Kate Murray
6 Kate Murray
  • Height:
    5-4
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Fitchburg, Mass.
  • High School:
    Fitchburg
  • Position:
    OF
  • Major:
    Applied Psychology
  • Bats/Throws:
    R/R

Bio

As a senior: Captain ... Appeared in 35 games for the Black and Gold, earning 27 starts in the Bulldog outfield … Posted a .173 overall batting average (13-for-75), including two doubles, a triple and a homerun … Scored seven runs while driving in six, while posting a .267 slugging percentage … Earned 11 walks on the year, posting a .279 on-base percentage … Collected the game-tying hit (bottom of the ninth) and game-winning walk-off single in the bottom of the 11th inning in a 4-3 victory over Sacred Heart on April 20.

As a junior: Earned time in 25 games and made seven starts during her junior year with the Bulldogs ... Went 11-for-38 at the plate for a respectable .289 batting average ... Recorded a double and one triple ... Drove in eight runs and drew two walks ... Was perfect in the outfield with eight putouts and no errors ... Enjoyed a three-game hitting streak during the middle of the season and posted a season-high two hits at Saint Francis (PA) on April 15.

As a sophomore: Saw no sophomore slump during her second full season as a Bulldog, ranking second on the team with a .364 batting average while appearing in 36 games ... Earned a spot on the All-NEC Second Team ... Finished the year with 28 hits, including four doubles and one long ball ... Drove in six runs on the year ... Recorded eight multi-hit games, including a three-game stretch late in the season in which she garnered six hits ... Ripped a home run against FDU on April 3 ... Recorded a seven-game hitting streak from April 18 to April 26.

As a freshman: Appeared in 38 games, making 37 starts as a freshman outfielder ... Finished third on the team with a .271 batting average ... Had 29 hits, including nine doubles and a team-high two triples ... Played outstanding defense, committing only two errors in the outfield ... Recorded nine multi-hit games and led the team with four multiple RBI games, including going 3-4 with two runs scored and three RBIs against Rhode Island ... Tied for a team high with three stolen bases ... Finished her freshman campaign with a .393 slugging percentage, good enough for third on the team.  

Before Bryant: A 2009 graduate of Fitchburg High School where she was a four year player at centerfield, catcher and shortstop ... Named a Sentinel and Enterprise All-Star four years in a row and to the Telegram and Gazette Super Team twice ... Kate also achieved the highest batting average in her league ... Also ran indoor track and played field hockey and basketball ... Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of John and Kathryn Murray, Kate Elizabeth Murray was born September 19, 1990 ... Has one brother, Anthony.

 

Career Highs

Hits: 3 vs. Rhode Island (March 18, 2010)
Runs scored: 2, five times
RBI: 3, twice, last at Albany (April 10, 2013)
Home runs: 1, twice, last at Albany (April 10, 2013)
Stolen bases: 1, four times
Walks: 2, three times, last at Brown (April 24, 2013)