The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2017 Soccer Roster
Roster
Morgan Murphy
- Position:
- M
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Plano West
- Hometown:
- Plano, Texas
- Major:
- History
SENIOR (2017)
Played in four matches with one start and three total shots ... Received 11 minutes on the pitch during the NCAA Sweet 16 loss at No. 3 Duke (Nov. 19) ... Managed a shot over 18 minutes off the bench in the 3-0 NCAA First Round win over North Texas (Nov. 10) ... Started in the midfield on her “Senior Night” during the 1-0 (OT) loss to No. 22 Oklahoma State (Oct. 27), firing a shot over 39 minutes ... Returned to action late in the 3-0 rout of No. 25 Colorado (Sept. 8), registering a shot over two minutes of playing time ... Suffered a leg injury in the preseason that forced her to miss UT’s first five matches.
JUNIOR (2016)
Played 726 total minutes while drawing time in 12 matches with nine starts ... Finished the campaign with two goals and one assist for five total points on 15 shots (four on goal) ... Scored the then go-ahead goal at the 12:01 mark of Texas’ eventual 3-2 loss at TCU (Oct. 28) ... Managed one attempt while playing 77 minutes in the 1-0 loss to No. 1 West Virginia (Oct. 23) ... Registered three shots (one on frame) during the 2-0 shutout of rival Texas Tech (Oct. 21) ... Earned 19 minutes of time off the bench during the 2-0 loss at Iowa State (Oct. 14) ... Launched two shots, one on frame, over 67 minutes of action off the bench in the 2-0 blanking of North Texas (Sept. 16) ... Picked up her first assist of the season via a header on Alexa Adams’ fourth-minute goal during the 2-1 (OT) loss at No. 19 Ohio State (Sept. 9) ... Registered a career-high five shots and scored her second career goal over 66 minutes of playing time as a starter in the midfield during the 7-0 rout of Sam Houston State (Sept. 2) ... Was credited with a single shot in 61 minutes during the 3-1 victory over Detroit (Aug. 28) ... Launched two shots in 60 minutes off the bench in the season-opening, 1-0 loss to Seattle (Aug. 19).
SOPHOMORE (2015)
Played in 14 total matches (604 minutes) with six starts in 2015 … Picked up 62 minutes of playing time off the bench during the 2-1 loss to Kansas in the Big 12 Championship quarterfinal (Nov. 4) ... Fired one shot on goal over 41 minutes during the 3-0 rout of Montana (Oct. 30) ... Started road matches in the midfield at Kansas (Oct. 2), Oklahoma State (Oct. 4) and No. 17 Texas Tech (Oct. 16) ... Earned 23 minutes of playing time and fired one of Texas’ five shots in a 2-0 loss at No. 5 West Virginia (Sept. 25) … Made her first start of the season and played 36 minutes during the 2-1 win over Abilene Christian (Sept. 13) … Credited with a single shot over 20 minutes in the 1-1 (2OT) tie against Oregon State (Sept. 10) … Was on the field for eight minutes in the 2-0 loss at UCSB (Sept. 4) … Launched her first two shots of the season, one on frame, over 53 minutes off the bench during the 0-0 (2OT) tie against #18 Ohio State (Aug. 30) … Saw her first action of 2015 by earning five minutes as a sub during the 2-0 loss to No. 5 North Carolina (Aug. 28).
FRESHMAN (2014)
Earned 990 total minutes of action while receiving playing time in 22 of 23 Texas matches during the season (seven starts) … Scored a goal and dished an assist while registering 12 total shots, five of those on frame ... Earned her initial career assist on Julia Dyche’s long-range goal at 65:32 of the 3-0 NCAA win over Rice (Nov. 14) … Started, fired two shots, made a shootout PK and played all 110 minutes in the 1-1 (2OT) tie versus No. 16 Texas Tech in the Big 12 quarterfinals (Nov. 5) … Made her first career start versus rival Oklahoma (Oct. 24) count by scoring the match-winning goal (her first career score and points) just 45 seconds into the 1-0 win ... Played 69 minutes as a starting forward during the 2-0 blanking of UALR (Oct. 20) … Earned her second start in the 3-1 loss at TCU (Oct. 17), playing all 90 minutes for the first time while firing a career-high two shots … Threatened No. 11 Kansas with a shot that forced a stop as part of her 33 minutes against the Jayhawks (Oct. 10) … Earned the first start of her career in the 1-0 (OT) win over No. 6 Texas Tech and registered her initial career shot as her first-half drive had to be tipped over the crossbar by the TTU keeper … Forced a save on a shot on goal over 43 minutes of action during the 1-0 victory at Iowa State (Oct. 3) … Also played 65 minutes during the 0-0 (2OT) tie versus No. 25 Arkansas (Aug. 29), 59 minutes against Arizona State (Aug. 22), 54 minutes versus Nevada (Aug. 31), 10 minutes against No. 1 UCLA (Sept. 19), 31 minutes at Texas State (Sept. 21), 45 minutes vs. No. 6 Texas Tech and 12 minutes vs. No. 17 West Virginia (Sept. 28).
CLUB
Played nine years of club soccer for the Dallas Texans ECNL and coach Sean Bubb … Her club team won the North Texas State Cup championship in 2009 and 2010 and the Disney Junior Soccer Showcase title in January of 2011 … Murphy was a member of the Olympic Development Program (ODP) state team.
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year starter at Plano West High School for head coach Carley Phillips (Allie Rogosheske coached the team in 2014) … Murphy focused on select soccer and did not play for her high school during her junior season … Her high school team won the Texas Class 5A state championship as a sophomore (2012) and was state runner-up in 2014 … She was selected to the 2014 NSCAA Girls High School All-Region Winter Team and as one of VYPE’s DFW Girls Player to Watch in 2014 … Plano West finished the 2012 season as the No. 1 ranked team in the nation by ESPN … Chosen as a first team District 10-5A selection during her freshman, sophomore and senior campaigns and first team all-region in 2014.
PERSONAL
Born on March 21, 1996, to parents Mark and Laura Murphy …Graduated from Plano West H.S. with Graduated Distinguished Achievement in 2014 … Her grandfather is Dan Reeves, legendary former head coach of the National Football League’s (NFL) Atlanta Falcons, Denver Broncos and New York Giants … Reeves also played football for the Dallas Cowboys and the University of South Carolina … She lists Reeves as the person in athletics that most inspired her because of the perfect example he set of using hard work to be successful while staying humble … Her father Mark played football for Baylor University … Murphy chose Texas over programs at Florida, Arkansas, Baylor and Oklahoma.
