Alyssa Murray

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Alyssa Murray
Alyssa Murray of Team STX.jpg
Born (1992-03-17) March 17, 1992 (age 32)
West Babylon, NY [1]
NationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
NCAA team Syracuse
UWLX team Philadelphia Force (UWLX)
Coach Yale (Assistant) 2015–2016
Michigan (Assistant) 2015
Stony Brook (Assistant) 2014
Medal record
The World Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Wroclaw Lacrosse

Alyssa Murray (born March 17, 1992) is a professional American lacrosse player playing for the Philadelphia Force (UWLX). She played college lacrosse for the Syracuse Orange women's lacrosse.

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Career

Murray had a stand out high school career at West Babylon High School in West Babylon, New York, where she set the standing NYSPHSAA all-time record for career assists, registering 278 between 2008 and 2010. [2] Combined with 284 goals, Alyssa finished her scholastic career with 562 career points, [3] along the way becoming a four-time All-Suffolk County honoree and a 2009 US Lacrosse High School All-American. [4]

At Syracuse, she was second on school's all-time scoring list (362 pts), third in career goals (225) and assists (136), and fourth in single season points (2014 – 110 pts). [5] She was teammates with Kayla Treanor and Halle Majorana.

Murray was selected 7th overall in the inaugural United Women's Lacrosse League draft in 2016 by the Philadelphia Force (UWLX). [6]

Awards and honors

Media coverage

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References

  1. "Alyssa Murray Joins Yale Women's Coaching Staff". Archived from the original on 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
  2. NYSPHSAA. "NYSPHSAA > Sports > Spring > Girls Lacrosse > Record Book". Archived from the original on 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
  3. "LIer Murray's change has Syracuse thriving".
  4. "Alyssa Murray Bio – Stony Brook Official Athletic Site".[ permanent dead link ]
  5. "Alyssa Murray – Women's Lacrosse". Syracuse University Athletics . Retrieved 26 December 2022.
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