2015 (Game-by-Game): Completed the greatest pitching career in Millersville--and perhaps PSAC--history with by winning PSAC East Pitcher of the Year for an unprecedented third year in a row...Consensus selection as Atlantic Region Pitcher of the Year (ABCA, Daktronics, NCBWA) for the second time in his career (2013 and 2015)...Picked as a semifinalist for the Josh Willingham Award (DII MVP) and Brett Tomko Award (DII best pitcher)...Advanced to the finalist ballot of the Brett Tomko Award...One of only eight players to advance to the final ballot...All-Atlantic Region First Team pick by all three organizations for the third consecutive season...Named ABCA/Rawlings All-America Second Team, becoming the first Marauder to be better than a third team selection in the ABCA voting...A Daktronics All-America Second Team pick and NCBWA third team selection...Only three-time all-region selection in Millersville history...First Marauder to be a three-time All-America honoree (honorable mention in 2014)...Set a PSAC record for most wins in a season without a loss, going 12-0...Ranked second in Division II and set single-season school record for wins...Finished career with incredible 33-4 career record, breaking the previous school record by eight...Ranked 27th nationally in WHIP (0.98)...Set Millersville career records for wins, innings pitched (278), complete games (19), starts (41) and tied the record for strikeouts with 235...Winning percentage of .892 was best in school history and second-best in PSAC history and had 24 more decisions that the record holder...ERA of 2.07 was sixth-best at Millersville...Best among starting pitchers and one of only two in the top 10...Ranked second in PSAC history in wins, falling only three short of the record, which was set in 1994...Was one of only three three-year players with more than 22 wins...The other two were Kutztown's Ryan Vogelson (24) and Kutztown's Glenn Woolard (28)...Recorded 15 consecutive wins dating back to previous season, giving him second-longest streak in league history...Ranked 10th in PSAC in career complete games and 15th in career strikeouts and eighth in innings pitched...Among PSAC leaders in nearly every category in 2015...Ranked second in ERA, third in batting average against, first in innings pitched and seventh in strikeouts...Totaled six complete games in 13 starts...Struck out 70 compared to 15 walks...Voted Preseason ABCA All-Atlantic Region and Preseason All-America...Won the PSAC East Pitcher of the Week Award in the opening week of the season for the third consecutive season...Went 3-0 with a 1.00 ERA in the first three weeks of the season, striking out 17 while walking one over 18 innings...Named PSAC East Pitcher of the Week for a second time on the season on March 23...Voted NCBWA Atlantic Region Pitcher of the Week a day later...Over course of his career, he earned region pitcher of the week six times, PSAC East Pitcher of the Week six times and national pitcher of the week three times...Rolled 10 double play balls...Forced opponents into 131 ground outs compared to 48 fly outs...Righties hit just .211 against him...Lefties fared not much better at .232...Allowed just 12 extra base hits all season...Held opponents to no more than one run in 10 of 14 appearances...Pitched at least five innings in every start...Went 6-0 in seven starts against the PSAC East, totaling three complete games and a pair of shutouts...Allowed only 13 runs and a .238 batting average against in 44 innings...Struck out 36 and walked 10 in division play...Struck out six and allowed just five hits in a seven-inning shutout of Winston-Salem State in the season opener...Fanned seven and gave up just three hits in five innings against Le Moyne...Brilliant start at West Chester to start PSAC East play, striking out a season-high 10 without a walk and allowing only one hit in a shutout...Gave up one run with four strikeouts and no walks in a complete game against Kutztown on April 17...Earned an impressive win over No. 11 Seton Hill in the PSAC Tournament, striking out eight and lasting all nine innings...Gave up only two hits and one solo homer over the final eight innings of the game...Won a NCAA regional elimination game against