Cleburne, Texas - Freshman 1B Alex Miller (Cypress, Texas) was named the 2024 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year, the league office announced on Friday. 

Miller excelled in his rookie season and is a top candidate for Freshman of the Year as he belted a team-high six home runs and drove in a team-high 41 runs and totaled 36 runs scored, eight doubles, a triple, and seven stolen bases in eight attempts. Miller walked 16 times in 140 at-bats while only striking out nine times and recorded 18 multi-hit games this season.

Miller, named SCAC Hitter of the Week on Feb. 27, was also named the Div. III Rookie of The Month by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) on Feb. 28 after he batted .462 (12-for-26) with nine runs, eight RBI, five walks, three homers, and two doubles in the month of February. He posted four multi-hit games over the seven he played in, headlined by a 3-for-5 day with two doubles, a run scored, and RBI in a 13-3 win at Occidental on Feb. 24. Miller went 5-for-13 with four runs, four RBI, and two homers in the Gents' three-game sweep of Occidental.

Miller, who also earned Second Team all-SCAC honors, is the third consecutive Centenary player, and fifth all-time, to earn SCAC Freshman-of-the-Year honors, following his current teammates Reichek (2023) and Tyler Herrera (2022) in addition to current assistant coach Chris Zapata (2015) and Aaron Quintanilla (2014).

Miller earned eight first-place votes in the Freshman-of-the-Year balloting while first-year designated hitter Owen Stevenson of Southwestern and first-year outfielder Kaleb Woodward of Trinity picked up three votes each. First-year outfielder RayShawn Riley of Austin College received the remaining two first-place votes.

For the complete 2024 SCAC All-Conference baseball team, click here.

See the complete Diamond Gents' season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/bsb/2023-24/schedule

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