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Academics
- Dean's List: F21, S22, F22, F23, S24, S25
- Athletics Director's Honor Roll: F21, S22, F22, S23, F23, S24, S25
- Southern Conference Honor Roll: 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
2024-25 Senior
- Finished her career ranked sixth all-time in career blocks with 91 during her time at Chattanooga.
- 2025 SoCon Tournament All-Tournament First Team
- Received the team’s Heart of Golf award at the 2025 Scrappy’s
- Played and started in all 32 games of her final season with the Mocs.
- Averaged 34.4 minutes/game, a mark that ranked fourth in the SoCon.
- Led the Mocs in blocks (29 blocks - 0.9 blocks/game) on the year.
- Ended up ranked sixth in the Southern Conference for blocks.
- Also ranked third on the team in scoring (281 points - 8.8 points/game).
- Recorded an additional 125 rebounds (3.9 rebounds/game), 26 steals and 25 assists over the course of the season.
- Finished the year with a 34.6 percent (97-for-280) field goal percentage, a 32.2 percent (59-for-183) three-point percentage and an 80.0 percent (28-for-35) free throw percentage.
- Led the team with a total of 59 made three-pointers on the season.
- Was a double-digit scorer for the Mocs a total of 15 times on the year.
- This included eclipsing 20+ point once on the season when she scored a career-high 21 points against Lipscomb (11/25) on a 6-for-16 clip from the floor, a 5-for-12 clip from three and a perfect 4-for-4 clip from the free throw line.
- Was a double-digit scorer for the Mocs in each of the team’s three SoCon Tournament games, averaging 13.3 points/game over the course of the tournament to pick up First Team All-Tournament honors.
- Led the Mocs in blocks a total of 15 times, the most of anyone on the team.
- Brought in a season-high nine rebounds on three seperate occasions, including in UTC’s WNIT First Round game against Alabama A&M.
- Recorded a career-high four steals against Tennessee Tech (11/07).
- Finished with a season-best mark of three blocks in two different games: first against Samford (02/15) and again versus Wofford (03/01).
- Tallied 2+ steals in a total of five games this season.
- Tallied 2+ blocks in a total of eight games this season.
- Made at least one three-pointer in a total of 27 games.
- Made 2+ three-pointers in a total of 18 games, including each of her last seven.
- Played 40+ minutes in a total of six games on the year.
2023-24 Junior
- Played and started in all 33 games for the Mocs this season.
- Averaged 19.0 minutes/game.
- Scored 164 points (5.0 points/game) and grabbed 85 rebounds (2.6 rebounds/game).
- Logged a team-high 22 blocks on the season.
- Also tallied 15 steals and 11 assists.
- Shot 44 percent (66-for-150) from the floor and 34.6 percent (28-for-81) from three.
- Tied her career-high in scoring while at Tennessee Tech (11/15), dropping 14 points in the victory.
- Grabbed a season-high eight boards at Lipscomb (12/14).
- Recorded a season-high three blocks in UTC’s upset win over #21 Mississippi State (12/03).
- Finished the year with 28 made three-pointers, a new single-season high for Murphy’s career.
- Helped the Mocs secure the 2024 SoCon regular season and SoCon Tournament titles after UTC finished the season with a record of 28-5.
2022-23 Sophomore
- Played in a total of 30 games on the year.
- Finished the season with 55 points, averaging 1.8 per game.
- Saw an average of 8.6 minutes of action per game.
- Brought down 49 rebounds on the year, averaging 1.6 per game.
- Recorded the third-most blocks on the team with nine on the season.
- Ended the year shooting 31.4 percent from the floor on a 22-for-70 clip.
- Put up three blocks in the team’s road matchup against UNC Asheville.
- Scored a season-high seven points at UNC Greensboro.
- Had multiple three pointers made three times on the year.
- Helped the Mocs claim their 19th Southern Conference Tournament title and 16th appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
2021-22 Freshman
- Played in 28 games (missing two due to illness) and made nine starts.
- Scored a career-high 14 points against ETSU; averged 4.3 points per game.
- Pulled down a career-high 12 rebounds; had double-digit rebounds three times.
- Led team in blocked shots 12 times.
- Recorded a career-high six blocked shots against ETSU; had three on one possession.
- Second on the team in blocked shots with 31; fourth in the SoCon; 177th in the NCAA.
- Recorded two double-doubles.
- Five games with double-figure scoring.
- Made first collegiate start in her first game with the Mocs in the season-opener against Belmont.
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2020-21 Freshman (Montana / COVID-19 season)
Appeared in 12 games during a COVID-19-shortened season...made her collegiate debut against Utah State in the season-opener...posted career-highs for points against College of Idaho and rebounds at Northern Colorado...averaged 4.4 minutes, 1.1 points and 0.9 rebounds per game.
Dawson County High School
Earned 11 letters in basketball, volleyball and track and field...voted DCHS Kenny McGovern Outstanding Female Athlete...first-team Northeastern A...three-time all-state performer...led her team to the Class A State Tournament in her sophomore year.
Volleyball first-team all-conference and all-state as a senior...helped Red Devils to third place finish at State...swept the track and field high jump and triple jump titles at the Montana State Championships...set a new Class A record in the triple jump at 37-11.5...placed second in the high jump.
Personal
Karsen Murphy...daughter of Wade and Michaela Murphy...oldest of six with two brothers and three sisters...father played basketball at Dawson Community College...mother played basketball at Western Montana College.
