.20 1393 29 271 1.98
2012 129-36 137 1.06 1385 22 196 1.52
TOTAL 415-116 466 1.12 4384 102  783  1.89

 

Sydney Miles' Career-High Assists Matches

Opponent SP Assists Date
Trinity (TX) 5 66 11/2/2013
Trinity (TX) 4 62 9/7/2013
Hope College 5 58 11/24/2014
UW-Stevens Point 4 56 11/22/2014
Williams 4 56 11/21/2014
Mary Hardin-Baylor 5 56 9/6/2014
Chicago 5 55 9/20/2014
Juniata 4 55 11/10/2012
Cal Lutheran 5 54 9/14/2012
Carnegie Mellon 5 53 10/5/2014
Washington Univ. 5 52 11/16/2014
Chicago 4 50 11/8/2014
Chicago 4 50 10/19/2014
Elmhurst 5 50 9/19/2014
Christopher Newport 5 50 11/11/2012

 

Quote:
"I chose Emory not only for the outstanding volleyball program and coaching staff, but also its great academic history."