Wisconsin Badgers

Eligibility (Cross Country): Senior
Eligibility (Indoor/Outdoor Track): Senior/Senior

Notables
2013 All-American in cross country
2013 Big Ten Sportsmanship Honoree (Cross Country)
2014 NCAA West Preliminary Round qualifier (10,000 meters)

2015-16 Season
2015 Cross Country: Placed 17th overall and sixth for the Badgers in 23:08.4 (6k) at the Iona College Meet of Champions (9/19) ... Finished eighth overall and sixth for UW at the Badger Opener (9/4) in 15:27.8 (4K)

2014-15 Season
2015 Outdoor: Finished 17th in the 10,000 Meters at the Big Ten Championship (5/15-17) with a time of 37:08.07 ... Placed 17th in the 5000 meters at the Penn Relays (4/23) with a time of 17:01.73 ... Finished 34th in the 10,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational (4/3) in a time of 35:35.45

2015 Indoor: Finished 15th in the 5000 meters at the Big Ten Indoor Championship (2/28) with a time of 16:53.19 to help UW to a seventh place team finish ... Placed 23rd in the 5000 meters at the Iowa State Classic (2/13) in a time of 16:48.93 ... Finished 20th in the 3000 meters with a time of 9:54.47 at the Armory Collegiate Invitational (1/31) to help UW to a sixth place team finish

2014 Cross Country: Placed 143rd overall and fourth for UW at the NCAA Championship (11/22) in 21:30.1 (6k) to help the Badgers to a 10th place team finish ... Finished 18th overall and fourth for the Badgers at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (11/14) in 20:34 (6k) to help UW to a second place team finish and an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship ... Placed 12th overall and fourth for UW at the Big Ten Championship (11/2) in 20:20.9 (6k) to help the Badgers to a second place team finish ... Finished 31st overall and third for the Badgers at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (10/17) in 20:29 (6k) to help UW to a fourth place team finished ... Placed fourth overall and third for the Badgers at the Greater Louisville Classic (10/4) in 16:58.56 (5k) to help UW to a first place team finish ... Finished 12th overall and first for the Badgers at the Big Ten Preview (9/20) in 21:53.88 (6k) to lead UW to a second place team finish ... Placed second overall at the Badger Opener (9/5) in 14:04 (4K) to help UW win the team title

2013-14 Season
2014 Outdoor: Earned a second-place finish in the 10,000 meters at the Big Ten championships (5/16-18) with a personal-best time of 34:00.02 and took 11th in the 5000 meters with a time of 16:37.29 ... finished 12th in the third section of the 5000 meters at the Payton Jordan Invitational (5/3) with a time of 16:31.57 ... placed ninth in the 1500 meters at the Florida Relays (4/4-5) with a time of 4:25.01

2014 Indoor: Placed sixth in both the 3000 meters (9:24.66) and 5000 meters (16:27.25) at the Big Ten Championships (3/1) ... finished 22nd in the 5000 meters at the Iowa State Classic (2/15) with a time of 16:37.13 ... placed fifth in the 3000 meters at the Armory Collegiate Invitational (2/8) with a time of 9:44.30 ... won the mile run at the Wisconsin Dual (1/18) with a time of 4:58.61

2013 Cross Country: Earned All-America honors after a 35th-place finish overall and a 1st-place finish for the Badgers at the NCAA Championships (11/23) after finishing in 20:42.8 (6K)... placed 1st for the Badgers and 13th overall at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (11/15), finishing with a time of 20:38 (6K) ... placed 17th overall and first for the Badgers at the Big Ten Championships (11/3) with a time of 21:28 (6K) ... placed second for the Badgers and 61st overall at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (10/19), finishing with a time of 20:47 (6K) ...placed first for the Badgers and 10th overall at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (9/27), finishing with a time of 17:30 (5K) ...finished second for Wisconsin and ninth overall at the season-opening Badger Opener (9/6), finishing with a time of 14:29 (4K)

2012-13 Season
2013 Outdoor: Placed second in the 3000 meters at the Wisconsin Open (5/4) with a time of 10:19.72

2013 Indoor: Placed eighth in the 3000 meters at the Badger Track Classic (1/12) with a time of 10:45.52

2012 Cross Country: Finished 112th overall and seventh for the Badgers at the Great Lakes Regional (11/9), clocking in at 22:24 (6K) ... placed sixth for Wisconsin and 66th overall in a time of 21:43 (6K) at the Big Ten Championship (10/28) ... finished fourth for Wisconsin and 229th overall with a time of 21:35 (6K) at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (10/12) ... placed 55th overall and fourth for the Badgers at the Greater Louisville Cross Country Classic (9/29), finishing in a time of 17:39.45... placed eighth for Wisconsin and 21st overall with a time of 18:54.2 (5K) at the Panorama Farms Invitational (9/22) ... led team with second-place finish at season-opening Badger Opener (9/7), finishing in a time of 17:54 (5K)

High School
Two-time first-team all-state in cross country ... two-time second-team all-state in cross country ... four-time first-team all-conference in cross country ... individually, placed seventh at state cross country championship as a sophomore in 2009, claimed third-place state finish as a junior in 2010 ... finished 12th at state as a senior in 2011 ... as a freshman, was part of the Whitefish Bay team that claimed state title ... team also placed second in 2009, ninth in 2010 and eighth in 2011 ... was team captain as a junior and senior ... also competed on the ski team ... was academic all-state as a freshman

Personal
Parents are Sandy and Alan Murphy ... has two older siblings, brother Harrison and sister Britt-Marie ... helped raise more than $35,000 for Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer (MACC Fund) ... also raised more than $6,000 for the Make-a-Wish Foundation ... majoring in retailing and consumer behavior

Why Wisconsin?
"I love being part of the Big Ten with all the great team spirit at each of the schools. With a big campus, there's always so much to do in Madison, and the high academic standards definitely drew me to UW- Madison."

All-America Honors
2013 - Cross Country
35th - 20:42.8 (6K)

At the NCAA Championships
2014 - Cross Country
143rd - 21:30.1 (6K)

2013 - Cross Country
35th - 20:42.8 (6K)

At the NCAA West Preliminary Round
2014 - Outdoor
10,000 Meters: DNF

At the NCAA Regional (Cross Country)
2014 - NCAA Great Lakes Regional
18th - 20:43 (6K)

2014 - Indoor
3000 Meters: 6th (9:24.66)
5000 Meters: 6th (16:27.25)

2013 - Cross Country
17th - 21:28 (6K)

2012 - Cross Country
66th - 21:43 (6K)