Colleen Murphy
Colleen Murphy

Player Profile
Class:
Freshman

Hometown:
Chapel Hill, N.C.

High School:
Chapel Hill

Height:
5-7

Position:
Back

Has not yet declared a major and is enrolled in the General College ... Is the fifth Chapel Hill player on the UNC team and played at the same high school as redshirt freshman Casey Burns and senior Xan Funk ... Recipient of a Johnston Scholarship

At Chapel Hill (N.C.) High School: All-conference, team captain and team MVP as a senior ... Won a state championship as a junior ... Recipient of the Players' Choice Award in 2005 ... Also played lacrosse, serving as team captain and earning all-conference honors ... Named a National High School Lacrosse Academic All-American ... Class valedictorian ... Played for the Tar Devils Indoor Hockey Team and the Swift Creek Select Festival Team

Personal: Born Colleen Patricia Krajci Murphy on July 13, 1989, in Chapel Hill, N.C. ... Daughter of Dan and Karen Murphy ... Has two sisters, Lauren (22) and Caroline (8) ... Her father wrestled at Notre Dame

More on Murphy: Favorite pastimes are swimming and sewing ... Favorite pregame meal is a turkey sandwich with peanut butter crackers ... Favorite movie is A Cinderella Story ... Favorite book is The Kite Runner ... Favorite TV show is Friends ... Favorite sport besides field hockey is lacrosse ... Favorite food is frozen grapes ... Dream job is to be a clothing designer ... Lauren Mazziotto, her high school coach for the past two years, has had the biggest impact on her development as a player