2017: Saw action in 49 games, making 44 starts, with all but one of those starts coming at first base … Hit .130 (13-for-100) with four doubles, a triple, two home runs and eight RBI … 7 of her 13 hits went for extra bases … Reached base safely in nine straight games, February 12 - March 5 … Hit safely in each of the first three games of the year, going 4-for-7 (.571) with two doubles in that stretch … Went 2-for-4 with a double and pair of RBI against Green Bay (Feb. 11) … Homered against Fort Wayne (Feb. 12) and Albany (Feb. 26) … Tripled in the nightcap of a twin bill versus Indiana State (April 19).
2016: Appeared in 31 games, drawing 20 starts … Hit .159 with three doubles, three home runs and 11 RBI … Six of her 11 hits on the season went for extra bases … In the season opener against Murray State, clubbed a three-run homer to lead the Ramblers to a win (Feb. 12) … Had two hits, including a double, scored twice and drove in a run versus Southern (Feb. 28) … Belted a three-run homer at Tennessee State (Feb. 28) … Clubbed a two-run home run against Illinois State (April 24).
2015: Played in 41 games, making 33 starts, as the team's primary first basemen ... Forced into more limited role as the season wore on due to shoulder injury ... Hit .224 with seven doubles, three home runs and 13 RBI ... Finished second on the team with .347 on-base percentage, in part due to team-best 17 walks ... Drew at least one walk in seven of team's first 10 games ... Posted .395 on-base percentage when leading off an inning ... Opened the season by going 1-for-3 with a homer and two runs scored against Butler (Feb. 6) ... Finished a triple shy of the cycle, going 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI in win over Loyola Marymount (Feb. 13) ... Scored three runs in 9-5 win over Saint Joseph's (Feb. 27) ... Went 2-for-3 with two doubles, two walks, three runs scored and three RBI in Valley opener against Evansville (March 14).
2014: Appeared in 33 games with 13 starts in the infield, seven pinch-hit assignments and five pinch-running appearances ... Hit .182 (8-for-44) with a pair of home runs and six RBI as a rookie ... Entered Loyola's everyday lineup in April and rose to the occasion, collecting her second collegiate hit in only her second game as a starter with a solo home run into dead center field to give Loyola the go-ahead run in the first of two games against Northern Illinois ... Collected her first collegiate hit as a pinch hitter versus Southern Illinois on April 18 ... Hit a two-run shot in the top of the seventh inning in the semifinal game of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament to put the Ramblers up 3-2 en route to a 4-2 victory over host Illinois State, finishing 1-for-2 with two RBI ... Scored a run in MVC Championship game against Bradley (May 10) ... Collected a hit in Loyola's quarterfinal win over Southern Illinois (May 8).
High School: Helped Mercy High School to a Catholic League championship and district championship in 2013 by batting .427 with 10 home runs, a .477 on-base percentage, and a .865 slugging percentage ... Also compiled a 13-1 record and a 1.75 ERA in the pitching circle during her senior campaign ... Three-time all-league, all-district, and All-Catholic selection ... Two-time all-region and all-area honoree ... During her junior season, batted .422 with four homers and a .447 on-base percentage ... Played club for Finesse 18U Gold ... Honor roll student ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Was an academic all-state selection in ice hockey.
Murphy's Career Statistics
|
Year
|
G-GS
|
Avg.
|
AB
|
R
|
H
|
RBI
|
2B
|
3B
|
HR
|
BB
|
SO
|
HBP
|
SB-SBA
|
|
2014
|
33-18
|
.182
|
44
|
9
|
8
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
5
|
9
|
1
|
1-1
|
|
2015
|
42-31
|
.235
|
98
|
14
|
23
|
7
|
6
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
20
|
2
|
2-3
|
|
2016
|
31-20
|
.159
|
69
|
9
|
11
|
11
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
7
|
19
|
0
|
0-0
|
|
Totals
|
106-69
|
.218
|
211
|
32
|
42
|
24
|
9
|
0
|
7
|
16
|
48
|
3
|
3-4
|