W.Va. State by allowing one run on six hits with no walks and six K's over nine innings...Came out of the pen and pitched a scoreless ninth against Mercyhurst in the regional championship game...Fielded position to perfection, recording a 1.000 fielding percentage in 36 chances...Totaled 28 assists...Held runners well, allowing only three stolen bases all season.2014 (Game-by-Game): Another historic and record-setting season for the right-hander...Became first pitcher ever to win back-to-back PSAC East Pitcher of the Year awards...Named All-PSAC East First Team for a second year in a row...Selected All-Atlantic Region First Team by NCBWA, ABCA and Daktronics...Named All-America Honorable Mention by Daktronics and NCBWA...Two-time PSAC East Pitcher of the Week...Two-time NCBWA Atlantic Region Pitcher of the Week...Voted NCBWA Division II National Pitcher of the Week on March 5 after leading team to win over nationally-ranked Franklin Pierce...Won national pitcher of the week three times, region pitcher of the week five times and PSAC East Pitcher of the Week four times in first 20 career starts...Posted a streak of 24.1 consecutive scoreless innings making him the only pitcher in PSAC history with two streaks of at least 23 consecutive scoreless innings...Named to Tino Martinez Award Watch List for the second year in a row...Named NCBWA Preseason All-America...Posted a 9-2 record and 1.94 ERA...Millersville went 11-2 in his starts...Finished season with remarkable 21-4 career record and 13 complete games...Despite pitching only two seasons, already ranks 10th in career innings pitched (190.0), fifth in wins and third in complete games...Nine wins in 2014 tied for the team and PSAC lead...Ranked fifth-most in Millersville's single season records...88.0 innings pitched ranked third-most at Millersville, giving him two of the top three spots on the list...69 strikeouts were sixth-most all-time, putting him in the top six twice in just two seasons...Led the PSAC in innings pitched...Ranked fourth in the PSAC in ERA, eight in complete games, second in shutouts and eighth in batting average against (.232)...Ranked 41st in Division II in ERA and 42nd in WHIP (1.02)...Led the team with 6.77 innings per appearance...Went 5-1 with three complete games against the PSAC East...Made only two starts at home but went 2-0 with just two earned runs allowed and 11 strikeouts in 13.2 innings...Worked at least five innings in 12 of 13 starts...Held opponents without an earned run in five starts and allowed no more than two runs 11 of 13 starts...Opened the season with a loss against eventual NCAA Atlantic Regional qualifier Winston-Salem State...Allowed three runs on six hits in six innings but received one run of support...Bounced back with a win over Chowan on Feb. 17, allowing one earned run--three total--on four hits in five innings...Tossed seven innings of shutout ball with eight strikeouts and two hits allowed against Le Moyne on Feb. 22...Garnered national attention after striking out 10, walking one and surrendering three hits and a nine-inning shutout of Franklin Pierce on March 1...Followed that effort with a seven-inning shutout of Davis & Elkins in which he allowed just two hits, no walks and struck out 10...Completed a three-game stretch from Feb. 22-March 15 with a 3-0 record, 23 consecutive scoreless innings, 28 strikeouts and just four walks and eight hits allowed...Defeated East Stroudsburg with two earned runs allowed and six strikeouts over 6.2 innings...Gave up only one unearned run in a complete game against Lock Haven on March 31...Bounced back from second loss of the season and shortest outing of career by working into extra innings and beating nationally-ranked Shippensburg by allowing no runs and striking out four over eight innings...Gave up one run on four hits and fanned five against Mansfield on April 21...Gave up two runs on six hits and struck out six in a complete-game effort against West Chester on April 26...Took a no decision in the PSAC Tournament against Slippery Rock after allowing two runs on six hits in seven innings...Took another no decision in the NCAA Atlantic Regional against Mercyhurst after allowing three runs--two earned--over eight innings.
