The 21st annual ASB Otago Sports Awards dinner will be held at the Dunedin Town Hall on Friday May 21.
Miller (28) ran the 10 best times by a New Zealand athlete in her specialist 100m hurdles during the qualifying period from April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010.
She set a New Zealand record of 13.10sec when she won her race at an international meeting in Geneva in June. Her best competitive performance was to win a bronze medal at the World University Games in Belgrade.
Another finalist for the sportswoman award is Alison Shanks who finished fourth in the 3000m individual pursuit at the world cycling championships and was the top rider in the New Zealand team that won the bronze medal in the team pursuit in a world record time.
The other finalist is Tionette Stoddard who finished 14th in skeleton racing at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver and had a podium finish at a World Cup.
Black Caps wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum has been nominated for the Otago sportsman award.
The other two nominations for the men's award are Hamish Bond (rowing) and Adam Hall (snow sports).
Bond won the world championship coxless pairs tile with Eric Murray, two World Cups and three premier titles at the New Zealand championships.
Bond and Murray won the Halberg Team of the Year award and he was named the New Zealand Rower of the Year.
Hall won the gold medal in the slalom at this year's Paralympics.
The nominations for the Team of the Year are the Otago University rowing eight that was first at the Longhu Cup International Universities competition, the North Otago cricket team that won the Hawke Cup and the Alexandra women's bowls team that won the Bowls New Zealand national interclub title.
The finalists for the junior sportsperson are Kendall Brown (snowboarding), Duncan Croudis (golf) and Jossi Wells (skiing).
The coach finalists are Raylene Bates (athletics), Craig Palmer (cycling) and Tom Willmott (snowboarding).
Awards for Services to sport and innovation in sport will also be presented.
The judging panel is: Duane Donovan, chairman (Sport Otago), John Brimble (chief executive Sport Otago), Kereyn Smith (chief executive New Zealand Academy of Sport, South Island), Hayden Meikle (sports editor Otago Daily Times), Associate Professor Dr Dave Gerrard (University of Otago director of development and sports medicine authority), Alistair McMurran (sports writer Otago Daily Times).
OTAGO SPORTS AWARDS
- The finalists
• Sportsman of the year: Hamish Bond (rowing), Adam Hall (skiing), Brendon McCullum (cricket).
• Sportswoman of the year: Andrea Miller (athletics), Alison Shanks (cycling), Tionette Stoddard (skeleton racing).
• Team of the year: Alexandra women's bowls, North Otago cricket, Otago University rowing.
• Junior sportsperson of the year: Kendall Brown (snowboarding), Duncan Croudis (golf), Jossi Wells (skiing).
• Services to sport and innovation in sport awards will also be presented.
