Harper Murray
Harper Murray (born February 24, 2005) is an American volleyball player. She currently plays as an Outside Hitter for the University of Nebraska..[1]
Career
High School
Murray played for Skyline High School in Ann Arbour, Michigan. She was the Gatorade National Player of the Year in her senior year[2] and also received the Miss Michigan Volleyball Honour in 2022[1]. Murray was ranked the No. 1 overall recruit in the country by PrepVolleyball.com[1]
College
Murray enrolled at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in January 2023, one semester early, along with four other freshmen on the team[3]. She was a regular starter, playing all six rotations and finishing the regular season with a total of 336 kills.[4] Alongside her team, Murray won the 2023 Big Ten Championship[5] and was a runner-up in the NCAA national championship in Tampa. Harper also played at Memorial Stadium for "Volleyball Day in Nebraska" which set the global attendance record for a women's sporting event[6].
In her freshman season, she was selected as the Big Ten Freshman of the Year and was named to the All-Conference First Team, as well as being a unanimous selection to the All-Conference Freshman Team[4]. Murray was named to the goAVCA North all-region team alongside five of her teammates[7], and also earned Third-Team All-American honours[8]
International
Murray has played for the USA Volleyball Under-19 and Under-18 Girls Teams. In 2022, she won the Best Spiker Award at the Pan-American Cup, where the team won Gold. She was also a part of the 2021 Girls Team which won Bronze at the FIVB U19 World Championship that year.[9]
Personal Life
Murray wears the number 27 after her late father[3] Vada Murray, who played football for the University of Michigan[10]. Her sister Kendall plays volleyball at Michigan, also wearing the number 27.[11]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Harper Murray - Volleyball 2023". University of Nebraska - Official Athletics Website. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ↑ "Harper Murray 2022 - 2023 GATORADE NATIONAL VOLLEYBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR". playeroftheyear.gatorade.com. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harper Murray Talks Choosing Nebraska, New Asst. Coach Jordan Larson, Wearing #27 and More!, retrieved 2024-01-02
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Big Ten Conference Announces 2023 Volleyball Postseason Honors". bigten.org. 2023-07-15. Archived from the original on 2024-01-02. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ↑ "Nebraska Captures 2023 Big Ten Conference Volleyball Title". bigten.org. 2023-12-13. Archived from the original on 2023-12-02. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ↑ Oltmans, Brady (2023-09-01). "How (and why) Nebraska drew 92,003 to watch women's college volleyball". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ↑ "2023 AVCA Women's Division I Regional Awards | AVCA Awards". https://www.avca.org/. Retrieved 2024-01-02. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "2023 AVCA Div. II WVB All-America Teams | AVCA Awards". https://www.avca.org/. Retrieved 2024-01-02. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "Harper Murray". USA Volleyball. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ↑ "Vada Murray Obituary (2011) - Ann Arbor, MI - Ann Arbor News". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ↑ "Kendall Murray - Volleyball". University of Michigan Athletics. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
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