Michele Murphy Athlete Profile

#16 Michele Murphy

Position: Forward Height: 5-5 Class: Freshman Roster Years: 2012 Hometown: Sandy, UT Last School: Alta High School (Utah)

Personal

Parents are Jack and Ranae Murphy ... has 2 brothers and 1 sister ... sister played soccer at Notre Dame and Weber State ... majoring in Dietetics

Before BYU

2011-12 Gatorade Utah Girls Soccer Player of the Year ... Second Team All-State in 2009 and 2010 … 2011 Ms. Soccer from Deseret News … 5A MVP in 2011 from the Salt Lake Tribune … Outstanding striker for Region III in 2011 … Outstanding midfielder for Region III in 2011 … school record for most goals and assists in a single season with 37 goals and 22 assists … team captain for 2010-11 seasons … Blaze Ironman prep award … HS state champion 2008-11 … Honor Roll 2009-12 … National Junior Honor Societey ... member of Utah's FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America)

Club

Olympique Montreux ... coaches Matt Bain and Nate Murphy ... state finalists in 2010 and 2012

Stats

 Year    GP     G    A   Sh    Pts
2012    24     8    7   45     23

2012 | Freshman Year

Played and started in all 24 games for BYU ... Named the WCC Freshman of the Year after tying for 4th in the conference for total goals and 7th for her .40 goals per game ... Named to the All-WCC Freshman Team ... Named to the Soccer America All-Freshman Second Team ... named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com's Freshman First Team .. named the CollegeSportsMaddness.com Freshman of the Year ... Named the CollegeSportsMadness.com's Freshman of the Year and All-American Freshman of the Year ... also named to the CollegeSportsMadness.com's All-WCC First Team