Wheaton College (MA)

The Lynn Miller Inspiration Award is named after Wheaton College Hall of Famer and former men's and women's tennis head coach Lynn Miller. A mainstay in the athletics department for over 30 years, Miller served the department in nearly every role, including Director of Athletics from 1986-88 in addition to her duties as a coach of both tennis programs.

Miller suffered a heart attack in the spring of 2009 just before the start of the spring season. After missing a few weeks, she returned to finish the men's season. The following fall, Miller helped to lead the women's tennis program to its first New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) championship in program history, the first of two consecutive conference championships (2009 and 2010). In the summer of 2013, Miller was diagnosed with cancer and went through a series of chemotherapy and radiation treatments, all while continuing to coach the women's and men's tennis programs throughout the fall. She was named 2013 women's coach of the year in the NEWMAC.

Miller, who is still cancer free, retired from Wheaton in the fall of 2015. 

Established in 2014, the Lynn Miller Inspiration Award is given to the individual who has inspired Wheaton Athletics in some way.