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2024 Women's Lacrosse Roster

Michael Nance
Don Felice
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Michael Nance
Hunter Martin
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Anna Carrington
Don Felice
Hunter Martin
Michael Nance

23 Niki Miles

  • Position Attack
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool St. Margaret's Episcopal
  • Hometown San Clemente, Calif.

Biography

CAREER ACCOLADES
2024: Second-team IWLCA All-America
2024: Inside Lacrosse Preseason Honorable Mention All-America
2024: USA Lacrosse Preseason Honorable Mention All-America
Two-time honorable mention USA Lacrosse All-America (2023, 24)
Two-time honorable mention Inside Lacrosse All-America (2023, 24)
Two-time first-team IWLCA All-Region (2023, 24)
2023: Ivy League Attacker of the Year (unanimous)
Two-time unanimous pick as first-team All-Ivy (2023, 24)
2023: All-tournament, Ivy League Tournament

Two-time Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week (4/24/23; 3/25/24)
2024: College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District
2024: Academic All-Ivy

2023: PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Performer of the Year
Two-time PhillySIDA Academic All-Area (2023, 24)
2x IWLCA Academic Honor Roll (2023, 24)


CAREER STATS
GOALS: 135, fourth on program's all-time list
POINTS: 196, sixth on program's all-time list

ASSISTS: 61, t-9th on program's all-time list

PROGRAM RECORDS
*Goals in a season (63 in 2023)
*Draw Controls in a game (14 in ILT semifinal vs. Princeton, 5/3/24)
*Draw Controls in a season (119 in 2024)


2024: Team captain ... Started all 20 games on attack and led the draw control unit … Second-team All-America and first-team All-Region pick by the IWLCA … Honorable mention All-America recognition by Inside Lacrosse and USA Lacrosse … Named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List in the preseason ... Unanimous selection as first-team All-Ivy … Set the program record for draw controls in a season with 119 … Led Penn with 78 points, tying her total from 2023 as fifth on the program’s single-season list … Her 54 goals are tied for fifth on the single-season list and her 24 assists are tied for 16th … AMONG IVY PLAYERS (all): Fourth in draw controls per game (5.95), seventh in points per game (3.90), eighth in goals per game (2.70) … AMONG IVY PLAYERS (Ivy): Fourth in DCs per game (6.00), seventh in points per game (4.14), ninth in goals per game (2.86) … Had multiple points in 19 of the 20 games and scored multiple goals in 17 … Finished her career with a 44-game point-scoring streak and had multiple points in 34 of her last 35 contests … Pulled in a program-record 14 draw controls in Penn’s ILT semifinal win against Princeton (5/3) and added three goals and an assist …Followed that up with three points and six DCs in ILT final against Yale (5/5) … Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week after she racked up five points (3g/2a) and 10 draw controls in an Ivy win over Harvard (3/24) … Had four goals and 12 draw controls in Penn’s NCAA first-round win over Richmond (5/10) … Followed that up with two goals in second-round win over Loyola (5/12) and two assists, six draws and two caused turnovers in quarterfinal loss at Northwestern (5/16), her goal-scoring streak ending at 39 games … Scored five goals on two occasions, wins over Georgetown (3/12) and Brown (4/20), adding two assists and eight DCs against the Bears and one assist, four DCs and two caused turnovers against the Hoyas … Had six points and five DCs in a road win at William & Mary (3/8) … Recorded five points (2g/3a) and pulled in six draws in a win at then-No. 1 Maryland (3/27) … Opened the season with four points (3g/1a), eight draws and two CTs in a win over Drexel (2/17) … Followed that up with five points (4g/1a) 3 DCs and two CTs in a victory over Johns Hopkins (2/24) … Scored twice, dished out two assists, and collected six draws in a win at Temple (2/28) … Scored four goals in Ivy opener, a win against Columbia (3/2) … Scored twice in 6-5 loss to then-No. 2 Michigan (3/16) … Three goals and two assists for five points in an Ivy win at Cornell (4/13) … Scored twice, two assists, and four draw controls in regular-season finale, a win at Dartmouth (4/27) … College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District ... IWLCA Academic Honor Roll ... Academic All-Ivy … PhillySIDA Academic All-Area ... USA Lacrosse Preseason Honorable Mention All-American ... Inside Lacrosse Preseason Honorable Mention All-American.

