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2025 Women's Beach Volleyball Roster

Shane Rodrigues
Shane Rodrigues

11 Sydney Miller

11 Sydney Miller

  • Height:
    6-0
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    San Diego, Calif.
  • Prev School:
    Rancho Bernardo HS

Summary

Biography

2025 (Junior)

  • One of six players to appear in all 35 dual matches.
  • Finished the year with a 13-22 mark.
  • Played all of her matches at the No. 3, 4 and 5 flights.
  • Played the majority of matches at the No. 3 flight, going 8-10. 
  • Tallied four wins over pairs of ranked squads, including back-to-back wins over No. 6 Cal Poly and No. 16 North Florida in the Best in the West tournament. 
  • Partnered with four different players.
  • Started the season paired with Alana Embry, playing six straight ranked opponents, including five in the Top 10. 
  • Went 7-8 with Sydney Amiatu as all but two of their losses came against ranked opponents. 
  • Named academic all-Big West.
  • Named to the Big West Commissioners Honor Roll

2024 (Sophomore)

  • Named honorable mention All-Big West.
  • Went 22-9 overall while appearing at the No. 3, 4, and 5 courts.
  • Played 31 of her 32 matches with Anna Maidment.
  • Earned AVCA Top Flight Award for the second straight season and with a second different partner after going 16-4 at the No. 5 flight with Maidment.
  • Went 22-8 in all with Maidment, owning the best win percentage (.733) of any UH pair on the season.
  • Earned Big West Pair of the Week honors with Maidment after going a perfect 4-0 at the TCU Invitational, including a pair of wins over the fifth-ranked Horned Frogs.
  • Three of their four wins came in straight sets with the straight set wins coming by an average margin of victory of seven points.
  • Won nine of her final 12 matches of the season.
  • Named academic all-Big West.
  • Named to the Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2023 (Freshman)
  • Named all-Big West honorable mention with partner Chandler Cowell.
  • Also earned AVCA Top Flight recognition after winning 75 percent (18-6) of her matches with Cowell at the No. 5 court. 
  • Went 20-8 overall on the season, with all but two of those matches paired with Cowell.
  • Won 14 of her first 15 matches paired with Cowell. 
  • Earned Big West Pair of the Week after going a perfect 4-0 at the Best in the West Tournament, including the clinching point in UH's 3-2 win over Cal Poly.
  • Won a two-set match against Sacramento State with Cami Loker and lost a three-set match against No. 16 Florida International with Lea Kruse in her only two matches not paired with Cowell. 
  • Had seven wins over ranked opponents, including wins over LSU, Long Beach State, Washington, Georgia State and Arizona.
  • Named to the Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Prep:
  • A 2022 graduate of Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego, Calif.
  • A three-year letterwinner in Beach Volleyball and four-year letter winner in Indoor Volleyball. 
  • Co-captained her high school team to second place in CIF finals and earned a spot on All-Conference First Team. 
  • Named Most Valuable Player during her senior season.
  • In her compacted 2021 beach season, competed in the 2021 BVCA Beach Volleyball Championships in Huntington Beach, Calif., AAU Junior Nationals, and West Coast AAU Junior Olympic Games.
  • Invited and participated in the USA Beach National Team Development Program.
  • Took top-place finishes in AAU California Regionals, AAU Grand Prix Club, AAU Winter Series, PAC Beach Girls High School Tournament, and Gilbert Grand Slam (U18 & Women's Open).
  • An honor roll student.
Personal:
  • Born in Denver, Colo.
  • A fashion design & merchandising major.
  • Parents are Victor and Kim Miller of San Diego,Calif.

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Historical Player Information

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    2023Freshman

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    2024Sophomore

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    2025Junior

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