Randi Miller battles Brittney Roberts in the semifinals of the Olympic Team Trials (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com)MacMurray College wrestling adds 2008 Olympic bronze medalist and alumna Randi Miller as assistant wrestling coach.
"What excites me most about coming back to MacMurray is that I get to attempt to pass along all the lessons that I learned from wrestling," said Miller. "I'm excited that I get to be a part of someone else's journey to becoming the type of person and athlete they aspire to be."
Miller is one of the most successful wrestlers in MacMurray history. She honed her wrestling craft at MacMurray in 2005 before leaving to train at the U.S. Olympic Education Center at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, MI. Miller proceeded to compete for the United States in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She advanced to the quarterfinals where she lost to eventual champion, Japan's Kaori Icho. She then defeated Martine Dugrenier of Canada to earn the bronze medal for Team USA.
She retired from the sport after the 2008 Olympics, but, after seeing the 2012 Olympics, Miller decided to come out of retirement. Miller continued a successful wrestling career winning the Phase II World Team Trials and ASICS U.S. Open in Las Vegas in 2014. In 2014-15, she was ranked first in the United States at the 152 pound weight class.
Miller narrowly qualified for the 2016 Olympics in Rio as she placed 3rd in her weight class at the U.S. Olympic Trails in Iowa City, Iowa, last April.
"I am ecstatic we were able to get Randi on our coaching staff. Randi is someone whom our young women can look up to and aspire to be on and off the mats," said head wrestling coach Pete Di Pol. "I believe her presence in our wrestling program will be a game changer for our growth and success; as I know young ladies will want to wrestle for one of the best female wrestlers this country has ever produced."
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