2013 (Game-by-Game): Delivered arguably the greatest pitching season in Millersville history...Became the first Millersville Marauder ever named All-America First Team and the first ever selected as the PSAC East Pitcher of the Year...Named NCBWA All-America First Team, ABCA All-America Third Team and Daktronics All-America Honorable Mention...Unanimous Atlantic Region Pitcher of the Year, taking the award in the ABCA, NCBWA and Daktronics voting...All-Atlantic Region First Team pick by all three organizations and All-PSAC East First Team selection...Made Division II history with the program's first-ever perfect game on March 15...Blanked Clarion on just 64 pitches...Started the game with three consecutive strikeouts and 11 of the first 12 pitches were strikes...Finished with six K's...It marked just the 18th perfect game in Division II history, the first since 2009 and the first by a PSAC pitcher since 1999...If that weren't enough, two starts prior on Feb. 24, he threw a no-hitter against Glenville State, striking out 13 and coming within one fielding error of a perfect game...Struck out seven of nine batters between the fourth and sixth innings...His 13 K's in a seven-inning game were the most by a PSAC pitcher since 2005...64 of 84 pitches were strikes...Named NCBWA Division II Pitcher of the Week following the no-hitter on Feb. 28 and again on March 20 following the perfect game effort...Selected as the NCBWA Atlantic Region Pitcher of the Week in back-to-back weeks in February and three times total on the season...Named PSAC East Pitcher of the Week on March 4 and March 18...Chosen as a Tino Martinez Award Semifinalist...Set Millersville single-season records in victories (12), games started (15), complete games (8), shutouts (5), innings pitched (102.0) and strikeouts (96)...Did not allow a run over a 25.1 inning stretch from March 15-April 6, coming within 2.1 consecutive scoreless innings of the PSAC record and within two of the Millersville record...Led the PSAC and tied for fifth in Division II in wins...Ranked 24th in Division II with a 0.97 WHIP...Ranked second in the PSAC and four nationally with 96 strikeouts...Tied for 12th in Division II in games started...Ranked 42nd in Division II in hits allowed per nine innings...Absolutely dominating against the PSAC East, posting a 6-0 record with five complete games and a 1.33 ERA in six starts and 40.2 innings pitched...Struck out 35, threw two shutouts and surrendered only a .204 batting average against in the six starts...Right-handers hit just .177 (50-for-283) against him...Held teams to a .208 average with two outs...Surrendered a team-low 1.94 walks per nine innings...Allowed only 13 extra base hits...Pitched at least 5.2 innings in all 15 starts...Struck out at least five batters 13 times...Allowed no more than two runs in 11 starts...Started the season with a win in each of the first four starts...Topped Winston-Salem in debut by allowing two runs and striking out six over six innings...Handed No. 6 West Florida its first loss of the season on Feb. 17 by striking out eight and allowing two runs on four hits over seven innings...Tossed the no-hitter at Glenville State on Feb. 24...Bounced back from a loss to Philadelphia with a perfect game against Clarion on March 15...That began a streak of three consecutive complete-game shutouts in which he surrendered only six hits over 21 innings...Threw a four-hit shutout against IUP on March 23 and a two-hit shutout against Bloomsburg on March 30...Surrendered only one run on five hits and struck out four in a complete game against Shippensburg on April 6...Held nationally-ranked Kutztown to just one run over 5.2 innings and struck out six to improve to 9-1...Scored 10th win over the season with a three-hit shutout of Mansfield on April 21...Beat West Chester on April 27 by allowing two earned runs (four total) on eight hits over seven innings...Closed the regular season with an eight strikeout effort at East Stroudsburg on May 4...That win boosted his record to 12-1...Started the PSAC Tournament game against Gannon and did not allow a hit through 7.2 innings and threw eight scoreless innings...Surrendered five runs in the ninth and took a no decision after Millersville won the bottom of the ninth...Started against Shippensburg in the NCAA Atlantic Regional and gave up four runs on 11 hits in a 4-1 loss.
Prior to Millersville: Attended Texas Christian University as a member of the baseball team.
High School: Lettered in baseball and basketball...Helped team to two Delaware State Championships...Named all-state first team as a senior and was a 2011 Rawlings all-region second team pick...Two-time all-conference first team selection...Member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Son of Dennis and Linda Murphy...Has one older brother...Majoring in business administration.
