Joe Miller Hometown: South Bend, IN High School: St. Joseph's Event: Diving Birthdate: 02/22/1981

AS A JUNIOR: Continued his steady and determined improvement during the 2001-02 season … combined with Andy Maggio and Tong Xie to give the Irish one of the best diving teams in the conference … arguably better off the three-meter board last year, finishing second against UConn & Rutgers and at American … took sixth in three-meter diving at the Notre Dame Invitational … best effort was third place in one-meter diving against St. Bonaventure, at George Washington and at American … top point total for one-meter was 267.37 vs. St. Bonaventure and 409.50 (11 dives) in three-meter diving at the Notre Dame Invitational.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Winner of the team’s Most Improved Award in 2000-01 for the second straight year … qualified for the BIG EAST Championship in one-meter diving by posting a 271.28 score against Cleveland State … finished 13th in the three-meter event at the BIG EAST Championships … runner-up in one-meter diving against Wisconsin-Milwaukee … earned first career individual victory with a first-place effort in the three-meter event against St. Bonaventure … helped the Notre Dame diving team post an undefeated record in dual meet competition for the 2000-01 season.

AS A FRESHMAN: Placed second against St. Bonaventure and third against LSU in the three-meter event ... placed fifth in the one-meter against St. Bonaventure ... participated in three exhibition events.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Two-year letterwinner in diving at St. Joseph’s High School ... coaches award winner junior year ... team captain senior year ... three-year letterwinner on soccer team that placed third at state championships ... involved in student government and H.O.P.E. food drive ... father, Marvin, teaches organic chemistry at Notre Dame ... born Feb. 22, 1981, in South Bend, Ind. ... enrolled in the College of Science.