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2017-18 Wrestling Roster

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Billy Miller

  • Position 285 lbs.
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Perry, Ohio
  • Highschool Perry

Biography

2016-17
Finished with a 32-11 record with 3 falls and 6 major decisions, with a 13-2 ledger in duals … a two-time NCAA qualifier after winning EWL title with 7-3 tiebreaker win over 11th-ranked Thomas Haines of Lock Haven in finals … went 1-2 at Nationals as the 12th seed … won his opening match, a 3-2 decision over Cory Gilliland-Daniel of North Carolina, before falling in his next two bouts … dropped a 6-2 decision to fifth-seeded Nick Nevills of penn State, then fell 5-3 in sudden victory to Campbell’s Jere Heino … came in second at PSAC Championships, dropping a 4-3 decision to Haines in the finals … placed fifth at the Southeast Open, sixth at the Las Vegas Invitational, and was seventh at the Southern Scuffle … won by fall over Gilliland-Daniel in the fifth place match at the Southeast Open … was 4-3 at Las Vegas, with all three setbacks to top ten wrestlers … defeated eighth-ranked Denzel Dejournette of Appalachian State, 5-3, in the seventh-place match at the Scuffle … went 5-2 at the Southern Scuffle.  

2015-16
Qualified for Nationals in his first season as the starter at heavyweight thanks to a second place finish at the EWL Championships … ended the year with a 29-11 record, going 13-5 in duals … tied for team lead with six falls, along with a technical fall and five major decisions … named to Amateur Wrestling News All-Rookie Team …went 1-2 in first trip to Nationals … opened with a 4-3 upset of 13th-seeded Jared Johnson of Chattanooga, before facing the fourth seed, Austin Marsden of Oklahoma State, and losing by major decision, 12-3 … was eliminated by a 5-3 loss to Arizona State’s Tanner Hall … suffered a 5-4 loss in two tiebreakers on riding time to 19th-ranked Riley Shaw of Cleveland State in the EWL finals … was forced to wrestle a true second match against Rider’s Mauro Correnti and again went two tiebreakers, winning 9-3 on a six-point move in the final seconds … won a 3-1 decision over Shaw, a two-time EWL champion, in the dual with Cleveland State … captured first PSAC championship thanks to a fall at 2:15 over Pitt-Johnstown’s Damon Sims … finished first at Roadrunner Open and was only Fighting Scot to place at Southern Scuffle, capturing eighth place … went 4-3 at Southern Scuffle while facing three seeded wrestlers.
  
2014-15
Redshirted and went 8-3 with a major decision while competing in open tournaments at heavyweight … finished second at Clarion Open and ESU Open … lost a 3-2 decision to nationally-ranked and eventual EWL champion Riley Shaw of Cleveland State in the finals … other two losses also came by a point. 

HIGH SCHOOL
A two-time Ohio state champion while wrestling for former Edinboro All-American Dave Rowan at Perry High School … finished with a 152-22 career record with 100 falls … a three-time Ohio state place-winner, along with winning three sectional and district titles … was undefeated as a senior at 285 lbs., finishing with a perfect 44-0 record with 27 pins … won a 4-2 decision over Beloit West Branch’s Logan Sharp to claim his second straight Division II title after posting back-to-back pins in the preliminaries and quarterfinals … previously won his third sectional and district championships … picked up his first state championship as a junior with a 3-1 decision over Whitehall-Yearling's Alex Farrow at 285 lbs., in the process becoming Perry’s first state titlist and helping the Pirates to second in the team championships … ended the year with a 45-2 record with 27 pins, winning sectional and district titles … went on to finish sixth at FloNationals … placed fourth at heavyweight as a sophomore to end the year at 39-6 with 29 falls … reached the semifinals before dropping a 5-2 decision to Riley Shaw of Washington Court House Washington … dropped a 2-1 decision to Connor Sharp of Beloit West Branch in the third place match … was 24-14 as a freshman with 15 pins after being pinned in his first six matches … was ranked 17th by InterMat and 18th by Amateur Wrestling News as a senior … also a standout in football as a three-year starter … earned third team All-Ohio honors as a senior and first team All-Cuyahoga Valley Conference and all-district honors.
 
PERSONAL
Born July 10, 1996 … Biology Secondary Education major with a 3.31 GPA … son of Lisa and Bill Miller … has one sister (Colleen) … named to NWCA Division I All-Academic team and a PSAC and Edinboro Scholar-Athlete.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    285 lbs.
  • 2015-16 Redshirt Freshman

    285 lbs.
  • 2016-17Redshirt Sophomore

    285 lbs.
  • 2017-18Redshirt Junior

    285 lbs.