Personal
Born in Torrance ... parents are Murphy and Nina ... father is former BYU All-American (1978-79) ... father Murphy is the hitting coach for Cal State Dominguez Hills ... is also a fire knife dancer like his father ... served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Nicaragua ... wife's name is Melissa ... junior sister Tasha competes in the weight events for BYU's track team ... member of the BYU Student Athlete Advisory Committee ... majoring in broadcast journalism.
Before BYU
Prepped at West Torrance High ... Player of the Year by the Daily Breeze ... all-state third baseman, all-area, All-CIF and All-Bay League ... two-time El Segundo tournament Outstanding Pitcher ... MVP in the El Segundo tournament ... helped lead the nationally-ranked Warriors to a 30-2 record ... received the awards for Excellent Athlete, Outstanding Student Athlete and the Outstanding Player Award for his team ... batted .422 with 10 homers, 34 RBI and had a 7-0 record with a 1.75 ERA ... lettered twice in baseball and once in football ... member of the honor roll ... coached by Harry Jenkins ... played in USAFB World Series ... a member of the Samoan National Olympic Baseball team, played in Samoa in the 1998 Oceanic Games and in Guam for a 1999 Summer Tourney.
Stats
Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO2001 3.41 3-0 20 0 0 0 34.1 38 21 13 4 232004 5.09 2-2 13 9 0 0 58.1 80 35 33 11 452005 4.75 6-2 21 1 0 3 41.2 51 28 22 10 352006 0.00 0-0 2 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 2 0TOTAL 4.46 11-4 35 10 0 3 137.1 171 84 68 27 103