Maggie Murphy enters her third season as assistant golf coach at South Dakota State.
In 2018, the men finished sixth out of 15 teams at the Jackrabbit Invitational. Alejandro Perazzo and Jacob Otta shot 237s, tying for 28th to lead the Jackrabbits at the Summit League Championship.
The Jacks improved from an eight-place finish at the 2018 Summit League Championship to tying for second in 2019. The Summit League runners-up finished with a team score of 889. Jared Nicolls was named to the All-Summit League First Team with a 73.39 stroke average, which ranked eighth in the Summit League. His season-best performance of two-under-par at the Husker Invite tied for first. Nicolls ranks fourth all-time at SDSU with a 74.87 career stroke average.
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Murphy came to State after pursuing professional golf status from 2010 to 2012 and most recently played in the 2016 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur.
In 2019, Murphy won the SDGA 2019 Match Play.
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The Sioux Falls native played in the 2011 U.S. Golf Association Women’s State Team Championship. Competing in the South Dakota Golf Association, Murphy was the 2011 Players Cup Champion, the 2010 Match Play Champion and the 2007 Amateur Champion.
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Murphy competed in 35 tournaments at New Mexico State from 2006-10, earning National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar accolades and All-Western Athletic Conference Academic honors during her collegiate career. In 2006, Murphy was part of an Aggie team that captured the Price’s Give Em Five Intercollegiate title.
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Murphy earned a bachelor’s degree in community health at NMSU in 2010 and was a Crimson Scholar.
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