{"id":1533,"date":"2025-05-30T11:47:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T11:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/noah-miller-named-to-big-ten-all-tournament-team\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T11:47:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T11:47:44","slug":"noah-miller-named-to-big-ten-all-tournament-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tmbglobal.news\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/noah-miller-named-to-big-ten-all-tournament-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Noah Miller named to Big Ten All-Tournament Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>From start to finish, then No. 7 seed Michigan baseball team lasted just 72 hours in Omaha for the Big Ten Tournament \u2014 its season coming to an end with two losses in pool play. But in those 72 hours, redshirt freshman catcher Noah Miller made good use of the 18 innings played.<\/p>\n<p>Entering the week with significantly fewer innings behind the plate, Miller\u2019s performance at the plate and consistency behind the dish procured him a spot on the Big Ten All-Tournament Team. One of just four honorees whose teams didn\u2019t advance past pool play, Miller stood out against a field of more experienced catchers \u2014 and made his case in just two games.<\/p>\n<p>For most of the season, Miller and graduate catcher Matt Spear <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/sports\/baseball\/michigan-catchers-contend-for-start-behind-the-dish\/\">traded<\/a> the starting job \u2014 Spear offering the stronger glove, Miller the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/sports\/baseball\/indiana-takes-game-1-in-home-run-derby-8-7\/\">livelier<\/a> bat. But defensive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/sports\/baseball\/early-game-defensive-mishaps-hold-michigan-back-in-loss-versus-iowa-6-5\/\">lapses<\/a> from Miller and offensive droughts from Spear often left the role <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/sports\/baseball\/unexpected-inconsistencies-at-catcher-hurting-michigan\/\">unsettled<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Spear\u2019s defensive capabilities gave him the nod from Michigan coach Tracy Smith\u2019s defense to start in the teams\u2019 first lineup against Illinois. But, after the Wolverines\u2019 early tumble via a 3-0 deficit, Smith had to rev up his offense. And so in went Miller at the bottom of the fourth inning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think about it as coming off the bench,\u201d Miller said May 20. \u201c I just think about coming into the game a little bit later than normal. As soon as I walk in, I\u2019m like \u2018What can I do to help the team?\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<p>After a hard line-out to left in his first at-bat, Miller returned two innings later and he found himself in the same exact situation. But this time, Miller found the contact he needed, roping a double into right field to score graduate first baseman Jeter Ybarra to cut the deficit to only one run.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After more back-and-forth, Miller took to the plate again, once more with the two outs and Ybarra on base. And again, Miller found the big hit \u2014 this time smashing a homer into the left stands tying the game 5-5. Though Michigan went on to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/sports\/baseball\/amid-a-late-game-surge-no-7-seed-michigan-ultimately-falls-to-no-11-seed-illinois-6-5\/\">lose<\/a>, it was Miller\u2019s bat that put it in contention in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>He continued to produce against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigandaily.com\/sports\/baseball\/no-7-seed-michigan-fights-hard-falls-to-no-2-seed-ucla-in-big-ten-tournament\/\">UCLA<\/a> two days later, recording a single and a double during his four at-bats. The bottom of the lineup couldn\u2019t convert his contributions into runs, but his output stood on its own.<\/p>\n<p>Batting 0.500 for the tournament during his eight at bats, all while providing a consistent defensive showing, Miller locked down his spot on the All-Tournament Team. In a season defined by inconsistency, Miller brought clarity when it mattered most \u2014 proving he\u2019s not just the catcher of the moment, but the catcher of Michigan\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-2    \">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related articles<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From start to finish, then No. 7 seed Michigan baseball team lasted just 72 hours in Omaha for the Big Ten Tournament \u2014 its season coming to an end with two losses in pool play. But in those 72 hours, redshirt freshman catcher Noah Miller made good use of the 18 innings played. 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