Julie Murphy

A 1999 graduate of Williamsville South, Julie lettered in field hockey, basketball and softball.  In field hockey she tallied 73 goals and 29 assists in just 3 seasons. (Freshmen stats not available)  ALL WNY and ALL State 1998 and 1999 seasons. Basketball career she scored over 1000 points in her high school career.

 

At Cortland her field hockey team recorded 61 wins and 16 losses and made it to the NCAA Final Four twice, winning the National Championship in 2001, tying for 5th Nationally in 2000, 2002 and 3rd  in 1999.

 

She earned three All-America Field hockey honors in 1999, 2001 and 2002. In 2001, she earned NCAA Division III Player of the Year, First team National all American, SUNYAC player of the year and First Team Regional All-American.  She ranks second in school history with 63 goals and 37 assists and third with 163 total points.

 

A three-time All-America shortstop, Murphy was a career 402 hitter and ranks first at Cortland with 58 doubles and 139 RBIs and third with 224 hits.  In all 4 of her seasons, she led her team in batting average, hits, doubles and RBIs. In 2003, she set a school record with 18 doubles and helped Cortland tie for fifth Nationally at the NCAA Division III World Series.  NCAA awarded her Toughest to Strikeout.  Murphy was awarded the female athlete of the year for all of Cortland athletics.

 

In 2013, she was inducted to the SUNY Cortland C-Club Hall of Fame.  The youngest member to ever be inducted.

 

Murphy is the Varsity Softball coach and assistant Field Hockey coach at Nichols.  She has led the softball program to (3) Section 6 titles in 2014, 2018, 2022.  In just her 3rd season as the head coach in 2014, they captured the NYS Class A Championship with a 23-2 overall record.  NYS Coach of the year award in 2014 and ECIC Coach of the year in 2014, 2018, 2020 and 2022.

She helped lead Nichols Field hockey to 2 straight Canadian Independent League Championships and the team is currently ranked 2nd in NYS and 6th in the Northeast Region.

 

She is director of the Williamsville Stampede Field Hockey club and also coaches the U19 Lime team. Stampede currently has over 140 young athletes participating in their field hockey club program.

 

Murphy is an accomplished golfer.  She finished 2nd in 2012 and 2017 and has qualified and played in the US Women’s Mid-Amateur Golf championship.  She’s an eight-time Brookfield Country Club golf champion.

 

Murphy was inducted to the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame in 2021

 

She has been married for 20 years to Michael Murphy and they have two children, Ella (17) and James Murphy (15).