As a Senior (2008-09): Named a first team all-Patriot League honoree … Was honored as the Team MVP … Finished career with nine of the top 10 times in the 100 breast and seven of the top 10 in the 200 breast at Colgate … Became the first female swimmer to qualify for the NCAA Division I Championships … Placed 27th at nationals in the 100 breast with her second best time (1:01.06) … Qualified for the NCAA Championships with a school and league record 1:00.86 in the 100 breast at the Georgia Bulldog Last Chance Meet …Captured three individual firsts at the Patriot League Championships … Posted a school, meet, league and pool record in the preliminary swim of the 200 IM (2:00.67) before winning the finals with a 2:01.06 … Tied for first in the 100 breast (1:01.23) breaking school and tying a league, meet and pool records … Swam the sixth fastest time at Colgate in the prelims with a 1:02.15 … Captured the 200 breast title (2:13.46) in school, meet, league and pool record time … Was a part of four relay squads that captured league titles and broke school, meet, league and pool records – 200 free relay (1:31.57), 400 free relay (3:20.55), 200 medley relay (1:41.12) and 400 medley relay (3:39.23) … Swam seasonal bests 24.06 in the 50 free at the Nike Invitational; 1:00.31 in the 100 back versus Cornell; 59.96 in the 100 fly versus Lehigh.
As a Junior (2007-08)
As a Sophomore (2006-07): : Named to the all-Patriot League second team ... Swam the 100 breast in the seventh-fastest time in school history, 1:05.83, in the preliminaries at the Patriot League meet ... Recorded the seventh-fastest time in school history, 23.94, in the 50 free at the Terrapin Cup ... Tied for 10th on Colgate's all-time performances list with a personal-best time of 52.12 in the 100 free at the Terrapin Cup ... Swam the 200 free in a personal-best time of 1:55.62, which ranks seventh on the all-time performers list, against Boston College ... Registered a personal-best time of 1:00.00 in the 100 back, which ranks seventh on Colgate's all-time performers list, against Binghamton and UMass ... Swam the lead-off leg of the 200 medley relay in a personal-best time of 27.97 for the 50 back at the double-dual meet with Bucknell and Army ... Recorded a season-best time of 2:24.01 in the 200 breast against Boston University ... Posted a season-best time of 2:08.65 in the 200 IM at Syracuse ... Part of the 400 free relay that broke the Patriot League and Colgate varsity records with a time of 3:25.70 at the Terrapin Cup ... A member of the 400 free relay that finished second at the league championship with the second-best time in school history, 3:26.07 ... Swam the final leg of the 400 medley relay that recorded the second-fastest time ever at Colgate, 3:50.56, at the Terrapin Cup ... Anchored the 200 medley relay that recorded the fourth-fastest time in school history, 1:46.86, at the Terrapin Cup ... Part of the 200 free relay that took second place with the second-fastest time ever at Colgate, 1:34.66, at the Terrapin Cup ... Swam the second leg of the 800 free relay which established a Patriot League record and the second-fastest time in school history, 7:31.67, at the Terrapin Cup.
As a Freshman (2005-06): : Named the Patriot League Female Rookie of the Meet and earned all-Patriot League first-team honors ... Received the team's MVP award ... Won all seven events she competed in at the Patriot League Championship, including three individual gold medals and four relay championships ... Broke the Colgate varsity records with each of her three individual wins, turning in a time of 1:03.20 in the 100 breast, 2:04.83 in the 200 IM, and a meet-record time of 2:18.41 in the 200 breast ... Swam the breaststroke portion of the victorious 400 medley relay that finished in 3:47.51 ... Anchored both the 200 and 400 free relays that broke both the Patriot League and meet records with times of 1:34.15 and 3:26.80, respectively ... Part of the all-freshman 800 free relay that broke the Patriot League and meet records with a time of 7:33.68 ... Part of the 200 free relay that posted a time of 1:38.19 versus Army, the 400 free relay that finished in 3:33.15 against Binghamton, and the 200 medley relay, which turned in a time of 1:51.78, all of which are Colgate freshman records ... Swam the breaststroke portion of the 200 medley relay that broke the Lineberry Natatorium record with a time of 1:48.29 versus Bucknell ... Finished the 100 free in the fifth-fastest time in school history, 53.00, and the 100 back in the eighth-fastest time, 1:0.84, versus Lafayette ... Posted the ninth-best time ever at Colgate, 24.64, in the 50 free against Army ... Recorded a time of 1:56.63, which ranks eighth in school history, in the 200 free versus Binghamton ... Swam the 400 IM in 4:41.94, which ranks ninth on the all-time Raider performance chart, versus Navy and Lehigh ... Finished the season with six of the top-10 performances in school history in the 100 breast, six in the 200 breast, and two in the 200 IM ... Won every 100 breast race she competed in.
High School: A five-time letterwinner in swimming at West Genesee High School ... Led team to the Onondaga League championship in 2003 and 2004 ... A six-time All-American, five-time all-Central New York selection and four-time state champion ... Set the New York state record in the 100 breast and took the state title as a senior ... Set nine school records ... A member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Emily Mary Murphy was born on March 24, 1987 in Syracuse, New York ... Daughter of Gerald and Patty Murphy ... Has one sister ... Majoring in neuroscience.
Murphy's Personal Bests
50 Free - 23.80
100 Free - 52.12
200 Free - 1:55.62
50 Back - 27.97
100 Back - 1:00.00
100 Breast - 1:00.86 (1st at CU)
200 Breast - 2:13.46 (1st at CU)
200 IM - 2:00.67 (1st at CU)
400 IM - 4:41.94
