Athletics Hall of Fame
Pat Miller was a guard on the 1988-89 men's basketball team, the second UW-W men's team to win a national championship. That edition of the Warhawks shared the WIAC championship, went 29-2 to set school records for wins (29) and winning percentage (.935), and won the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III title, defeating Trenton State College (NJ) in a game played in Springfield, Ohio. Miller, one of the team captains, earned Honorable Mention All-WIAC recognition in the championship year. Although he only played three years at UW-W, after transferring from UW-Platteville, Miller ranks among the top twenty in the UW-W record book in several categories. He is seventeenth in assists (183) and eighteenth (.499) in field goal percentage – but it is his three point shooting that was a key element in Whitewater's championship. Miller ranks fourth in career three point field goals attempted (371), third in three pointers made (178), and third in three point percentage (.480). His 107 three pointers attempted in 1988-89 is third on the single season list, and his accuracy of .480 that year is fifth all-time. He owns three of the top ten games, for three point percentage, in school history – and they all came during 1988-89. Miller helped the 1988-89 Warhawks average a school record 94.3 points per game, while also setting the mark for scoring margin (+17.6). The championship team also set a school record for three point field goals made (263) and compiled the second best accuracy mark (.477). The three years that Miller played saw the Warhawks put up the first, second and third best single season three- point shooting statistics. Again, with Miller's help, that special team set the school record for steals (309) as well as assists (703, 22.7/game) and blocked shots (161, 5.2). Miller, a resident of Fort Atkinson, is UW-W's head men's basketball coach and a lecturer in the department of health, physical education, recreation, and coaching. He has compiled a 104-35 record in his five years as a coach, including two WIAC championships and the twice earning the honor as the league’s coach of the year in men’s basketball. In 2006 Miller guided UW-W to a berth in the NCAA III Championship Tournament.
