UC SANTA BARBARA
2016
First Team All-Big West
Big West Tournament MVP
Played and started all 33 games scoring 42 goals with 34 assists (second on the team)…Finished second on the team with 76 points…Attempted the most shots on the team with 129 (3.9 per game) and shot at a .329 clip…Ended her career third on UCSB’s all-time scorers list with 179 goals…Was named first team all-conference…Finished third on the team with 39 steals…Recorded 17 drawn ejections and six field blocks…Led the Gauchos in a team-high 11 games…Reached a season-high with four goals against No. 19 Harvard…Led UCSB to its first ever Big West Championship with three consecutive hat tricks, tying a tournament record with nine goals…Was named the tournament MVP…Her teammates voted her as the winner of the Nick Johnson Inspiration Award.
2015
Earned ACWPC All -Academic Honors… Second Team All-Big West…Big West Player of the Week for the week of April 22… Had a hat trick to upset Long Beach State… Played in 30 games… Scored 34 goals… Had 24 assists… Top scorer against USC with three goals, Concordia with five goals, Claremont McKenna Colleges with four goals, and Arizona State with two goals
2014
Tallied twenty-five goals for the season...Had 5 steals and earned 8 ejections...Had several multiple goal games...Put away 2 goals to help Gauchos to victory over UC Davis in the UC Irvine Invite
2013
Rounded out the season with seventy-eight goals...Forty-three assists...Earned thirty-seven ejections...Had multiple several goal games...Impressive 6 goal game against St. Francis at the UCSB Mini Tournament...Contributed 4 goals to help Gauchos defeat UC Davis at the Big West Conference Tournament...2013 Female Newcomer of the Year at SB Awards...2013 Big West Freshman of the Year...Athlete of the Week in the Big West Conference
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Leland High School…Coached by Eric Rise…Apart of Blossom Valley Athletics League and Central Coastal Section...Named 2011 League MVP, 2011 Central Coast Section MVP, 2011 All-American NICSA/Speedo First Team…Helped her team to the 2011 CCS and BVAL Championship titles…Also competed in swimming…Received 2010 Academic All-American honors
CLUB
Played for San Jose Aquatics Water Polo Club...Coached by Eric Rise...Also played for Nor Cal Water Polo Club under Coach Chris Dorst
PERSONAL
Samantha Nicole Murphy was born on May 14, 1994 in San Jose, Calif.…Parents are Steve and Mae Murphy…Has two younger siblings, Cory and Connor…Brother, Cory, coaches water polo at Willow Glenn High School...Enjoys reading and going to the beach…Lists her favorite sports team as the San Francisco 49ers...Enjoys listening to Alt-J, Lorde, Haim, the Bird and the Bee, and Grizzly Bear...Favorite movie is Star Wars Episode 1...Favorites TV shows are American Horror Story, Law and Order: SVU, and Blacklist...Most memorable athletic achievement was being a part of her high school's first women’s water polo CCS Championship team...Started playing water polo at age 14...Previously a lifeguard for Montevideo Community Pool...Likes to enjoy fresh fruit and trail mix as an after practice snack...Her favorite aspect of UCSB is the community...After graduating from UCSB she hopes to play international water polo
