8   Shelby Miller
	Class: Junior Hometown: Ottawa, Kan. High School: Ottawa Position: IF B/T: R/R

2012: Started 51 of the Huskies' 53 games, making 24 starts at second base, 18 at first base, eight at third and starting one game at designated player...Tallied 49 hits in 151 at bats for a .325 batting average... Recorded a season-high 18-game hitting streak from Feb. 17-Mar. 17...Hit a team-leading 10 home runs and led the team in three other offensive categories, including slugging percentage (.576), RBIs (36) and sacrifice flies (4)...Recorded 11 multi-hit games including a 4-for-4 day and two RBIs versus Akron (4/21/12).

2011: Saw action in 23 of 53 games, starting eight games, including six at designated hitter and one each at first and third ... Named to the 2011 MAC All-Freshman Team ... Second on the team in slugging percentage (.553) and second in batting average (.368) ... Hit her first career home run, a walk-off, as part of a 2-for-2 afternoon versus Central Michigan (4/2/11) ... Hit a three-run home run to give NIU the lead at Ball State (5/8/11) ... Achieved Victory Scholar status (3.5-4.0 G.P.A.) within NIU's Academic Excellence program.

High School: Garnered first team 4A all-state honors as a junior ... Selected to Frontier League first team in 2007 and 2009, while earning second team in 2010 and honorable mention in 2008 ... Named team MVP in 2009 after hitting .409 with 21 RBIs and scoring 19 runs ... Helped lead the Cyclones to three conference championships, two regional championships (2007, 2009) and one Class 4A runner-up finish (2009) ... Four-year varsity letter winner ... Led team with .474 batting average senior year and holds school record with 83 RBIs and 136 hits in a season.

Personal: Daughter of Laurie and Randy Miller.

Birthday: January 17, 1992.