  Caroline Murphy |
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Class:
Jr.
Hometown:
Woodstock, Conn.
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Height:
5-6
Position:
F
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Notes: Voted hardest-working player and player who would make
the best coach in midseason team survey her sophomore year ...
2007-08: ECAC Hockey All-Academic ... Won Yale's Blanning Award as
the team's most improved player ... Finished with 12 points
(4-8-12) in 31 games, tripling her point total from the previous
season ... Led team to 5-3 win at Princeton with short-handed goal
and empty-net goal in third period ... Earned spot on ECAC Hockey
Weekly Honor Roll ... All 12 of her points came in the season's
final 19 games ... Whistled for only seven penalties all season ...
2006-07: Received Yale Club of Hartford's C. Gilbert Shephard
Award, presented to students from the Greater Hartford area that in
their freshman year at Yale excel in scholarship and athletics ...
ECAC Hockey All-Academic ... Appeared in 24 games, scoring one goal
and adding three assists ... Scored first career goal in 5-1 win
over Cornell Jan. 19 ... Did not incur a single penalty ... USA
HOCKEY: Four-time USA Hockey Player Development Camp selection ...
Before Yale: Assistant captain of the Connecticut Polar Bears team
that took bronze at the 2006 National Championship ... Won
Pomfret's Mimi Ashemead award, given to the player who contributes
the most to the program ... Pomfret was New England finalists in
her senior year ... Off the Ice: Member of Morse College ...
History of science/history of medicine major ... Interested in
becoming a doctor ... Member of the Cum Laude society ... Worked
with Yale's National Youth Sports Program, helping local youths
learn sports skills, during summer of 2007 ... Played lacrosse for
Yale as a freshman ... Sister, Molly, attends Pomfret and plays
hockey and lacrosse as well ... Has officiated ice hockey games, as
has her sister and her father, David ... Mother, Elizabeth,
officiates lacrosse and was a three-time league all-star in field
hockey at Norwich University. Nickname: Murph, "Murphenator" to
those select few Favorite athlete(s): Anyone that has pushed me to
be better by pushing themselves. Best present/gift you ever
received: Not quite the traditional gift, but my parents have
managed to make it to 99% of my athletic contests over the years
and I appreciate that a lot more than anything substantial they
have given me. Favorite class: Issues in Bioethics If you could not
play hockey, what other sport would you play? Lacrosse, maybe take
my shot in the I.F.O.C.E (International Federation of Competitive
Eating.) I bet I would do pretty well.
