Athlete Spotlight: Lia Miller and Dan Jacobs

By Raymond Rivera

Dan Jacobs, Class of 2014, runs both fall seasons as a member of the Hood College Cross Country team and spring for Track and Field.

Jacobs joins Hood College from Hillsborough, New Jersey and is currently pursuing his bachelor’s degree in Management. Aside from cross-country and track and field, Jacobs is also a part of SAAC, SPURS and has even served as an Orientation Assistant this year. He has ran cross country since 8th grade and even ran for his high school but did not participate in track until last year because he used to play lacrosse during the spring season. Jacobs commented on his favorite moments of running as being “the team bonding, competition and the individual aspect of running for yourself to improve your time as well as the team aspect of scoring for your team with the time you get.” He feels that season has been positive thus far and “come conferences all the training and hard work put in by the team will really stand out.”

Jacobs offers this piece of advice for those wanting to be involved as a college athlete: “Academics come first and as a student athlete it’s good not to forget that. Remember, it’s a balance.”

Lia Miller, Class of 2015, play’s outside midfielder for Hood College Women’s Soccer. A Frederick native from Governor Thomas Johnson High School, Miller is an Environmental Science major with a concentration in Biology. She began playing soccer at the age of 11 and has currently been playing for the Blazers for two seasons now. When playing soccer, Miller like Jacobs, truly enjoys the “team camaraderie [along with] the feeling of accomplishment from the long hours of practicing the play or move.”  When asked about the season Miller mentioned, “it started out rough but it’s a learning process and even though we lost so many players last year, the amount of players we picked up this year is really making a difference.”

Finally, Miller advises others wanting to be involved in college sports to “use [their] time wisely because between morning practices and class there is literally only 3 hours in my day that are dedicated fully to homework. Take advantage of the days off.”

Be sure to come out and support both teams along with others and show that Blazer Pride.

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