New Mexico State University Athletics

Junior: Murphy returns to NM State having played in eight of the nine regular-season tournaments for the team in 2008-09. Averaging 78 strokes per round, Murphy had her best single-round score at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational with 1-over-par in the second round. She matched that feat a second time at the BYU-Dixie Classic (March 24-25). She saw her best finish at the Baylor Spring Invitational (March 16-17) when she tied for 10th. The team came in second in that tournament. Murphy carded a 229 (74-78-77) in the WAC Championship and tied for 17th. With that score, she helped the Aggies to a fifth-place conference finish.

Sophomore:  Murphy played in eight of the nine tournaments for the Aggies averaging 80.82 strokes per round in 22 rounds of play.  Her low round of 70 was recorded in the third round of the BYU/Dixie Classic (4/1-2).  Her best finish came in the first tournament of the season, the NAU/La Quinta Mountain Inn Shootout (9/17-18), when she tied for seventh with a 15-over-par 159 to help the Aggies to a second place finish.  Murphy was also named a 2007-08 National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar by the NGCA.  Even with the time she puts into golf, she has been able to maintain a 3.73 GPA, as she is majoring in community health.

Red-Shirt Freshman:  Murphy brought the most experience back to the New Mexico State women's golf team as she participated in all nine tournaments in 2006-07.  She averaged 79.23 strokes per round in her 26 rounds of play, and her low round was a 74, which came at the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic in Norman, Okla.  Murphy's best finish came at the Western Athletic Conference Championships where she tied for 26th firing rounds of 76-79-82 for a 21-over-par 237.  At the Price's "Give 'Em Five" Intercollegiate, she helped her team to a first place finish while she carded a 19-over-par 235.

Freshman:  Murphy did not compete in 2005-06 due to a red shirt season.

High School: Murphy played her prep golf at O'Gorman High School in Sioux Falls, S.D. and led the Knights to a fourth place finish at the state tournament in 2004. She was named All-State and All-Greater Dakota Conference as a sophomore, junior and senior. She played in the No. 1 varsity slot all four years of high school and was named all-city each of those seasons. She helped lead the Knights to the conference title as a junior and the city championship as a senior.

Personal: Murphy was born in Sioux Falls, S.D. and is the daughter of Dan and Jean Murphy. She was member of her high school honor roll and is majoring in community health.