After missing the first four games of the season due to injury, Miller has been phenomenal ever since his return against Chaminade (N.Y.) in late March. I’m stating the obvious here, but McDonogh is an entirely different team with the four-year starter in the lineup. In the Eagles’ 8-7 loss at Calvert Hall on April 12, Miller was responsible for three goals during the Eagles’ early 6-0 run.

The Notre Dame recruit made a similar impact early in the game at BL, and more importantly, helped the Eagles get the win. This time around, Miller’s three goals came in just eight minutes and 45 seconds of game action during the first half to help the Eagles ultimately go into the break with a strong 6-3 advantage. On his first tally, with his defender keying in on his dominant left hand at X, Miller put it back in his right hand and curled around the crease. Less than two minutes later, he hung his man up, faked a dodge to one side then came around the other side of the crease, faked, and finished with his left. His last goal of the game came when he took his man from the 30-yard line and darted to the cage for a finish in-tight, and then added an assist late in the third quarter. Overall, the maturation of Miller’s game has been beyond noticeable, and I feel strongly about his ability to be in the mix for early PT once he gets to Notre Dame. If I’m being honest, when he made his initial commitment, I wouldn’t have made such a prediction, but that’s a credit to how hard he’s worked and how well he’s developed.

To say that Miller’s game matured in a year would be a dramatic understatement. The production was always there for the lefty, but in 2023, his actions spoke loudly, and he did damage in a multitude of different ways. Racking up 46 goals and 27 assists for the back-to-back champs, Miller became much more consistent and dynamic at a time that his team needed him to be exactly that, as the Eagles were without top recruit McCabe Millon for much of the regular season. Playing with a high level of composure and energy, he thrived without the ball with sneaky cuts and precise time and room shooting, and as a carrier, he regularly beat his man off the dodge and whipped around gorgeous through passes for assists. This spring, Miller will help lead an offense that will be littered with dangerous lefties as the Eagles look to become just the second MIAA program to win three conference titles.