Westmoreland campus clippings: Carlow's Miller top River States Conference female athlete

Carlow senior Olivia Miller earned the respect of her opponents during the indoor and outdoor track and field seasons. Now, she is being held in high regard by every athletic director in the River States Conference.

Miller, a Ligonier Valley graduate, was named the RSC Female Athlete of the Year after more sterling performances in 2020-21.

After a vote by the ADs, the award goes to the top athlete among nine conference sports. Each school can nominate one athlete.

Miller was the RSC Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Year, and she won four conference championships between the indoor and outdoor seasons. She was a three-time NAIA All-American this year alone. She competed in seven events during the RSC indoor championships, winning titles in the long jump and high jump. She was an all-conference selection in all three jumps and in the 60-meter hurdles. Miller also competed in the shot put, 600 meters and distance-medley relay.

At the NAIA indoor championships, she earned NAIA All-America honors by placing sixth in the pentathlon and sixth in the high jump.

During the RSC outdoor championships, Miller competed in six events and won two: the long and triple jumps. She earned all-conference accolades in the 100-meter hurdles and also competed in the high jump, shot put and javelin.

At the NAIA outdoor national championships, she again earned All-America recognition as she took fourth in the high jump.

Softball

Hartford: Emma Armstrong (Penn-Trafford) joined the growing list of local transfers. The power-hitting first baseman announced she will leave one Division I school, Hartford, for another, Towson.

Hartford plays in the American East Conference, and Towson is a member of the Colonial Athletic Association.

Armstrong, who just completed her sophomore season, batted .213 with two home runs and 10 RBIs in 18 games, all starts.

She hit both homers and drove in six runs against Maine.

Other athletes from the area to recently announce plans to transfer, or have transferred, include: Jarett Bach (baseball/Yough/Pitt), John Gay IV (football/Penn-Trafford/Lafayette/Maine), Carolyn Alincic (softball/Mt. Pleasant/Morehead State/Pikeville), Maddie Uschock (softball/Hempfield/Dominican/Shippensburg), Morgan Ryan (softball/Hempfield/Notre Dame/Seton Hill), Anthony DelleFemine (football/Norwin/Robert Morris/Youngstown State), Jayvon Thrift (football/Norwin/West Virginia/Youngstown State), Pedro Schmidt (football/Norwin/North Dakota State) and Emily Harrigan (soccer/Norwin/Rutgers/Pitt).

Football

Saint Vincent: Senior lineman Colton Belmont was named to the D3football.com All-Region second team.

He played in three of the Bearcats’ four games at center this past season and scored a touchdown in the final game against Waynesburg. Belmont also was an All-PAC first-team selection.