Murphy joined the Tornado staff in the summer of 2020 following a Murphy joins the Tornado staff following a two-year stint as a graduate assistant coach at Muskingum University in New Concord, Ohio.

Year-By-Year Season Recaps

2021: The Tornado finished second in the Conference Carolinas standings, going 14-6 in league play. The Tornado finished with an overall record of 25-16 and finished third in the Conference Carolinas Tournament. Nikole Counts garnered second all-region honors from the D2CCA and NFCA while Meagan Puckett was selected second team all-region by the D2CCA. Counts and Rikkelle Miller earned first team All-Conference Carolinas honors while Puckett and Erin Foster garnered second team honors. The 2021 season also saw the first perfect game in program history as Carly Turner retired all 15 Bluefield State batters she faced on March 17. King led Conference Carolinas with 36 home runs and a slugging percentage of .475

Prior to King

In 2019, she helped the Fighting Muskies win the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) regular season championship with a league record of 15-3. Muskingum posted an overall record of 31-11 as the Fighting Muskies’ staff was selected Coaching Staff of the Year.

In her time at Muskingum, Murphy designed strength and conditioning programs for the Fighting Muskies. On the field, she coached numerous aspects of the game, including hitting, infield and outfield. Murphy coached multiple all-region and all-conference players as well as an All-America selection. She also served as the JV head coach, handling all of the scheduling and travel.

Prior to that, Murphy served as a strength and conditioning intern at Morehead State University following her graduation in 2018. While there she helped prepare summer workouts and helped women’s basketball players in the weight room.
Murphy was a four-year starter in the Morehead State infield, starting 169 of 184 career games. In her career, she scored 60 runs and stole 26 bases. She also garnered All-American Scholar-Athlete Award honors from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) and was named to the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

Personal

Murphy graduated from Morehead State in 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion with a minor in Business. She earned her Masters of Arts in Adult Education from Muskingum in 2020.