High School...lettered three years at Mason High School for head coach Ken Gray...as a senior, carried a .362 average with 24 RBIs and five home runs...ended his junior season with a 6-1 record on the mound with two saves, 33 strikeouts and a 0.79 ERA...named to the All-FAVC Second Team as a catcher after his senior season and to the All-FAVC First Team as a pitcher after his junior year...helped the Comets to a No. 3 ranking in the Associated Press OHSAA baseball poll, a 25-3 overall record and a FAVC Championship...helped the team to a 23-8 record and the regional semifinals during his junior season...played with current teammate Brian Bobinski at Mason

Personal...an economics major...born Sept. 30, 1988 in Cincinnati, Ohio...parents are Jim and Deb Murphy