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Virginia Tech Athletics Department
Lane Stadium (West Side)
185 Beamer Way
Blacksburg, VA 24061

Shelby Miller
Director, Student-Athlete Development
Student-Athlete Development
(540) 231-7613 :: Send Email

Responsibilities: Miller is responsible for assisting with leadership development programming and training for student-athletes, as well as the leadership study abroad course in the Dominican Republic. She also will serve as the co-advisor to the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee in addition to assisting in the overall planning of New Student-Athlete Orientation, Athletic Director’s Honors Breakfast, Reading Day Luncheons, and The Gobblers, the athletics department’s year-end awards show.

Joined VT Athletics Staff: 2016

Prior to Virginia Tech: Miller worked as a graduate assistant for Life Skills in the Student-Athlete Academic Support Services office at Northern Illinois. She served as the point coordinator for the “Huskie Experience,” NIU’s student-athlete development program and various student services projects.

She also spent time as a graduate assistant for Compliance and Student Services for the NIU athletics department.

Education: Northern Illinois, 2014 (B.S. in corporate/organization communication); Northern Illinois, 2015 (Master’s in sport management).

Of Note: Miller was a three-year starter on the Huskies softball team, and following her senior season, she earned the Nan Harvey Sportswoman of the Year Award as handed out by the Mid-American Conference. She started 174 games in her career, including every game her final two seasons.

Personal: Miller is a native of Ottawa, Kansas.