SMU Athletics

CAREER HONORS
2023 All-American Athletic Conference
2020 WGCA Academic All-American
2020 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2019 WGCA Academic All-American
2019 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

2022-23 (Graduate Senior At SMU) - In her first season on the Hilltop after transferring from Mississippi State, Lauren Miller put together a scoring average of 73.93 as the Mustangs won six tournament titles and finished 11^th in the country. She finished the season with 16 rounds of par or better. Miller represented the Mustang in each of the 13 events on the season. In her first event as a Mustang, the senior finished 35^th at the Dick McGuire Invite, shooting 72 and 73 in the first and third rounds respectively. She finished tied for 46^th at the "Mo"Morial moving up 11 spots after a final round 74. At The Ally, Miller shot an opening round 71 and went on to finish in a tie for 33^rd place. Miller finished in the top third of the field at the Jim West Challenge, carding even par in each of the final two rounds. Miller had her strongest finish of the year at that point with a 24^th place showing at the Hurricane Invite. At the Cactus Classic, Miller led the Mustangs in scoring. Miller had her best finish to date of the season at the Trinity Forest Invitational finishing in a tie for 20^th. She followed that up with a 36^th place finish at the Briar's Creek shooting a 71 in her final round. At the Chattanooga Classic, Miller had her best showing of the season with a fourth place finish of 94. Miller shot par or better in each round to finish four-below par for the tournament. Miller made it back-to-back top-five finishes when she finished fifth at the AAC Championship, earning All-Conference honors. She shot a 67 in the final round to move her into the top five. She registered her fifth straight top half finish at the NCAA Regional. Miller capped her career with a round of 67 in the final day of the NCAA Championship helping the Mustangs move into 11^th place.
 

2020-21 (Junior at Mississippi State): Competed in the Blessings Collegiate Invitational and the LSU Tiger Classic.
 
2019-20 (So. at Mississippi State): Finished with a season stroke average of 74.83 and recorded one top-20 finish … Competed in four events during the year … Ended the Magnolia Invitational on a high note by shooting a 68 in the third round to finish 5-over and tied for 16th.
 
2018-19 (Fr. at Mississippi State): Participated in eight events during her rookie season, finishing with a 75.05 stroke average… In the fall, notched a 73.36 scoring average with her best finish being a t-10 at the Magnolia Invitational … Had three top-20 finishes, including tying for 19 at the Battle at the Beach… Shot a season low round of 70 in the Schooner Fall Classic and Jim West Challenge… Helped MSU reach match play for the first time in school history at the SEC Championship.
 
Prep: Third-ranked player in the state of Florida during her prep career at Niceville High School … First player to win Northwest Florida Daily News Female Golfer of the Year four times … Shot a 1-over 145 to tie for fifth in the 2018 FHSAA Class 3A state tournament, leading Niceville to a second-place finish … Also tied for fifth as a junior in the Class 3A state tournament, shooting a 147 for the two rounds … Carded a 147 in the state tournament as a sophomore, finishing fourth to help NHS to a second-place team finish... Shot a 217 (72-73-72) to finish in a fourth-place tie at the 2018 Florida State Golf Association Junior Amateur Championship … Finished in a tie for 31st at the 2018 Girls Junior PGA Championship, carding rounds of 70-74-72-71 (287) … Tied for sixth at the 2017 Florida Junior Tour Championship and placed ninth in the Girls Junior Amateur Championship.. Won the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Girls High School Golf Classic individual title and led Niceville to the team crown behind a 7-under 65 that was the lowest in the tournament's 23-year history and a school 18-hole record.
 
Personal: Born March 7, 2001 … Daughter of Mikel and Colleen Miller … Majoring in Sports Administration … Enjoys playing guitar, skiing, anything competitive like board and card games, sleeping, watching movies, traveling, and hanging with friends and family.