2023: USA Lacrosse Magazine Honorable Mention All-American … Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American … IWLCA First-Team All-Region … Unanimous Ivy League Attacker of the Year … Unanimous First-Team All-Ivy … Ivy League All-Tournament team … Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week (April 24) … Started in all 19 games … Totaled 78 points on 63 goals and 15 assists … Added 51 draw controls, 24 ground balls, and 19 caused turnovers … Only player to score in all 19 games … Set program record for a single season in goals (63) … Ranked fifth in program history in a single season for points (78) … Ranked fifth in program history in a single game for draw controls, pulling in nine against Harvard (May 5) in the Ivy League semifinals … Finished 14th in the country and led the Ivy League in goals (63) … Ranked second in the nation in shots-on-goal per game (6.58), while coming in at seventh in shots per game (8.26) … Had multi-score games in 17 of the 19 games including a career-high seven at Brown (April 22) … Added two assists against Brown (April 22) for a career-high nine points, two off the program record for a single game … Posted a career-high four caused turnovers in the season opener against La Salle (Feb. 18) … Recorded a career-high five ground balls at Johns Hopkins (Feb. 25) … IWLCA Academic Honor Roll ... PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Performer of the Year.

2022: Team captain ... Played in all 15 games with seven starts ... Led team in points with 34 off 19 assists and 15 goals ... Added 10 caused turnovers, nine ground balls, and two draw controls ... Opened season with three points against Delaware (Feb. 19), scoring twice and sending out one assist ... Posted a career-high four assists against Harvard (March 5) ... Scored first career hat trick at Maryland (March 23) ... Four-point effort against Brown (April 16) involved first career game-winning goal ... Concluded season with career-high seven points against Columbia (May 1) with four goals and three assists.

2020: All 2020 Ivy League spring sports were canceled on Wednesday, March 11 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19 … Played in all five games, starting in four … Started her career in the season opener at No. 19 Georgetown (2/15) with four points on two goals and two assists … Had first Ivy League goal at Yale (2/29) … Registered an assist against Rutgers (2/26) … Collected two ground balls and caused two turnovers.

High School: 2019 US Lacrosse All-American ... Four-year letterwinner and team captain ... Named first-team All-County and was tabbed the team's Most Inspirational ... Earned first-team All-County honors in 2018 ... Named second-team All-County in 2017 ... Won the CIF Southern Section championship in both 2018 and 2019 ... Also lettered twice in soccer and lettered twice and served as a team captain for basketball ... Was named second-team All-League and All-CIF in basketball, earning Team MVP honors ... Named 2018 Rookie of the Year and honorable mention All-League in basketball ... 2016 Rookie of the Year in soccer ... Won the 2017 Tartan Heart Award in soccer ... Head of school's honor roll ... Named AP Scholar with Distinction ... Member of Spanish Honor Society, Generosity Closet Club, Special Camp for Special Kids Club and served as a youth lacrosse coach.

Personal: Daughter of Ruth and Glen Miles ... Father, Glen, is a former three-time All-American lacrosse player at Navy and was named the nation's top midfielder in 1986 ... Glen has been inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, United States Naval Academy Hall of Fame and the U.S. Lacrosse Greater Baltimore Chapter Hall of Fame ... Sister, Jordan, plays lacrose at High Point ... Enrolled in the Wharton School of Business ... Athletic experience at Penn endowed by the Rodriguez Family Women's Lacrosse Student-Athlete Experience Endowment.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 23

    2020Freshman

    A
    5'8"
    23
  • 23

    2022Junior

    A
    5'8"
    23
  • 23

    2023Senior

    A
    5'8"
    23
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    C

    2024Senior

    Attack
    5'8"
    23
    C