Stephanie Murad
Stephanie Murad

Player Profile
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Greenville, N.C.

High School:
J.H. Rose

Height:
5-9

Position:
3B

Bats/Throws:
R/R

2008: As a sophomore, appeared in 28 games with four starts • Hit .364 on the year going 12 for 33 with five runs scored and four RBIs • Recorded a team-high .462 on-base percentage • Went 3 for 4 with two runs scored and a run driven in during the Carolina Classic • Tallied a hit in six of the first seven games she played • Drove in two runs with a pinch hit single against Elon on Feb. 27 • Went 2 for 2 with two runs scored, an RBI and a double against NC Central on Feb. 9 • Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2007: As a freshman, appeared in 54 games with 37 starts split between third base and designated player • Named to the NFCA Academic All-America Team • Ranked third on the team with a .298 average (36 for 121) • Recorded her first career hit in the season opener against College of Charleston on Feb. 9 • Hit a three-run home run against Mississippi State on Feb. 25 • Scored a pair of runs against Virginia in the ACC Tournament on May 11 • Posted four multi-RBI games and eight multi-hit games.

At J.H. Rose High School in Greenville, N.C.: Played basketball and softball • Member of four national championship teams including: Pitt County All-Stars, Pitt County Rockets, and Carolina Cardinals • MVP sophomore and senior year • Member of All-World Team • Most-Outstanding Glove Award • MVP of the World Series with the Pitt County All-Stars • First team all-state • Member of the National Honor Society and National Spanish Honor Society • Also a N.C. Scholar Athlete.

Personal: The daughter of Joseph and Malene Murad • Born Stephanie Anne Murad on January 27, 1988, in Greenville, N.C.

More on Murad: A journalism and international studies major with career plans to report or direct documentaries on foreign affairs • Made the Dean's List Fall 2008 • Hobbies include salsa dancing, watching movies, traveling, learning Arabic, and picking daisies • Natasha Whatley is the athlete she most admires • "V for Vendetta" is her favorite book and "Hocus Pocus" is her favorite movie • Nicknamed SAM because of her initials.

Murad's Career Statistics

Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI SLG BB SO SB-SA
2007 .195 42-30 87 12 17 0 0 3 26 19 .299 10 21 0-0
2008 .364 28-4 33 5 12 1 0 0 13 4 .394 5 4 0-0
Totals .242 70-34 120 17 29 1 0 3 39 23 .325 15 25 0-0