Media Center Corbin McGuire
Sam Miller, a senior women’s tennis student-athlete and communications major at Trinity (Texas), has been named the 2025 recipient of the NCAA Jim McKay Scholarship. The $10,000 graduate scholarship is awarded annually by the NCAA to a student-athlete who exhibits outstanding academic performance and shows promise for a future career in sports communications or public relations.
Miller, a senior from Georgetown, Texas, will graduate in May with a bachelor’s degree in communication and minors in sport management and education. She plans to pursue a master’s degree in sport management in England, building on a study-abroad experience and coursework focused on international sport culture.
The McKay Scholarship, established in 2008, honors pioneering sportscaster Jim McKay and is administered by the NCAA Walter Byers Scholarship Committee. McKay, best known for hosting ABC’s "Wide World of Sports" and his award-winning coverage of the 1972 Munich Olympics, exemplified clarity, compassion and professionalism — qualities reflected in the scholarship recipients.
During Miller’s time at Trinity, the Tigers have won three consecutive Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference championships and have qualified for the Division III Women’s Tennis Championships all three seasons. Off the court, she is a three-time Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete and has been named to the conference’s academic honor roll three years in a row. 
She has held numerous leadership roles, including serving as president of Trinity’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and representing her university and the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference at the NCAA Convention.
Outside the classroom and the court, Miller has immersed herself in the communications field. She currently works as a public relations intern with Japhet Media, supporting projects such as the 2025 NCAA Men’s Final Four in San Antonio, while also interning for a local radio station. In addition, she has held internships with San Antonio Sports, the Valero Alamo Bowl and the city of Round Rock’s communications department.
"My long-term goal is to build a career in sport communications and public relations," Miller wrote in her McKay Scholarship essay. "Whether organizing communications for community outreach initiatives, working in the charitable arm of a professional sports organization, or educating the public on the value of sports, I want to make a difference in the world — like Jim McKay."





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