Honors and Awards
•Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16)
•Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17)
•Summit League Distinguished Scholars List (2014-15, 2015-16)
•Two-time Summit League Pitcher of the Week
As a Senior (2017)
Made 16 mound appearances, including 14 starts...Went 3-8 with a 4.98 ERA over a team-leading 77.2 innings pitched...Threw two complete games...Led the team and ranked fourth in the Summit League with 69 strikeouts...Also ranked fourth in the league with 8.00 strikeouts per game...Earned his first win at Fort Wayne (March 24), where he shuttered a career-high 16 batters while allowing one run on four hits over 7.0 innings...His strikeout total set Omaha's Division I single-game strikeouts record...The performance garnered him Summit League Pitcher of the Week honors on March 27...Picked up another win vs. Western Illinois (April 8), surrendering one run with seven strikeouts over 7.0 innings of work...Notched his third win at North Dakota State (April 21), allowing one run over 7.0 innings pitched...Struck out seven the following week at Western Illinois (April 28) in an eight-inning outing...Named to the Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
As a Junior (2016)
Made 16 mound appearances, including 12 starts...Went 4-6 with one save and a 3.86 ERA over 72.1 innings pitched...Threw the third-most innings of any Maverick starter...Issued 65 strikeouts to 23 walks and held his opponents to a .254 batting average...Ranked fifth in the Summit League for ERA (3.86), strikeouts (65) and strikeouts per game (8.1)...Recorded his first win vs. Eastern Michigan (Feb. 20), limiting the Eagles to two hits and a walk over 3.0 innings of scoreless relief...Earned the save at Grand Canyon (March 4), allowing one run on three hits with no walks and three strikeouts...Picked up his second win vs. Fort Wayne (March 20), surrendering five hits with four strikeouts and no walks over 5.0 shutout innings...Named Summit League Pitcher of the Week on April 4 after he threw a career-long 7.0 shutout innings in a no-decision vs. Western Illinois (April 2)...Limited the Leathernecks to two hits and two walks while striking out a career-high 11...Struck out 10 batters over 7.0 innings at Fort Wayne (April 29)...Tallied his third win of the year at North Dakota State (May 7), where he allowed two runs on five hits and two walks with five strikeouts over 6.0 innings...Notched win No. 4 at Western Illinois (May 14), allowing two runs on seven hits and a walk with six strikeouts over 5.0 innings...Named to the Summit League's Academic Honor Roll, Distinguished Scholars List and Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
As a Junior (2015)
Made two relief appearances on the mound before being sidelined for the year due to injury…Threw 2.0 innings against Bradley (Feb. 13) with a season-best three strikeouts…Held Chicago State (Feb. 22) to one hit and one walk with two strikeouts over 1.2 innings…Named to the Summit League Academic Honor Roll, Distinguished Scholars List and Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
As a Sophomore (2014)
Made 19 relief appearances on the mound, compiling a record of 3-1 with one save and a 2.86 ERA...Struck out 22 batters in 28.1 innings of work and held his opponents to a .235 batting average...Earned his first win vs. Chicago State (Feb. 28), holding CSU to one hit over 2.1 scoreless innings with a career-high-tying four strikeouts...Snagged the save vs. Air Force (March 14), going a season-long 3.0 scoreless, hitless innings with a pair of Ks...Tossed 2.1 innings vs. Fort Wayne (May 10) while allowing two hits en route the victory...Picked up his final win of the year vs. Stephen F. Austin (May 13) with 2.0 innings of work, allowing one run on two hits...Named to the Summit League's Academic Honor Roll and Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
As a Freshman (2013)
Made 11 appearances on the mound in his inaugural campaign, compiling a record of 1-0 and a team-best 2.60 ERA...Made his career debut vs. Stephen F. Austin (March 2), tallying a single and scoring one run...Made his pitching debut at Wichita State (March 6)...Earned the start at Northern Colorado (March 21), throwing a season-long four innings while striking out a career-high four batters...Threw two scoreless innings at Fort Wayne (April 5)...Struck out three batters vs. North Dakota State (April 27), going 1.1 innings...Picked up his first career win in relief vs. South Dakota State (May 17), holding the Jackrabbits to one hit over a scoreless inning as Omaha clinched the Summit League regular-season championship...Named to the Summit League Academic Honor Roll.
Summit Christian School
Lettered four years for Coach John Drouin...Two-time all-county selection...As a senior, named first-team all-county by the Sun Sentinel, The Palm Beach Post and PalmBeachHighSchoolBaseball.com...Selected to play in the Dick Howser All-Star Classic as well as the PalmBeachHighSchoolBaseball.com All-Star Game...Hit .355 with 11 RBI and a .540 on-base percentage...Held a 1.63 ERA on the mound with 62 strikeouts...In his junior year, posted a .359 batting average with five home runs and 22 RBI...Went 6-0 on the mound and held his opponents to a .189 batting average...Honored as second-team all-county and helped Summit to a record of 27-5 en route to the Class 1A state championship and district and regional titles...As a sophomore, garnered honorable mention all-county accolades and helped the Saints to the regional quarterfinals...Valedictorian of his graduating class...Served as senior class president and student council president...Member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society.
Personal
Born Aug 17, 1993 in Papillion, Neb....Parents are Mark Murphy and Vicki Murphy...Has two brothers, Scott and Kornel...Hobbies include sports, traveling and photography...Member of the UNO Dean's List...Graduated with his bachelor's degree in broadcast news with a minor in aviation in May 2016...Earned a second undergraduate degree in general administration in May 2017.
