2022-23 Wrestling Roster
Roster
Darren Miller
- Position:
- 141
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Vandergrift, Pa.
- High School:
- Kiski Area
Career: One-time NCAA qualifier (2021) ... three-time EIWA placewinner (3rd in 2021, 5th in 2022, 6th in 2023) ... two-year team captain … seven wins over nationally ranked opponents … two-time EIWA Academic Achievement Award winner … Bison Clun Award winner.
2022-23 (Senior): Team captain … placed sixth at the EIWA Championships with a 2-3 record, losing once in sudden victory and once in the second set of tiebreakers … won by a 3-0 decision over Ian Oswalt (Brown) and by a 6-2 decision over Julian Sanchez (Army) to reach the semifinal round at the EIWA Championships … went 20-9 on the season, including a 9-2 record in dual action and a 7-1 mark in EIWA duals … scored five wins over nationally-ranked opponents … appeared in all three NCAA Coaches’ Panel Rankings, coming in at 24th in the final … ranked as high as 23rd by Intermat … registered three pins and three major decisions … went 4-1 at the Navy Classic to place second and 3-3 at the Southern Scuffle to place sixth … defeated Oklahoma State’s Carter Young by a 4-2 decision in season-opening dual … won 4-2 in sudden victory over No. 11 Dylan Droegemueller of North Dakota State at Southern Scuffle … blanked No. 21 ranked Matt Kazimir 2-0 in Bucknell’s dual against Columbia … posted a 4-2 decision over Lehigh’s No. 23 Malyke Hines in comeback fashion … EIWA Academic Achievement Award winner.
2021-22 (Junior): Team captain with Zach Hartman and Brandon Seidman ... made the jump to the 141-pound weight class ... took fifth at the EIWA Championships with a 3-2 record ... defeated J.J. Wilson (Cornell) by a 5-2 decision, Connor McGonagle (Lehigh) by a 4-2 decision and then No. 19 Ryan Anderson (Binghamton) by a 2-1 decision ... victory over Anderson, second career over a nationally ranked foe, came in the second tiebreaker period ... posted a 16-5 record with six major decisions and two technical falls ... went 8-3 (5-1 EIWA) in dual action ... finished first among Bison in major decisions and second in technical falls ... won first eight bouts, logging five major decisions during that stretch ... blanked four of first five opponents, outscoring them by a combined margin of 51-6 ... placed second at the Navy Classic with a 3-0 record (medical forfeited out of title bout) ... missed chuck of the season due to an injury suffered at the Navy Classic ... in return to lineup, posted a 17-2 technical fall over Jordan Carlucci (Sacred Heart) and a 10-2 major decision over Jared Donahue (Drexel) in back-to-back EIWA duals ... appeared in fourth NCAA Coaches' Panel Rankings, being slotted 31st ... made two of three NCAA Ratings Percentage Indexes, checking in at 25th both times ... was a fixture in the Intermat poll, coming in as high as 18th.
2020-21 (Sophomore): NCAA qualifier at 133 pounds after earning an automatic bid with a third-place performance at the EIWA Championships ... went 4-1 at the EIWA Championships, battling back through the consolation bracket with four-straight victories to secure the EIWA's final automatic bid ... outscored final four opponents by a 21-3 margin, blanking final two ... at the NCAA Championships, posted an 0-2 record ... went 8-4 overall and 1-1 in dual action ... recorded a team-best two technical falls ... upset then No. 11 Tony Madrigal (Oklahoma) by a 4-1 decision to score first career victory over a ranked opponent ... named the Bison Athlete of the Week (1/25) after dispatching Kyle Randall (Sacred Heart) by a 21-4 technical fall in 6:43 ... appeared in all three NCAA Coaches' Panel Rankings, checking in as high as 23rd (first and second iterations) ... was ranked as high as 13th nationally by Intermat (1/26) ... earned EIWA Academic Achievement Award.
2019-20 (Freshman): Posted a 19-15 overall record with three major decisions and two pins while wrestling at 133 pounds ... went 10-6 in dual competition, including 9-3 against EIWA opponents ... one of four Bison to reach the double digits in dual victories ... one of three Bison to start every dual ... represented the Bison at the EIWA Championships, going 1-2 ... 9-8 victory came in the second tiebreaker period over Charlie Faber (Brown) ... strung together a six-bout winning streak in dual action from Jan. 10 to Jan. 30 ... went 9-2 between Jan. 4 and Jan. 30 ... both pins came in EIWA dual action ... opened collegiate career with a third-place showing at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open (Nov. 10), topping Michael Jaffe (Harvard) in sudden victory in the third-place bout ... appeared in third NCAA Coaches' Panel Rankings at 33rd and first NCAA rating percentage index at 32nd.
Before Bucknell: Earned four wrestling letters at Kiski Area High School … posted a 164-23 record, breaking fellow Bison Noah Levett’s school record in career victories … won a title in the 126-pound weight class at the 2019 PIAA AAA State Championships … became the third Cavalier to win an individual state championship … represented the Pennsylvania All-Star team, which squared off against the United States All-Star team, at the 2019 Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic … 2019 Valley News Dispatch Wrestler of the Year … finished third in the 106-pound weight class at the 2017 PIAA AAA State Championships … helped Kiski Area win three-straight WPIAL team titles from 2017 to 2019 … served as team captain … PA Power Wrestling’s No. 54 recruit in Pennsylvania’s class of 2019.
Personal: Darren Lee Miller Jr. … born July 9, 2001 in Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania … son of Darren and Lesli Miller … has a younger sister, Linzey ... major is electrical engineering.
