Laura Murray

Class:
Senior
High School:
Tippecanoe High School
Hometown:
Tipp City, Ohio

Season	Events	Rounds	Strokes	Avg.	Low Rd.	Top-25
Spring 2014	6	13	1,041	80.08	76	2
Fall 2013	4	11	874	79.45	76	0
Spring 2013	7	16	1,287	80.44	75	1
Fall 2012	5	14	1,118	79.86	75	1
Spring 2012	6	17	1,353	79.59	76	1
Fall 2011	3	7	552	78.86	73	2
Career	31	78	6,225	79.81	73	7

as a Junior (Spring 2014): Named Women's Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar for third-consecutive year ... also named Academic All-MAC Honorable-Mention ... posted a 79.79 scoring average through 10 events during her junior campaign (24 rounds) ... appeared in all six spring events, posting an 80.08 average over 13 rounds ... posted two top-20 fnishes, including a season-best tie for eighth place at the Dolores Black Falcon Invitational (April 12-13) ... finished top-25 at the MAC Championship (April 25-27), posting a three-round score of 236 (+20).

as a Junior (Fall 2013): Appeared in all four events, carding an average score of 79.45 (11 rounds) ... three of her four finishes were inside the top 40, including a tie for 36th at the Golfweek Program Challenge (Sept. 8-10), a tie for 38th at the MAC Fall Preview (Oct. 7-8) and a tie for 35th at the season-ending Rocket Classic (Oct. 14-15).

as a Sophomore (Spring 2013): Earned her second-consecutive Women's Golf Coaches Association (GCAA) All-American Scholar honor ... also named Honorable Mention Academic All-MAC ... appeared in all seven events in the spring, posting an 80.44 scoring average (16 rounds, 1,287 strokes) ... posted three top-30 finishes ... was the Zips' top finisher at the 2013 MAC Championship (April 26-28), finished tied for 16th place (238, +22) ... just missed a top-25 finish at the Indiana Invitational (April 13-14), finishing tied for 27th place (233, +17) ... also finished tied for 30th at the rain-shortened Low Country Intercollegiate (March 24-25).

as a Sophomore (Fall 2012): Appeared in all five events, including one as an individual ... finished the season with a 79.86 scoring average over 14 rounds (1,118 strokes) ... had one top-25 finish, including a career-best tie for sixth place at the season-opening Redbird Invitational (Sept. 8-9) ... her three-round tally at the Redbird Invitational (229) was tied for the second-lowest by a Zip all year.

as a Freshman (Spring 2012): Named a National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) Division I All-American Scholar ... finished the 2011-12 season with the fourth-lowest scoring average on the team (79.38) ... appeared in all six events in the spring, posting a 79.59 average over 17 rounds ... posted one top-20 finish and five in the top 45 ... helped the Zips to a win at the EKU Colonel Classic (April 6-7) thanks to a tie for 16th place (233, +17) ... finished in a tie for 30th place in her first Mid-American Conference Championship event (April 27-29) ... also finished tied for 36th at the Rio Verde Invitational (March 9-11), tied for 41st at the UC Spring Invitational (March 23-25) and tied for 44th at the Rison Challenge at Paiute (March 16-17).

as a Freshman (Fall 2011): Made three starts in the fall and carried a 78.86 average through seven rounds ... posted two top-25 finishes ... earned the first top-10 finish of her career, finishing tied for sixth place at the Fourth Annual Zippy Invitational (Oct. 17-18) ... her two-round score of 12-over 154 helped the Zips repeat as tournament champion ... carded a career-best round of 2-over 73 to close out the Zippy Invitational ... finished tied for 25th place at the 2011 MAC Preview (Oct. 10-11) in just her second collegiate start ... made her first collegiate start at the Bettie Lou Evans Invitational (Sept. 30-Oct. 2), finishing tied for 33rd place (240, +24).

at Tippecanoe HS: Was a four-year letterwinner at THS ... qualified for the state tournament three times, helping Tippecanoe to a runner-up finish in the Division II State Tournament as a sophomore ... assisted in three conference titles in four seasons ... posted back-to-back third-place finishes in the state championships as a sophomore and junior ... named First-Team All-Ohio as a sophomore and junior ... won the sectional tournament three-straight years ... earned the district medalist finish as a sophomore ... named to the All-Central Buckeye Conference academic team in 2008 and 2009 ... ranked 106th in the Junior Golf Scoreboard Rankings for players in the 2011 class and is ranked 69th in the American Junior Golf Association Rankings for the 2011 class ... qualified for the 2010 USGA Girls Junior Amateur Championship, the 35th Junior PGA Championship and the 2010 and 2011 USGA Women's Amateur Public Links events ... represented Ohio in the Ohio vs. Pennsylvania Match Play event from 2007-09 ... was the 2009 Ohio Junior Girls champion.

Personal: Born on May 19, 1993 ... is the daughter of Scott and Tracy Murray ... has one sister, Lindsey ... mother, Tracy, played softball at Dayton ... aunt played basketball and softball at Findlay and is a member of the school's hall of fame ... grandfather played football for Rutgers ... will major in exercise science.