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Juha Miettinen was inducted into the Campbell Hall of Fame in 2009 and into the Big South Conference Hall of Fame in 2018.  The 1988 Big South Player of the Year as a sophomore, Miettinen was a three-time All-Conference selection, All-Tournament honoree and All-South Region pick in 1988, 1989 and 1990. 
 
A Second-Team NSCAA All-American in 1988, he ranked fourth in the nation that season with 49 points (21 goals, 7 assists).  Campbell's leading scorer in 1988, 1989 and 1990, Miettinen still ranks third in Big South history with 156 career points, while his 62 career goals rank fourth all-time in league annals. 
 
Voted to the Big South's Men's Soccer 1984-89 All-Decade Team, he helped lead the Camels to wins over third-ranked North Carolina and 10th-ranked Duke in 1988, pushing the Camels into the national rankings for the first time at the Division I level and rising to as high as No. 14. 
 
During his junior season in 1989, Miettinen helped lead the Camels to the Big South championship game -- their first since 1986, while as a senior he ranked fourth nationally with 53 points (20 goals, 13 assists) and sixth in goals scored.
 
As of 2018, Miettinen ranked sixth all-time in Campbell history in career points (156), which occurred in 76 games for an average of 2.05 points per appearance.  It is the fourth-highest point total in the program's Division I era (since 1977), while his 62 scores are fifth.  His 32 career assists are seventh in school annals and tied for ninth in the Big South record book, while his four career hat tricks are tied for fourth-most in Campbell history. 
 
Campbell's Outstanding Male Athlete in 1988-89, Miettinen scored a career-high 10 points in a game on four goals and two assists against No. 1-ranked NAIA program West Virginia Wesleyan.  A Big South Presidential Honor Roll recipient, Miettinen played professional soccer in the National Indoor Soccer League (NISL), was the NISL Rookie of the Year in 1995 and led the league in scoring in each of his three seasons on the circuit.
 
Following his graduation in 1991, Miettinen served as graduate assistant coach for the Camels and helped lead the team to back-to-back Big South titles in ’91 and ’92.
 
A native of Kuopio, Finland, Miettinen and his wife, Whitney, a Campbell School of Pharmacy graduate, are parents of two grown children, Kai and Maia.  They reside in the Knoxville, Tenn. area.