Shaun Miller Jr.

High Jump

Player profile

  • Hometown Nassau, Bahamas
  • Last School Queens College H.S.
  • Year Senior
  • Major Aviation

Ohio State Overview

  • Shaun is a senior who is majoring in aviation
  • Has set personal bests in 2021 in the high jump both indoors (2.13m / 6-11 ¾) and outdoors (2.08m / 6-9 ¾)
  • His indoor best is fifth all-time at Ohio State
  • Has scored points for Ohio State at the 2020 and 2021 Big Ten indoor championships
  • Placed third in the high jump at Big Tens in 2021 (2.11m / 6-11) after placing seventh in 2020
  • 2022 Outdoor All-Big Ten Second Team
  • Ranks second in program history in the outdoor high jump (2.23m)
  • Ranks fifth in program history in the indoor high jump (2.17m)

2021-22

Indoor

  • Won the high jump twice – at the Big Ten Midwest Invite (2.16m) and at the Rod McCravy Memorial (2.15m)
  • Had the five-best OSU high jumps of the season
  • Finished third in the high jump (2.17m) at the Big Ten Championships
  • Was the runner-up in the high jump (2.16m) at the Notre Dame Alex Wilson Invite
  • Finished sixth in the high jump (2.13m) at the Clemson Tiger Paw

Outdoor

  • Won the high jump twice – at the USC Open (2.15m) and Jesse Owens Classic (2.16m)
  • Was the runner-up in the high jump (2.17m) at the Big Ten Championships
  • Finished ninth (2.15m) in the high jump at the NCAA Championships
  • Was the runner-up in the high jump at the Penn Relays (2.23m) and Raleigh Relays (2.15m)
  • Finished third in the high jump (2.10m) at the Arizona State Baldy Castillo Invite

As a Sophomore

  • Season Bests (I): 2.13/6-11 ¾ (High Jump).
  • Season Bests (O): 2.08m / 6-9 ¾ (High Jump).
  • Season Wins: High jump at SPIRE Big Ten Invite (Feb. 12).

More on Shaun

  • Has extensive international experience
  • Won the gold medal in the under-20 boy’s high jump at CARIFTA Games in the Cayman Islands in April 2019
  • Claimed gold in the under-18 boy’s division in the CARIFTA Games in Curacao in 2017
  • Took fifth at the IAAF World Under-18 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya in July 2017
  • Sister, Shaunae Miller-Uibo, is the 2016 Olympic gold medalist in the 400 meters
  • His father, Shaun Miller Sr., was a pilot