17 - Ryan Murphy
| Height: | 5-11 |
| Weight: | 190 |
| Year: | Senior |
| Hometown: | Mantoloking, NJ |
| High School: | Christian Brothers Academy |
| Position: | OF |
| Bats/Throws: | L/L |
2007: Named First Team All-Ivy, First Team All-New England, and Second Team All-Northeast after finishing the season with a team-high .410 batting average, finishing 16th in the nation ... Named to NCAA Austin Regional All-Tournament Team after going 4-for-7 with a walk and an RBI against #5 Texas and Wake Forest ... Finished fourth in League play with a .494 on base percentage ... Hit second against right-handers for the second half of the season, moving up to that position against lefthanders later in the year ... Led the team in batting average, on-base percentage (.491) and sacrifice bunts (7) ... Was the Bears' top "action hitter," leading the team with a nearly 62-percent success rate at advancing runners ... Had a breakout doubleheader against Penn, going 7-for-10 with five runs scored and three RBIs to raise his average 63 points to .365 ... Had a Brown season-high with three stolen bases in game two of a doubleheader against Lafayette (5/24) ... Finished the season with a career batting average of .368 good for third all-time at Brown, and just one point behind the leaders, John King '79 and Matt Kutler '05 ... Enters the 2008 season with an active 11-game hitting streak.
2006: Started 18 games, playing in 33 contests ... Hit .288 on the year, with 11 RBIs and nine runs scored ... Went 3-for-4 in first career start against Florida State (3/3), following that with a 2-for-5 performance against FSU the next day ... Went 3-for-7 during a doubleheader against Penn (4/1), hitting his first collegiate home run, driving in four runs and scoring three.
2005: Saw action in three games as a pinch runner.
Before Brown: A graduate of Christian Brothers Academy ... Three-year varsity starter ... As a senior, batted .488 with 25 steals, which tied the CBA single-season record ... Also holds CBA career record for stolen bases ... Helped lead the team to two state final appearances ... First Team All-Division, All-County, All-Shore, and All-State parochial selection ... Also played one season of soccer.
Personal: Ryan M. Murphy is the son of George and Roberta Murphy of Mantoloking, N.J. ... Has a brother, Brad ... Concentrating in Economics.
Year AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 2005 .000 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 2006 .288 33-18 73 9 21 3 1 1 11 29 .397 5 0 16 0 .333 0 0 3-7 42 0 3 .933 2007 .410 45-37 139 42 57 6 1 2 24 71 .511 15 7 30 2 .491 0 7 11-16 40 2 3 .933 Totals .368 81-55 212 51 78 9 2 3 35 100 .472 20 7 46 2 .439 0 6 14-23 82 2 6 .933
