IUPUI’s Murphy Named #SummitXC Men’s Athlete of the Week
IUPUI’s Murphy Named #SummitXC Men’s Athlete of the Week
ELMHURST, Ill. – IUPUI's Robert Murphy was named Summit League Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Week for his performance from Sept. 15-21.
ROBERT MURPHY, IUPUI
Jr. // Warsaw, Ind.
- Received first Summit League Athlete of the Week award
- Helped IUPUI to program's first Indiana Intercollegiates title against a field that included No. 10 Indiana and regionally-ranked Indiana State
- Placed third overall and was team's top finisher for first time this season
- Recorded a time of 25:42.9 in the 8k race
Previous recipients: Sept. 8 - Mubarik Musa, South Dakota; Sept. 15 – Trent Lusignan, South Dakota State
Also nominated: Gabe O'Keefe, Fort Wayne
ABOUT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
In its fourth decade of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 120,000 at nine institutions, including four located in top 60 U.S. metro populations and two land-grant universities. Member institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Fort Wayne (Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), North Dakota State University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), Oral Roberts University, the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced eight NCAA Champions along with over 75 Academic All-Americans, 65 All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. In 2014-15, The Summit League ranked first for NCAA Graduation Success Rate in women's basketball and second in baseball. For more information about the league and to "See The Summit", visit the newly re-designed www.thesummitleague.org website, follow Summit League Basketball on Twitter @summithoops and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.
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