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2014-15 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Erika Murphy

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chicago, Ill.
  • High School Mother McAuley Liberal Arts

Biography

Junior - 2013-14

  • Recorded personal-best in the one-meter (276.30) and three-meter (269.92) at the Southern Illinois, Olivet Nazarene Dual Meet
  • Qualified for NCAA Zone C Diving Championships.

Sophomore - 2012-13

  • Academic All-Big Ten honoree
  • Qualified for the NCAA Zone C Diving Championships
  • Posted a season-best one-meter score of 259.55 at the Minnesota Challenge
  • Scored a 245.15 in the three-meter dive at the TYR Invitational for her top three-meter score of the year.

Freshman - 2011-12

  • Posted season-best scores in the one-meter dive (253.00) at the Minnesota Challenge and the three-meter dive (218.39) against Northwestern.

High School

  • Four-year letterwinner at Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School
  • Placed first at sectionals with a score of 413.25 in diving (2010)
  • 2010 Arnie Cajet Diver of the Year
  • Second-team All-State (2010)
  • Helped her team to an eighth-place finish at the Illinois state championships (2010)
  • Dove for the Chicago Dive Club.

Personal

  • Born June 17, 1993
  • Parents are Michael and Heidi Murphy
  • Has two sisters, Sarah and Mikayla
  • Father played football at Illinois from 1978-83
  • Mother was a gymnast at Illinois from 1980-84
  • Enjoys drawing and reading
  • Lists her favorite athlete as American gymnast Nastia Liukin
  • Lists her parents as the most influential people in her athletic career
  • Vice president of the National Honor Society (2010-11)
  • French National Honor Society member (2009-11)
  • National Art Honor Society (2009-11).

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12Freshman

    Diving
  • 2012-13Sophomore

    Diving
  • 2013-14Junior

    Diving
  • 2014-15Senior

    Diving