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Meredith Murphy
10  Meredith Murphy
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Austin, Texas

High School:
Lake Travis HS

Height:
5-8

Position:
L

Club Team:
Austin Juniors 18 Mizuno

05/15/2012

Volleyball Adds Two More to 2012 Recruiting Class

Dani Jenkins and Kaci Thompson are Knights.

03/27/2012

UCF Places 221 Student-Athletes on C-USA Academic Honor Roll

The Knights rank first among all league public institutions for the sixth-consecutive year.

02/20/2012

What You Need to Know About UCF Volleyball

This is UCF volleyball

01/25/2012

Q & A with Dagenais: Rising Senior Class

Todd Dagenais talks about his senior class for 2012

11/22/2011

Thankful Knights

Looking forward to family and friends for the holidays

2011 - JUNIOR SEASON
• Broke her own school record in digs per set (4.48) after notching a career-high 515 for the season
• Owns 1495 career digs, second all-time at UCF behind Miriam Metzcus's 1,644
• Appeared in all 115 sets at her customary libero position in 2011
• Finished sixth in Conference USA in digs and digs per set
• Dished out the second-most assists (73) on the team and served up 23 aces
• Ranked sixth in Conference USA for digs per set (4.48)
• Named most outstanding libero at the FGCU Homewood Suites Invitational with 45 total digs
• Recorded two service aces against FAU (9/11)
• Dished out a career-best eight assists against FIU (9/17)
• Posted a season-high 25 digs and a service ace against SMU (9/23)
• Moved to No. 3 on the UCF all-time digs list after collecting 15 digs against TULSA (9/25)
• Posted second 25-dig match performance against UAB (10/7)
• Against Houston, posted 20 digs, two service aces and three assists (10/16)
• Tallied 20 digs and four assists at Southern Miss (10/23)
• Notched her second and third-straight 20-plus dig performances against Houston (10/28) and Rice (10/30) with 23 and 25, respectively
• Totaled 20 digs for the fourth time in five matches against Memphis (11/4)
• Reached a career-best 10th match in one season with 20-plus digs against ECU (11/13

2010 - SOPHOMORE SEASON
• Named to the C-USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
• Saw action in 118 of UCF's 119 total sets as the libero
• Finished the season ranked ninth on the UCF career register with 980 digs
• Her 4.14 digs per set in 2010 rank second all-time
• Her 489 total digs rank third all-time at UCF
• Ranked eighth in C-USA in digs (4.14/set)
• In league matches only, ranked 10th in digs (4.09/set)
• Paced the Black and Gold in digs (489) and digs per set (4.14)
• Ranked third in assists (90) and fifth in service aces (16)
• Led the Knights in digs in 26 of UCF's 32 matches
• Tallied double-digit digs in 29 matches in 2010
• Posted 10 or more digs in 21-straight matches (Oct. 19, 2009-Sept. 18, 2010)
• Named to the Florida Gulf Coast All-Tournament Team
• Named to the UNC Wilmington Courtyard by Marriott All-Tournament Team
• Totaled 11 digs and matched her career-high with six assists vs. UNCW (9/3)
• Posted a season-best 31 digs and added three assists at Chattanooga(9/18)

2009 - FRESHMAN SEASON
• Earned the C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal
• Named to the C-USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
• Named to the Baylor Classic All-Tournament Team
• Played in all 115 sets
• Had 25 matches in which she posted double-digits digs
• Ranked sixth in C-USA with a 4.27 digs per set average
• Her 4.27 digs per set average set a UCF single-season record
• Led the Knights with 491 digs to rank second on the UCF single-season register
• Posted 25 digs in her collegiate debut vs. Jacksonville (8/28)
• Posted a career-high 33 digs vs. UAB (10/2)
• Registered 21 digs and a career-high six assists vs. ECU (10/23)
• Recorded career-highs with two service aces and 3.0 points vs. USF (11/25)

LAKE TRAVIS HIGH SCHOOL
• Played for head coach Julie Green
• Was selected to the 2008 Texas Girls Coaches Association 4A All-State Team and Academic All-State Team
• Earned the distinction of District 25-4A Co-Defensive Player of the Year as a senior
• Also earned Academic All-District, Justin Northwest All-Tournament Team, Hays All-Tournament Team and Lake Travis MVP honors in her final campaign
• Was named the 2007 Texas District 25-4A Newcomer of the Year following her junior season
• Garnered All-District First Team honors and was named to prepvolleyball.com's Dandy Lion's Honorable Mention list and its 2008 All-Texas Team Special Recognition the same season
• Her club team, the Austin Juniors 18 Mizuno, took first place at both the 2008 Tour of Texas Qualifier and the Soutwest Nationals, while earning second-place honors at the Las Vegas Classic, Mid-East Qualifier and the Lonestar Classic
• The Austin Juniors 18 Mizuno also qualified for the Junior Olympics 18 Open
• Was a member of the National Honor Society, Interact Club, Cavs in Service, Teen Impact, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Cavs United, Kardivas and Younglife
• Was awarded with the 2008 Junior Girl Cavalier Award and the 2009 Pride and Spirit Senior Class Award
• Also earned a letter in basketball

PERSONAL
• Born in Austin, Texas
• Daughter of Marcus and Susan Murphy
• Majoring in communication sciences & disorders

MURPHY'S CAREER HIGHS
Category High Opponent (Last Time) Date
Kills 1 10x (Houston) 10.28.11
Attacks 3 2x (Tulane) 10.11.09
Hitting % 1.000 10x (Houston) 10.28.11
Assists 8 FIU 09.17.11
Aces 2 8x (Marshall) 11.11.11
Digs 33 UAB 10.02.09
Total Blocks -- -- --
Block Solos -- -- --
Block Assists -- -- --
Points 3.0 USF 11.25.09
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