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A communications and international affairs major with career plans to report or direct documentaries on foreign affairs. 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: Hobbies include 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.
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