Taryn Miller

Maddy Emerick, Taryn Miller vs. Portland State

Photo by: Todd Goodrich

Photo by: Todd Goodrich

Team bonding retreat to Kalispell/Glacier National Park

Year:
Senior
Position:
D
Hometown:
Greenacres, Wash.
Previous School:
3L

2018 (senior season): United Soccer Coaches second-team Scholar All-West Region ... Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... United Soccer Coaches third-team All-West Region ... One of 30 national finalists for Senior CLASS Award ... First-team All-Big Sky Conference ... Voted to Big Sky Conference All-Tournament Team ... Voted team's Most Outstanding Defensive Player ... Played in 20 of 22 matches, getting 20 starts at center back ... Missed two league matches with a concussion ... Averaged more than 96 minutes in matches played ... One of nine players with a point on the season ... Assisted on Janessa Fowler’s insurance goal in 2-0 victory over top-seeded Weber State in semifinals of Big Sky tournament ... Took 12 shots on the season, putting seven on goal ... Took three shots, all on goal, in Big Sky tournament quarterfinal win over Northern Arizona ... Played the season’s first 1,074 minutes before being sidelined with concussion ... Played final 850 minutes upon return ... Helped Montana record 10 shutouts, which tied for the Big Sky lead and were two off the school record ... Played all 90 minutes in all three of Montana’s wins at the Big Sky tournament ... All three wins came by shutout as Montana allowed nine shots on goal in 270 minutes.

2017 (junior season): United Soccer Coaches first-team Scholar All-West Region ... Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... United Soccer Coaches third-team All-West Region ... Big Sky Conference Defensive Player of the Year ... First-team All-Big Sky Conference ... A one-time Big Sky Conference Defensive Player of the Week ... Played in 20 of 21 matches, getting 19 starts ... Averaged more than 90 minutes per match at center back ... Played every minute in 18 matches ... Key member of a defensive unit that allowed just 16 goals in 21 matches ... Goals-against average of 0.72 ranked first in the Big Sky, 32nd nationally and was the second-lowest average in program history ... Montana allowed just six goals in 10 Big Sky matches and fewer than three shots on goal per game ... Also tied for fourth on the team in scoring, with five points on two goals and one assist ... Scored the final goal on a header in the 71st minute in Montana’s 4-1 home win over San Jose State ... Also collected an assist in that match, aiding Allie Lucas’s goal in the 38th minute that put Montana ahead 3-0 ... Named Big Sky Defensive Player of the Week for that performance, plus her role in limiting Air Force and San Jose State to a single goal in two home wins ... Scored second goal in 1-1 home draw with Portland State, heading in a free kick in the eighth minute ... Took 14 shots, putting five on goal ... Took a season-high four shots in 2-1 overtime home win over Northern Arizona.

2016 (sophomore season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... Played in 17 of 20 matches at center back, getting one start ... Averaged more than 47 minutes per match off the bench ... Key member of a backline that allowed just 17 goals in 20 matches (0.85/m) and recorded a Big Sky-leading nine shutouts ... One of the team’s 11 goal scorers ... Scored first collegiate goal in 4-1 home loss to Idaho, a header off a Carlee Bates cross in the 72nd minute ... Took five shots on the season, two in the loss to the Vandals ... Twice put shots on goal ... Played 78 minutes in 0-0 double-overtime draw at San Jose State, 76 in 2-0 win at Southern Utah.

2015 (freshman season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... Named team’s co-Academic Award winner for 2015 fall semester ... Played in 19 of 22 matches, getting seven starts ... Averaged more than 47 minutes in matches played at center back ... Started the season’s first four matches as a true freshman ... Member of a defensive unit that produced seven shutouts, which tied for second in the Big Sky, and allowed 1.44 goals per game, the fourth-best average in the Big Sky ... Took five shots on the season, putting two on goal ... Played a season-high 78 minutes in 4-3 double-overtime home win over Indiana State and in 3-2 road loss at Northern Colorado.

Career Highs
Goals: 1, three times
Assists: 1, two times
Points: 3 (San Jose State, 8.27.17)
Shots: 4 (Northern Arizona, 10.8.17)
Shots on goal: 3 (Northern Arizona, 10.31.18)
Minutes: 110, seven times

Personal: A 2015 graduate of Central Valley High ... The daughter of Doug and Julie Miller ... Has an older brother, Jake, and an older sister, Holly ... An economics major.