Emily Murphy

Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
Chelsea
Hometown:
Windsor, England

Accolades:

Second Team All-ACC
Third Team All-Atlantic
CSC Academic All-District
College Cup All-Tournament Team
Two-Time ACC All-Academic
Sixth most assists in a single season in program history (8)

2024 (Senior)
Second Team All-ACC… Third Team All-Atlantic… CSC Academic All-District… College Cup All-Tournament Team… ACC All-Academic… Made 23 appearances with 22 starts… Finished second on the team with 22 points on the year with seven goals and eight assists, all of which are career-highs… Scored in each of the first three NCAA Tournament matches, including a goal and an assist in the second round against Colorado (11/22)… From Sept. 8 to Nov. 24, recorded 14 goal contributions and had at least one in 10 of the 14 matches played… Logged two assists in the 3-0 victory at Syracuse (9/29)... Bagged a goal and an assist against Florida State (10/3) and NC State (10/31)... Finished the season with 1,627 minutes played.

2023 (Junior)
Appeared in 17 matches, started 15… Finished second on the team with 14 points and a career-high six goals… Added two assists… Made her Wake Forest debut in the opener against App State (8/17)... Tallied her first goal and assist in a Wake Forest uniform in the 3-0 victory over Idaho State (8/24)... Made it back-to-back games with a goal with a penalty kick against Purdue (8/27)... Scored three goals in four games from Sept. 29-Oct. 13… Scored the equalizer in the 75th minute against her former team North Carolina (10/13)... Fired 36 shots with 17 on-goal… Went the full 90 in three matches… Logged 1,167 minutes of action… Helped the team go unbeaten at home for the first time since 2007 (5-0-4)

2022 (North Carolina)
Made 24 appearances, tallying three starts ... Registered five goals, including the game winner against NC State (Oct. 9) ... Notched four assists ... Ranked second on the team in SOG% (.688) amongst players with 10 or more attempts ... Logged 20+ minutes in 19 matches ... Competed for a total of 629 minutes.

2021 (North Carolina)
Named to the All-ACC Freshman Team ... Started 14 of the 15 games she played ... Led the Tar Heels with 16 points and tied for the team lead in assists (6) ... Tied for second on the team in goals scored (5) and was second in shots on goal (18) ... Competed for 849 minutes ... Did not play against Duke, Virginia Tech or Clemson ... Four of her five goals were scored during non-conference play wih the fifth scored against Miami ... Tallied five points at Illinois with a goal and two assists ... Scored the game-tying goal in the 49th minute against Stanford, leading Carolina to a 2-1 overtime triumph ... Scored goals against Washington and Florida ... Played a season-high 72 minutes against Arkansas ... Played over 50 minutes in 10 additional games and never played less than 44 minutes.

Personal
Joined the UNC women's soccer program prior to the start of the 2021 season after enjoying a successful term with Birmingham City of the Barclay's FA women's Super League, playing with Chelsea and Arsenal ... Was called to up in October 2019 to the England U17 team to play in the 2020 U17 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship ... Invited to a senior Republic of Ireland national team training camp in April 2021.