Samford University Athletics

2013 First Team All-SoCon
2013 KSU Owls Invite All-Tournament Team
2013 UAB/Samford Volleyball Challenge All-Tournament Team
2012 Second Team All-SoCon
2011 Second Team All-SoCon
2011 SoCon All-Tournament Team
2011 Georgia Tech All-Tournament Team
2010 SoCon Freshman of the Year
2010 SoCon All-Freshman Team
2010 SAMPSYS Rookie of the Year

2013 (Senior): Played in 33 matches and 115 sets for the Bulldogs...All-SoCon First Team selection...recorded single season career-highs in kills (356), total attacks (684), total blocks (117) and points(427.5)...recorded a single game career-high 39 attacks against Appalachian State on October 5...In her career she played in 123 matches and 439 sets with 1,231 kills to her name with a total of 396 blocks (98 solo, 298 assisted) and 1,479 points.

2012 (Junior): Started 29 matches as a middle blocker … named Second Team All-SoCon … knocked in 283 kills with a team-leading .360 attack percentage along with 70 blocks, 25 solo … her .360 clip ranks third on the Samford single-season top ten list and brings her career percentage to .370, which ranks second … her career total of 72 solo blocks moves her to fifth all-time and her 207 career block assists ranks ninth … earned a career-high 21 kills in the four-set victory over Davidson on Oct. 21.

2011 (Sophomore): Started 32 matches at middle blocker ... finished the season third in the nation in hitting percentage at .427 (321-642-47), just behind teammate Lauren Hutchinson ... her percentage ranks second all-time at Samford ... set the single-match record at Samford in attack percentage with a .846 clip against Mercer on Sept. 9 ... named Second Team All-Conference ... earned a spot on the SoCon All-Tournament and Georgia Tech All-Tournament teams ... was second on the team with 103 blocks (19 solo, 84 assisted) ... set match highs in kills (16 vs. Davidson, Nov. 19), total blocks (9 vs. Arkansas State, Aug. 27) and block assists (7 vs. Arkansas State, Aug. 27).

2010 (Freshman): Emerged as one of the Bulldogs' top hitters and blockers in 2010 as a true freshman...played in 29 matches and started 28...ranked third on the team in kills (2.57 kps) and second in hitting (.293)...lead the Bulldogs in blocks with 106 total blocks, 28 solo blocks and 78 block assists...ranked eight among conference opponents in hitting (.306) in league-only matches and 10th (.293) among league peers in overall statistics...also ranked fifth in the conference in overall blocks and fourth against conference opponents...set her career high in kills at 15 and solo blocks at five in a five-set win over Louisiana (Sept. 10) in the Magnolia Invitational...posted 37 attempts versus the College of Charleston in the first round of the SoCon Tournament (Nov. 19)...notched six block assists at Western Carolina (Nov. 6) and posted a career-high eight total blocks at Appalachian State (Nov. 7)...tabbed SoCon Freshman of the Week twice, in week one as one of Samford's top three performers in her collegiate debut at the Arkansas Invitational, and in week seven after posting five block and 10 kills in a sweep of UTC, nine kills and four blocks while hitting .571 in a sweep of WCU, and seven kills and six blocks against Appalachian State...had the opportunity to attend an open tryout for the U.S. National Team in Colorado in February.

Club: Played four years with the Legacy Volleyball Club in Rochester Hills, Mich....her 18-National Team, under the direction of Bryan Lindstrom, qualified for the Junior Olympics last year.

High School: Selected to play on the varsity squad at Warren Mott High School as a freshman...helped lead her team to the Mott Community College Bear Classic Championship...received All-County Honorable Mention honors as a freshman and was named Most Improved Player and Team Practice Player by her team...named Macomb Area White Conference Honorable Mention and posted a team-high 68 solo blocks during her freshman season...as a sophomore, she recorded team highs in solo blocks (89) and kills (350) and was named All-Region, Class A First Team All-County...named First Team MAC in her last three season at Warren Mott...helped her team to second place in the Swan Valley Invitational as a junior...ended her junior seaosn just two solo blocks shy of breaking a school record...she broke the school record for career kills with 822 while matched the school record for solo blocks in a match with nine...set a new school record for career solo blocks with 283 and was nominated for All-State Honorable Mention...named MAC MVP as a senior...also set a new school record for kills in a match with 23 in a five-set match and recorded a school record twice for solo blocks in a match with 11 and 13 in three-set matches...helped her team set a new school record for team wins in a season (39-9-2) while leading to championship titles at the Roseville Invitational and the U of M Dearborn Tournament as well as a second place finish in the Hartland Invitiational...named to the Under Armour All-America Watch List in 2009...named 2009-10 All-Region and 2009-10 MAC All-Acadamic Team...set state records for career kill s (1168), solo blocks in a season (175) and solo blocks in a career (458)...named the Macomb Daily Player of the Wekk as a senior.

Personal: Born August 4, 1991...daughter of Ken and Dory Murphy...majoring in exercise science.