Leah Miller

Class:
Junior
Height:
5-10
Hometown:
Winnipeg, Canada
High School:
Mennonite Brethren Institute Collegiate
Major:
Biology, Health, and Society

At Michigan
• Member of two Big Ten Championship Teams (2023, '24)
• Big Ten Champion (2023, 1V4)
• Named to Team Canada's U-23 World Championship Roster (2022) in the 4x
• Trained with U-M teammates Abby Dent, Jana Peachey as part of Team Canada
• Two-time Academic All-Big Ten (2024, '25)
• Member of the Big Ten Boat of the Week (March 25, 2025) following rowing with the 1V4 at the Big Ten/Ivy Dust Up

Junior (2025)
• Rowed in the stroke seat of the 1V4 as it finished first (7:22.80) against Syracuse and Penn in the morning session of the Big Ten/Ivy Dust Up (March 22)
• Timed 7:10.5 with the 1V4 from the stroke seat against Yale during the afternoon session at the Big Ten/Ivy Dust Up
• From the stroke seat of the 1V4, timed 7:44.2 against Oklahoma and 8:01.9 against Virginia at the Big Ten/ACC Challenge (March 29)
• Placed second (7:04.06) with the 1V4 in the stroke seat at Texas (April 12)
• Finished first (7:09.28) in the second seat in the morning and second (7:20.18) in the third seat of the 1V4 in the afternoon session on day one (April 18) of the Big Ten Invitational
• From the bow seat, placed fourth (7:25.76) in the 1V4 on day two (April 19) of the Big Ten Invitational
• On the first day of the Big Ten Championship (May 17), helped the 2V8 advance to the finals in second place (6:39.85) from the sixth seat
• Earned bronze in 6:23.80 from the sixth seat of the 2V8 to help the team finish third overall on finals day of the Big Ten Championship (May 18)
• From the bow seat, helped the 2V8 advance to petite finals and time 6:26.86 to finish ninth as a boat and 11th as a team at the NCAA Championship (June 1)

Sophomore (2024)
• Rowed in the third seat of the 1V4 as it timed 7:44.8 over Virginia in the morning and 7:54.5 against Duke in the afternoon at the Big Ten-ACC Challenge (March 30)
• Rowed in the third seat of the 1V4 as it timed 7:29.2 to defeat Michigan State (April 6)
• Helped the 1V4 finish second against Texas (April 13) in 7:10.27 from the third seat
• Finished second (7:20.191) and first (7:30.164) from bow seat of the 2V4 on the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 19)
• Placed second (7:27.598) with the 2V4 in bow seat on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 20)
• Won a silver medal in 7:18.949 from the third seat of the 3V4 to help the team win the Big Ten Championship (May 19)

Freshman (2023)
• Made her U-M debut in the bow seat of the 1V4 which won against Duke in 8:03.9 (March 31) and placed second to Virginia (April 1) in 7:43.93
• Rowed in the third seat of the 1V4 and placed third in 7:15.080, ahead of Indiana and behind Stanford and SMU on the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 7); during the second session, placed second from the stroke seat in 7:21.221 behind Duke and ahead of UCLA and Iowa
• From the stroke seat of the 1V4, placed third in 7:14.583 behind Brown, Stanford and Ohio State on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 8)
• Rowed in the third seat of the 1V4 as it timed 7:24.926 against Texas (April 15)
• On Senior Day against Louisville (April 30), helped the 2V4 to victory in 7:23.25 from bow seat
• Won gold from stroke seat of the 1V4 (7:18.086) to help the team win the Big Ten Championship (May 14)
• From stroke seat, rowed with the 1V4 to finish ninth overall (third, Petite Final) with a time of 7:23.781 at the NCAA Championship (May 26-28) to help the team place 11th

Prep
• Attended Mennonite Brethren Institute Collegiate (MBCI) in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
• Recipient of the prestigious Tom Longboat Award from the Aboriginal Sports Circle
• A first-class Honours Student each year at MBCI
• Rowed with Winnipeg Rowing Club with the Manitoba Rowing Association
• Competed with Rowing Canada's 2021 CanAmMex team
• Won bronze in the U19 single (1x) at the 2021 National Rowing Championships
• Rowed in three events at the 2019 Western Canada Summer Games in the U19 division, placing second in the 1x, third in the 8+ and third in the 4x
• Place fifth in the U17 single (1x) at the 2019 Royal Canadian Henley
• Competed with now-Michigan teammate Abby Dent at the 2018 Royal Canadian Henley (U17), finishing fifth in the 2x

Personal
• Daughter of Donald and Paula Miller