Biography
Career Highlights:
• 5x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
• 4x Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
• 4x Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
• 2x Horizon League All-Academic Team (2020, 2021)
• Horizon League All-Freshman Team (2017)
• First Team All-Horizon League (2019)
• Horizon League Championship Most Outstanding Player (2019)
• Tossed no-hitter versus NKU on April 27, 2019
• 2x Horizon League Pitcher of the Week (4/22/19, 4/29/19)
Notable school record rankings:
• Wins (36 - 4th)
• Loses (74 - 1st)
• Saves (10 - 1st)
• Appearances (153 - 1st)
• Games started (108 - 1st)
• Complete games (38 - 3rd)
• Shutouts (8 - T-7th)
• Innings pitched (690.2 - 1st)
• Strikeouts (426 - 2nd)
• Strikeouts per game (4.32 - 4th)
• Opponent batting ave. (.298 - 5th)
2022:
• Started in a team-high 27 games in the circle with team-best 30 appearances
• Led the team in strikeouts (82), complete games (21), innings pitched (163.0)
• Tossed a gem in the circle to lead Detroit Mercy to a 4-0 win over Green Bay (4/2) with a complete game shutout matching a with five strikeouts while allowing only five scattered hits with no walks in 7.0 innings of work to pick up her first win of the season.
• Recorded win and save in same day: Murphy picked up second complete game win in the circle tossing 7.0 innings with two strikeouts in the Titans’ 3-2 series opening at Purdue Fort Wayne (4/15).
• With Detroit Mercy clinging to a 11-9 lead in the bottom of the fifth inning in game two (4/16), Murphy entered the game in relief and closed the door on the Mastodons allowing only one run with a pair of strikeouts in three innings of work to pick up her first save of the season securing the 11-10 victory and first #HLSB series win of the season.
• Tosses third complete game win of the season tossing 7.0 innings allowing only one run with two strikeouts in 3-1 win vs UIC (4/22).
• Racked up season-high eight strikeouts in back-to-back outings at NKU (4/29-4/30)
• Picked up her fourth win in the circle posting four strikeouts while tossing her 20th complete game of the season vs CSU (5/6).
• Posted two solid outings despite the losing effort. At MSU (3/29), she went the distance allowing only two runs on six scattered hits with a strikeout and three walks in 6.0 innings of work. Murphy followed that performance tossing six shutout innings giving up scattered seven hits with two strikeouts before WMU (3/30) got two runs in the seventh inning.
2021:
• Started and earned both wins for the Titans in the shortened season
• Posted a .88 ERA throwing two complete games, tossing 16 innings and allowing just 15 hits with 13 strikeouts.
• In the season opener at Robert Morris, she pitched nine innings - 139 pitches - and struck out eight, one shy of her career-high, with just one walk, while scattering nine hits in the 3-1 victory
• In game three of the series, she went the distance again giving just six hits and a walk, while striking out five in a 2-1 triumph
2020:
• Appeared in 16 games with 12 starts in the circle for the Titans
• Won two games and posted a 5.46 ERA in 74 1/3 innings and struck out 61 batters with nine complete games
• Tossed a complete game against Houston Baptist allowing just one run on three hits with a season-high nine punch outs
• Pitched a complete game throwing seven innings and giving up three runs with six strikeouts in a win over FIU
• Had seven strikeouts and allowed just one earned run in a complete-game effort against Albany
• Picked up a win with another complete game giving up just one run versus Bethune-Cookman
• Recorded a complete game yielding just two earned runs with eight strikeouts against Niagara
2019:
• Threw back-to-back complete games versus UIC in Horizon League Championship Finals, clinching the Titans first ever NCAA Tournament bid
• Tossed no-hitter in 4-0 win versus NKU on 4/27
• Led the Horizon League in ERA with 1.55 during league play
• Fourth in the league in batters struck out (69) in HL action
• Second in the league in batters struck out looking (32) in HL play
• 2x Horizon League Pitcher of the Week
• Led the league and tied for fourth in the nation with eight saves
2018:
• Tossed eight innings vs. Texas A&M CC in a 2-1 victory
• Threw 70.1 innings on the season, compiling a 6.17 ERA
• Earned a victory after pitching five innings away at IUPUI in a 15-4 rout
2017:
• Horizon League All-Freshman Team
• Earned Horizon League All-Tournament Team honors
• Appeared in the circle in 42 games, starting 29
• Recorded the most wins in a rookie season in Titan history with 14, while posting 16 complete games with a record of 14-19 and a 3.41 ERA
• Across 201.1 innings pitched allowed 91 earned runs, 71 walks and struck out 85
• In the Horizon League, was tenth in ERA, second in innings pitched, fifth in batters struck out, seventh in batters struck out looking, tied for fourth in wins, tied for first in appearances, second in games started, tied for sixth in games finished and tied for eighth in relief appearances
• Pitched a complete game vs. Western Illinois (2/12/17), allowing nine hits and one earned run, while recording five walks
• Pitched a complete game shutout vs. Stony Brook (2/24/17), allowing eight hits and zero earned runs, while recording one walk and two strike outs
• Threw a five-inning shutout against Valparaiso in Horizon League Championship to push Titans one game away from title game
High School:
• Multi-sport athlete with letters in softball, soccer, volleyball, basketball and track and field
• Member of the U16 Canadian National Champion squad in 2014
• Named the U16 Top Pitcher and MVP Pitcher at Canadian Nationals in 2014
• Pitched for the Junior Women's Canadian National Team in 2015
• Member of the U18 Canadian Open Championship team with Team Canada
• Placed 4th in the World at the Junior Women's World Championships in Oklahoma City in 2015
• Placed 2nd at the Senior Women's Canadian Nationals with Team Quebec in 2015
• Named to the 2016 Canadian Senior Team Pool in 2015... Awarded Green, Blue, Red and Silver Pins
• Earned Service Award, the 2014 Large Block Athletic Award and Small Block Athletic Awards from 2011-13
• Named to the Honor Roll
• Also participated in Link Crew Leadership and Vancouver UN Club
Personal:
Parents: Daughter of Dean and Denise Murphy
Siblings: Carmen
Major: Political Science
