AS A JUNIOR (2013)
Named a CoSIDA Academic All-American and a CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree … Garnered a spot on the NCCSIA All-State, Preseason All-PBC, All-PBC, PBC All-Academic and PBC All-Tournament team … Garnered the D2 Academic Achievement Award … A member of the PBC Presidential Honor Roll ... As a forward, he played and started in 16 games to record 1409 minutes on the field … Finished the season with team-best 22 points (eighth in the PBC) as he notched nine goals (fifth in the PBC) and four assists … Recorded his first goal of the season and only game-winning goal in the 94th minute to take the overtime shutout victory over Montevallo on the road … Added the only goal in the 3-1 loss to Francis Marion to tie the game in the 19th minute … Added another goal in the 65th minute and added two assist to Rico Laitinen’s and Payne Clark’s goals in the up-set victory over Lander … Carried a four-game scoring streak beginning with a goal against Lander followed by another goal in the contests against Anderson (S.C.), the only goal in the tie with North Georgia and then a season-high two goals in the 5-0 victory over Mount Olive … Added his eighth goal against Young Harris and his final goal of the season in the 2-1 victory over USC Aiken in the 10th minute … Notched the other two assists on Payne Clark’s game-winning goal and another on Branco Theis’s score in the win over Mount Olive … Took 60 shots (sixth in the PBC), 21 of which (.350) were on goal … Registered a season-high seven shots against Mount Olive and six against Flagler, Anderson and North Georgia … Recorded a season-high 110 minutes in the standstill with North Georgia following 109 minutes in the loss to Anderson … UNCP skyrocketed to No. 15 in the national rankings for the second time in the Phil Hindson era after starting the season with a 5-1-0 record … During the season, the Braves shutout then-No. 3 Lander to mark one of the biggest wins in school history from a rankings standpoint.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2012)
Named to the CoSIDA All-District team, NCCSIA All-State team, All-PBC Preseason team, All-PBC team, PBC All-Academic team and was a member of the PBC Presidential Honor Roll … As a forward, he played in 18 games with 17 starts to his credit to record 1453 minutes on the field … Finished the season with 18 points as he notched seven goals and four assists … Recorded his first goal and assist in the 3-1 victory over Wingate … Scored the game-winning goal of the game in the 69th minute and assisted on the goal by Matt MacDougall in the 19th minute … Collected two goals less than five minutes apart in the 6-0 win over Georgia Southwestern in the 14th and 19th minutes … Also posted two goals in the 10-0 win over Chowan in the 58th and 83rd minute and an assist to Sean Hoek for his goal in the 22nd minute… Claimed back-to-back goals in the wins over Clayton State and Barton … Scored the only goal in the 77th minute against the Lakers and the fifth goal of the game in the 64th minute against the Bulldogs … Closed out the season with two assists Brett Luccia and Matt MacDougall in the contests with Flagler and Pfeiffer, respectively … Shot second in the shootout with Flagler in the second round of the NCAA Tournament … Ranked fourth in the PBC as he took 57 shots, 22 of which (.386) were on goal … Registered a season-high eight shots against Chowan, seven against Pfeiffer and six against Anderson and Clayton State … Notched shots in 12 other contests … Contributed to this season’s school record in number of goals in a single game (10) and largest margin of victory (10) against Chowan, and minimum shots allowed in a game (3) against Barton … Helped UNCP rank fourth in save percentage (0.861), ninth in shutout percentage (0.53), 12th in team goals against average (0.72), 18th in total assists (39) and 25th in scoring offense (2.26) in the nation … Contributed to the squad matching its third-best finish in 20 years (NCAA Division II era) with 12 wins … Helped the Braves make history in 2012 as they advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division II Regional Tournament for the first time in 10 years.
AS A FRESHMAN (2011)
Awarded PBC Freshman of the Year, All-PBC, NSCAA All-Region, NSCAA All-State, Daktronics All-Region, was the recipient of the 2012 Golden Ball and was a member of the squad that earned the PBC Team Sportsmanship Award ... A member of the PBC Presidential Honor Roll as a Gold Scholar … Nationally ranked 31st in points per game (1.61), 32nd in total points (29), 35th in goals per game (0.67) and 31st in total goals (12) … Named PBC Player of the Week on Oct. 18 for posting three crucial goals in leading the Braves to victories over Barton, 5-0, and Clayton State, 2-1, as well as adding an assist to total seven points … As a forward, he played in and started in all 18 games and to record 1,319 minutes … Finished second in the PBC with 29 points on a PBC best 12 points and five assists (a shared team best) … Was second in the PBC after taking 66 shots, 27 of which (.409) were on goal … Registered his first two goals of the season in the 3-0 shutout victory over Queens (N.C.) with back-to-back goals in a span of less than three minutes, and an assist on the game-winning goal … Recorded the game-winning goal in the 10-1 victory over Chowan in the fourth minute and included a second goal in the 16th minute, as well as an assist on the final goal by Martin Tomter … Scored two goals against Brevard including the game-winning goal in the 35th minute, and added the final goal of the game in the 76th minute … Collected the game-winning goal in the second minute in the 5-0 shutout win over Barton as well as the second goal of the game in the 26th minute … Tied the game in the victory over Clayton State in the first half and assisted teammate, Michael Davis, on the final goal to give the Braves the win … Registered one goal against Mount Olive, USC Aiken and Coker as well as one assist against Young Harris and Lander in the PBC Tournament … Totaled a season best eight shots against Chowan and seven shots against USC Aiken and Barton … Contributed to this season’s school record in number of goals in a single game in a season against Chowan … Helped UNCP rank 19th in scoring offense (2.39), 22nd in total goals (43), 17th in team goals against average (0.8), 35th in shutout percentage (0.39), 34th in W-L-T percentage (.667) and 34th in save percentage (0.805) in the nation.
BEFORE UNCP
Attended Lincoln University in Lincoln, New Zealand … In the initial pool of 28 players selected as qualifiers to play in the under 20 World Championships for New Zealand … Played in the top soccer league in the country and was awarded the Young Player of the Year honor for Canterbury United in 2011.
HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at St. Bedes College … Played club soccer for Canterbury United Youth Team under Coach Alan Walker … Awarded the Golden Boot two years in a row and scored 11 goals in the 2009-10 season and five goals in the 2010-11 season … The team won the national U19 title after going 7-1 on the season … Scored a hat trick in the championship game.
PERSONAL
The son of Melanie and Phil Miles … Has three younger sisters, Hannah, Chelsey, and Isabella … Awarded the honor of NCEA Level 1, 2, and 3 in high school … A business administration major at UNCP.
