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 SO 2001 3.41 3-0 20 0 0 0 34.1 38 21 13 4 23 2004 5.09 2-2 13 9 0 0 58.1 80 35 33 11 45 2005 4.75 6-2 21 1 0 3 41.2 51 28 22 10 35 2006 0.00 0-0 2 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 2 0 TOTAL 4.46 11-4 35 10 0 3 137.1 171 84 68 27 103
Had 20 appearances for a 3.41 ERA and a 3-0 record ... had the third-lowest opposing batting average for the Cougars at .286 ... struck out 23 on the season while only walking four ... recorded his first win in an 11-10 come-from-behind victory over Southern Utah ... recorded his second win in relief at Utah with five strike outs in four innnings pitched ... got a win in relief at home against San Diego State with four strike outs in 3.1 innings pitched ... voted first team Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball ... Second Team All-Mountain West.
Finished 2-2 in 13 appearances ... third on the team with nine starts ... third on the team with 45 strikeouts and with a 5.09 ERA ... third on the team in innings pitched with 58 1/3 ... longest appearances were back-to-back seven inning starts against Cal State Northridge and Portland ... struck out a season high eight batters in 6 1/3 innings against Utah on March 27 ... earned wins against Santa Clara and Cal State Northridge ... missed over a month at the end of the season due to tendinitis in his throwing arm.
Tied for the team lead with six victories, saves (3) and appearances (21) ... pitched well in a come-from-behind 11-9 victory at UNLV, striking out four in 3.2 innings and giving up no walks and two hits ... again gave up no walks in a 4-1 victory at Utah Valley State for his second save of the season in four innings ... struck out five in the final three innings vs. against Lewis-Clark State to secure the win in a come-from-behind effort to give BYU a 5-2 victory, in a game when teammate Matt Jensen also struck out 13 batters ... Cougar Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-MWC.
Selected as a Cougar Club Scholar Athlete ... missed the bulk of the season due to an elbow injury.