Samantha Murphy

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Samantha Murphy vs. Central Arkansas 8-19-18

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1819 Women's Soccer, University of Memphis

Height:
5-5
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Aurora, Ontario

Academic Honors
- Dean’s List (F17, S18, F18, S20)
- Academic Honor Roll (F17, S18, F18, S19, F19, S20)
- 2018, 2019, 2020 AAC All-Academic team

2019 (Junior)
Played in all 21 matches while drawing 17 starts … logged 1452 minutes throughout the season … finished the year with six goals, five assists and 17 points … Her six goals and five assists ranked third on the team, while her 17 points ranked fourth … three of her six goals stood to be the game-winning score … netted her first goal of the year at Mississippi State (Sept. 8), which was also the game-winner … tallied a brace against Southeastern Louisiana (Sept. 12) … scored the game-winner at UCF (Sept. 26) to open conference play … tallied her second brace of the season at Cincinnati (Oct. 10) … posted her first two assists at Mississippi State and against Southeastern Louisiana … also dished out assists against Iowa State (Sept. 20), UConn (Oct. 3) and Tulsa (Oct. 31).

2018 (Sophomore)
Played in 20 of the Tigers’ 21 matches, drawing 14 starts … finished second on the team with 24 points (11 goals, 2 assists) … led the team with 13 points in conference play (6 goals, 1 assist) … tied for the team lead in game-winning goals (4) … tallied a brace twice throughout the season against Cincinnati (Oct. 20) and against Tulsa (Oct. 26) … scored the golden goal in a 2-1 overtime win against ECU (Sept. 23) … scored in four consecutive games (Sept. 3-13).

2017 (Freshman)
Saw action as a reserve player as a freshman, playing in 17 games … recorded one assist on the season, doing so in the win against Little Rock (Aug. 20) … scored her only goal of the year in the 6-0 drubbing of Rhode Island (Sept. 1) … despite only taking five shots all season, managed to put four of them on goal.

Prior to Memphis
Played as a midfielder and forward for coach Joe Parolini with Toronto Blizzard … prior to joining Toronto Blizzard, played for King City Royals where she was the team’s leading goal scorer from 2013-16 … won back-to-back Ontario Youth Soccer League Championships in 2015 and 2016 … helped team to claim the Ontario-Quebec Championship in 2016 … Ontario Cup Finalists in 2015 … named Most Valuable Player on the soccer team at Pickering College … won conference championships with Pickering College in 2013 and 2015 and claimed national tournament championships in 2014 and 2015 … also played on conference championship volleyball team at Pickering College … honor roll student all four years … won the Youth Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) and secured a $5,000 grant for a local women’s shelter.

Personal
Daughter of Tom and Nicole Murphy ... Murphy chose the University of Memphis because she believes Memphis will help me become the best player she can be ... additionally, she really likes the campus and the atmosphere of the team and school life ... her hobbies include soccer, volleyball, running, music and travel ... majoring in health studies.