Con Edison Athlete of the Week: Edgemont's Sander Miller
Name: Sander Miller
School: Edgemont
Sport: Wrestling
Class: Senior
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Athletics: Last Saturday, Miller won the Westchester County Wrestling title at the 145-pound weight class. ... As of Wednesday, Miller has a record of 26-3 with 22 wins by pin. ... The captain of the wrestling team for the last two years has garnered All Section (twice) and All League (twice) honors. ... He was a two-time Section 1 champion, a two-time NYS championship qualifier. ... Miller was named to the LoHud Mean 15. ... He was a 2021 Super 32 Qualifier, the high school pre-season nationals). ... Miller's ranked sixth in the state at 145 lbs. .... Miller's committed to wrestle for Columbia University next year.
Extracurriculars: In school, Miller's the founder and President of the Edgemont Aerospace Engineering Club. ... His science research project on Nuclear Fusion was conducted in partnership with MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center. ... He mentors elementary-aged Latinx students through the STEM Alliance in science and math. ... He volunteers during the summer on a humanitarian trip providing COVID relief to heavily impacted communities as well as removing waste and invasive species from the Bronx River corridor. Miller's a volunteer youth wrestling coach for the Edgemont Wrestling Club.
This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Con Edison Athlete of the Week: Edgemont wrestling's Sander Miller
