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2014 Women's Volleyball Roster

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3 Molly Murphy

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Marist
  • Hometown Chicago, Ill.

Biography

2014 (SENIOR): Started all 27 matches and appeard in all 107 sets... Finishes her career with 1,202 digs, the 6th-most in Leatherneck history... Led the team with 441 digs, while ranking sixth in the league... Recorded a season-high 23 digs on two occasions (9/5, 11/7)... Tallied a career-high five service aces in a season-ending victory over South Dakota State... Recorded first double-double of career with 11 assists and 20 digs against Omaha (9/28)... Her 21 aces ranked as the second-most on the team this season... Averaged 4.12 digs per set, sixth-best in The Summit League... Ranked second with 110 assists.

2013 (JUNIOR): Named The Summit League’s ‘Defensive Player of the Week’ (Oct. 14) for her efforts the week prior... Named Papa John's 'Scholar-Athlete of the Week' (Oct. 14)... Played in 22 matches and appeared in 84 total sets... Led the team with 33 service aces (0.39 per set)... Her service aces per set finished the season ranked second in The Summit Leauge and 35th in the nation... Had 11 matches with mutiple services aces and tallied a season-best four two times (vs. SDSU & vs. Fort Wayne)... Also led the team in digs, finishing with a career-best 318 (3.79 per set)... Her digs per set ranked fourth in the conference... Tallied 20-plus digs in six matches... Had 16 matches with 10 or more digs... Finished the season with a career-high 71 assists... Earned a career-best nine at Fort Wayne (10/5).

2012 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 93 of the team's 110 sets...Finished with 131 digs (1.41 per set) on the year...She also tallied 17 services aces (0.18 per set)...Recorded two 10-plus dig performances, vs. SIU-E on Sept. 1 and at Indiana State on Sept. 2...She also had nine digs four times.

2011 (FRESHMAN): Named to 2011 SIU-Edwardsville Invitational All-Tournament Team... Played in a team-high 111 sets and appeared in all 30 matches … Led the squad and ranked first in The Summit League with 43 service aces, which was the most in a single-season since Ashley Baker collected 53 during the 2007 campaign… Ranked No. 50 in the nation with 0.39 aces per set … Ranked third on the team with 312 digs … Compiled 12 double-digit dig performances … Named to SIU-Edwardsville Invitational All-Tournament Team after collecting two service aces in each contest … Had a season-high seven aces to go along with 19 digs in the four-set win over Oakland (Sept. 19) … Picked up 20 digs against Southern Utah (Sept. 23) … Compiled 19 digs and four service aces at South Dakota (Oct. 2) … Set a season-high with 29 digs at Oral Roberts (Oct. 20) … Had four service aces against South Dakota (Oct. 28)

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned All-Conference honors in 2010 and 2011 … helped lead the Redhawks to two consecutive IHSA Regional and Conference championships in 2010 and 2011 … Marist won their IHSA Sectional during her senior year in 2011 … is the third defensive player head coach Kym McKay has signed from Marist - Ellen Miller (2007-10) and Elise Crnjak (2006-2009).

PERSONAL: Daughter of Gerry and Terry Murphy … born April 7, 1993 in Oak Lawn, Ill. … Her twin brother, Kevin, plays volleyball at Clarke University … Taylor Swift and Dave Matthew's Band are a few of her favorite musical artists … Admires her Celtic Force club coach, Mike Brennan … Fan of the Chicago White Sox and Bulls … Lists tap dancing and photography as a hobbies.

MAJOR: Recreation, Park and Tourism Administration

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Historical Player Information

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    2011Freshman

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    2012Sophomore

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    2013Junior

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    2014Senior

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