Heather Miller-Koch enters her third season with Concordia's track & field coaching staff, working with the multi event athletes (Heptathlon/Decathlon).
Miller-Koch is still currently training as one of the top athletes in the heptathlon in the country after graduating with a BSN degree from St. Cloud State in 2010. Prior to coming to Concordia, Miller-Koch put her degree to work in New York City where she worked as an operating room nurse at Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan while continuing to train with Central Park Track Club. She continues to work as an operating room nurse at United Hospital in St. Paul.
As a Division II student-athlete, Miller-Koch was a 10-time All-American (4x in triple jump, 3x in long jump, 2x heptathlon, 1x pentathlon), a two-time USTFCCCA Central Region Field Athlete of the Year, a USTFCCCA National Field Athlete of the Year (indoor 2010), and a Division II National Champion in the pentathlon.
Miller-Koch holds the NCAA Division II record with 3,993 points set in 2010.
She was also the Division II runner-up in the triple jump (outdoor 2009), a 14-time NSIC Champion, three-time NSIC Field Athlete of the Year, set eight SCSU program records and seven NSIC records.
Not just an excellent athlete on the track, Miller-Koch was named an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American as selected by CoSIDA (2010) and earned Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award (2010).
Her outstanding performance on the track has continued to ascend following her career with the Huskies as she placed ninth in the heptathlon at the 2012 USA Olympic Trails and is a three-time member of team USA at the Thorpe Cup (2012, 13, 14). She placed sixth in the pentathlon at the 2013 USA Indoor Championships, fifth in the heptathlon in the 2013 USA Outdoor Championships and fourth in the heptathlon in the 2014 USA Outdoor Championships.
She is married to fellow SCSU track All-America alum and current Concordia assistant Ryan Koch.
