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2025

AJ Murphy Season 2025

#5
PositionUtility
Height5-11
ClassSenior
HometownGoodyear, Ariz.
Previous SchoolSan Diego State
B/TR/R
Awards
  • Two-time Mountain West Freshman of the Week (April 12, 2022 and May 3, 2022)
Senior (2025)
  • The San Diego State transfer had a single and RBI in her ASU debut against Maryland (Feb. 6).
  • Hit two home runs – her first career multi-homer game – and drove in four to spark the rally against Miami (Feb. 7).
  • Finished the weekend 3-for-6 at the plate with a team-leading 1.500 slug%.

Junior (2024 at San Diego State)
  • Appeared in 43 of the Aztecs’ 51 games, starting 29 times with 20 starts coming in the outfield and other appearances at the corner infield positions and designated player.
  • Batted .269 (25-for-93) with five doubles, four home runs (second on the team), 19 RBIs and 11 runs scored.
  • Walked four times and stole a base in her lone attempt.
  • Did not make an error all season.
  • Tied for second on the team with six multi-RBI games in addition to five multi-hit games.
  • Hit a two-run double and scored at Long Beach State on March 8.
  • Drove a two-run homer to left and had a sacrifice fly on March 24 at Fresno State.
  • Knocked an RBI double and hit a two-run homer and a single in a doubleheader at New Mexico on April 3.
  • In another doubleheader, tallied three singles, driving in three runs on April 12 at San Jose State.
  • Had two hits including a two-run double in the regular season finale at UNLV on May 4.
  • Began the Mountain West Tournament with a two-run home run in the first inning on May 11 at Boise State.
  • Hit a solo home run to tie the game against Grand Canyon in the NCAA Tournament, also walking in the game.
Sophomore (2023 at San Diego State)
  • Started 37 of 56 games.
  • Batted .271 (29-for-107) with two doubles, five home runs, 21 RBIs and 13 runs scored.
  • Walked eight times and stole four bases.
  • Went 2-for-2 with two singles, two walks, a stolen base and a run scored on Feb. 11 against Memphis.
  • Tallied three hits including a home run and an additional run scored against Northern Illinois the next day.
  • Singled in all three at-bats while scoring a run against Long Beach State on March 3.
  • Belted home runs in consecutive games against Fresno State on March 25-26, driving in five runs in those two games.
  • Hit an RBI single while walking, stealing a base and driving in a run by being hit by a pitch with the bases loaded against San Jose State on April 1.
  • Went 3-for-4 with an RBI on April 7 at Utah State.
  • Knocked an RBI double and scored at Nevada on April 16.
  • Homered and hit an RBI single at Boise State on April 19.
  • Doubled, singled and homered across two NCAA Tournament Regional games against Liberty, driving in three runs.
  • Hit a pair of doubles in the Super Regional at Utah, driving in two runs and scoring.
Freshman (2022 at San Diego State)
  • Anchored the Aztecs at shortstop and started in 47 of the 48 games she appeared in.
  • Finished her freshman campaign with a .324 batting average, a .353 OBP, two home runs, 26 RBIs, and had 45 hits over 139 at bats.
  • Had a .960 fielding percentage with 52 putouts and 67 assists.
  • Had 13 games with at least two hits.
  • Hit her first collegiate home run on March 11 against Weber State.
  • Was 7-12 (.583) with five RBI and a double in a series at San Jose State April 29-May1.
  • Had her first three hit game at San Jose State on May 1.
  • Went 5-14 (.357) with two RBI and three runs scored in the NCAA Tempe Regional.
High School
  • Earned four letters at Millennium High School in Goodyear.
  • Named to the Desert West All-Region Second Team in 2019.
  • Was a first-team all-conference selection and region offensive player of the year in 2021.
  • Ranked as the 86th-best recruit in the country by Extra Innings in 2020.
  • As a sophomore, hit .426 in 17 games with three home runs and 20 RBIs.
  • Also competed on the soccer team at Millennium HS, where she was named firs-team Desert West goalin in 2021 and competed for the state runners up in 2018.
Personal
  • AnneMarie Joy Murphy was born Feb. 10.
  • Daughter of Dwayne and Lynne Murphy.
  • Father played college baseball, while her mother played college soccer.
  • Grandfather, Dwayne Murphy, was a six-time Gold Glove centerfielder for the MLB’s Oakland Athletics in the 1980.