Upcoming Event: Softball versus SMSU on September 14, 2025 at 1 p.m.
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1 p.m.
Softball
vs SMSU
South Dakota State University Athletics
2018 Softball Roster
Murphy, Abbey
Jersey Number 7
Abbey Murphy
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Earlham H.S.
- Hometown:
- Macksburg, Iowa
Bio
Honors and Awards
2018: Started all 55 games, splitting time between right (44 starts) and center (11 starts) … led team with a .415 average, racking up 76 hits in 183 at-bats … finished one shy of tying school’s single-season hits mark … led team with four triples and was second in doubles (14) while hitting two home runs … drove in 39 and scored school-record 53 runs … worked 27 walks on the year (second-most on team) and finished with .568 slugging and .500 on-base percentages … went 3 for 3 on stolen base attempts … had a .970 fielding percentage after recording 58 putouts, six assists and only two errors … reached safely in school-record 39 games between the 2017 and 2018 seasons, including starting the year with a streak of 32 games … posted 23 multi-hit contests, including nine three-hit games … had multiple RBIs on nine occasions, including a five-RBI showing against Austin Peay (2/25) … first home run of the season came in the bottom of the sixth of an elimination game in the Summit League Championships, lifting SDSU to a win over Omaha (5/11) to help the Jacks reach the title game.
2017: Started 52 games and appeared in 53, all at second base for the Jacks … hit .243 (35 of 144) .368 slugging and .301 on-base percentages … tallied four doubles and four home runs, driving in 12 while scoring 25 runs … worked seven walks and was hit by five pitches, pushing her career total to 13 (which ranks second at SDSU after the 2017 campaign) … tallied 53 total bases and had eight sacrifice hits … recorded 112 putouts and lead the team with 94 assists, converting 206 of 214 total chances for a .963 fielding percentage … had seven multi-hit games, including three-hit performances at South Dakota (4/1) and against Fort Wayne (4/15) … hit home runs versus Toledo (2/11), Fort Wayne (4/15; 4/16) and at North Dakota State (4/29) … reached safely in the final seven games of the year, including hits in the last four … had five putouts against Omaha (4/22) and Georgia State (2/18).
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2016: Started 53 games and appeared in 55 at second base … hit .280 (42 for 150) … second on the team in at-bats and third in hits … racked up 10 doubles while adding one triple and three home runs … scored 25 runs and had 21 RBI … swiped six bases in six attempts … had a .370 on-base percentage with 14 walks and was hit by eight pitches (team-high) to go alongside a .420 slugging percentage … had 72 putouts, 75 assists and nine errors for a .942 fielding percentage … recorded seven multi-hit games … had three multi-RBI games … had two doubles versus Belmont (2/26) … triple came against UMKC (4/30) … had home runs at Northern Iowa (2/13), Fort Wayne (4/30) and against Creighton (3/10) … part of back-to-back-to-back-to-back (four consecutive) home run streak (NCAA record) at Fort Wayne (4/30) … had four putouts at Nebraska (3/29).
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Before SDSU: Four-time varsity letterwinner ... earned four all-conference and four All-State selections ... batted over .400 in all four years of high school, with a .419 average in both her freshman and sophomore years, .491 as a junior and .455 as a senior ... finished high school with 197 RBI, 118 of which came in her final two seasons, adding a total of 19 home runs ... also earned four varsity letters track and field, three in cross country and basketball, two in volleyball and one in bowling, with all-conference nods in cross country, volleyball, basketball and track and field ... named All-State in track after a sixth place finish at the prestigious Drake Relays ... four-year honor roll student ... two-year member of the National Honor Society.
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Personal: Born July 14, 1996 in Creston, Iowa … daughter of Jeff and Melody Murphy … has two siblings, Hannah (sister) and Alex (brother) … majoring in physical education.
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- NFCA All-Midwest Region Second Team (2018)
- Two-time All-Summit League Second Team (2016, 2018)
- Summit League All-Tournament Team (2018)
- NISC Greeley Regional All-Tournament Team (2018)
2018: Started all 55 games, splitting time between right (44 starts) and center (11 starts) … led team with a .415 average, racking up 76 hits in 183 at-bats … finished one shy of tying school’s single-season hits mark … led team with four triples and was second in doubles (14) while hitting two home runs … drove in 39 and scored school-record 53 runs … worked 27 walks on the year (second-most on team) and finished with .568 slugging and .500 on-base percentages … went 3 for 3 on stolen base attempts … had a .970 fielding percentage after recording 58 putouts, six assists and only two errors … reached safely in school-record 39 games between the 2017 and 2018 seasons, including starting the year with a streak of 32 games … posted 23 multi-hit contests, including nine three-hit games … had multiple RBIs on nine occasions, including a five-RBI showing against Austin Peay (2/25) … first home run of the season came in the bottom of the sixth of an elimination game in the Summit League Championships, lifting SDSU to a win over Omaha (5/11) to help the Jacks reach the title game.
2017: Started 52 games and appeared in 53, all at second base for the Jacks … hit .243 (35 of 144) .368 slugging and .301 on-base percentages … tallied four doubles and four home runs, driving in 12 while scoring 25 runs … worked seven walks and was hit by five pitches, pushing her career total to 13 (which ranks second at SDSU after the 2017 campaign) … tallied 53 total bases and had eight sacrifice hits … recorded 112 putouts and lead the team with 94 assists, converting 206 of 214 total chances for a .963 fielding percentage … had seven multi-hit games, including three-hit performances at South Dakota (4/1) and against Fort Wayne (4/15) … hit home runs versus Toledo (2/11), Fort Wayne (4/15; 4/16) and at North Dakota State (4/29) … reached safely in the final seven games of the year, including hits in the last four … had five putouts against Omaha (4/22) and Georgia State (2/18).
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2016: Started 53 games and appeared in 55 at second base … hit .280 (42 for 150) … second on the team in at-bats and third in hits … racked up 10 doubles while adding one triple and three home runs … scored 25 runs and had 21 RBI … swiped six bases in six attempts … had a .370 on-base percentage with 14 walks and was hit by eight pitches (team-high) to go alongside a .420 slugging percentage … had 72 putouts, 75 assists and nine errors for a .942 fielding percentage … recorded seven multi-hit games … had three multi-RBI games … had two doubles versus Belmont (2/26) … triple came against UMKC (4/30) … had home runs at Northern Iowa (2/13), Fort Wayne (4/30) and against Creighton (3/10) … part of back-to-back-to-back-to-back (four consecutive) home run streak (NCAA record) at Fort Wayne (4/30) … had four putouts at Nebraska (3/29).
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Before SDSU: Four-time varsity letterwinner ... earned four all-conference and four All-State selections ... batted over .400 in all four years of high school, with a .419 average in both her freshman and sophomore years, .491 as a junior and .455 as a senior ... finished high school with 197 RBI, 118 of which came in her final two seasons, adding a total of 19 home runs ... also earned four varsity letters track and field, three in cross country and basketball, two in volleyball and one in bowling, with all-conference nods in cross country, volleyball, basketball and track and field ... named All-State in track after a sixth place finish at the prestigious Drake Relays ... four-year honor roll student ... two-year member of the National Honor Society.
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Personal: Born July 14, 1996 in Creston, Iowa … daughter of Jeff and Melody Murphy … has two siblings, Hannah (sister) and Alex (brother) … majoring in physical education.
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