Southeast Missouri State University womens basketball player Adrianna Murphy told the Universitys Board of Regents today that being a student athlete means valuing integrity, hard work and togetherness, qualities she says all student athletes on campus should represent.Southeast student athletes work extremely hard, devote so much time, and even overtime, to their academics, sports and each other, she said. We support one another, especially women's athletics. We go above and beyond to support and encourage each other toward success.Murphys presentation continues University President Carlos Vargas priority of providing a forum for selected students to share their perspective and experiences directly with the Board of Regents. Murphy is the womens basketball team captain and a junior point guard from Fishers, Indiana, where she earned 12 varsity letters, the most in Fishers High School history. At Southeast, she is majoring in mass communication, public relations option, with a minor in sports management.Murphy says she chose Southeast for the opportunity to play basketball in a supportive and invested community with a great coaching staff that envisioned success for her both on and off the court. She also liked the welcoming feel of the campus and the Cape Girardeau community. Since joining Southeast, she has found all of that and then some.During my time atSoutheast I have grown through maturity, time management, and learned how to face and conqueradversity, whether thats with sports, academics or even life, she said. Being on my own as a college student and having so many resources and mentors around campus has greatlyassisted in my growth.She credits Rekha Patterson, Southeast head womens basketball coach, as her most valued mentor on campus.Our relationship goes beyond the basketballcourt. With me being a few hours away from home, she is mymentor and acts as my mom away from home, Murphy said. She pushes me every day to be the best student, athlete and person that I can be. I know Ican count on her for anything and to be there for me when I hit adversity.In the 2015-2016 season, she was the top10 single season assist leader two times, and in 2016, she was honored with the Hustle Award, Playmaker Award and Defensive Player of the Year Award.Off the court, she is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and has invested her time in numerous community service projects and organizations, including Feed My Starving Children, the Salvation Army, Patriots Day United Way event, Junior Achievement and the Walk for Women. She points to her becoming a member of the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioners Honor Roll as her greatest achievement at Southeast.This past summer, she had the opportunity to explore her interest in sports management in an internship with River Radio Sports Director Erik Sean in Cape Girardeau.My life-long dream thatI am constantly working towards is to become a professionalwomen'sbasketball player aftergraduation either in the WNBA or playing overseas, Murphy said. Playing professionalbasketball has been a dream of mine sinceI was alittle kid; the passion andloveI have for the game ofbasketball is second to none.She also has a back-up plan.If for some reasonI do not get the opportunity to live out mydreamIwould like to beable to use my degree in masscommunications-public relationsto work closely with sports aswell as sports teams as a public relations representative.Murphy expects to graduate from Southeast in 2019.
Southeast Women’s Basketball Player Shares Athletic, Academic Successes with Board of Regents
Continue to main contentSoutheast Missouri State University womens basketball player Adrianna Murphy told the Universitys Board of Regents today that being a student athlete means valuing integrity, hard work and togetherness, qualities she says all student athletes on campus should represent.Southeast student athletes work extremely hard, devote so much time, and even overtime, to their academics, sports and each other, she said. We support one another, especially women's athletics. We go above and beyond to support and encourage each other toward success.Murphys presentation continues University President Carlos Vargas priority of providing a forum for selected students to share their perspective and experiences directly with the Board of Regents. Murphy is the womens basketball team captain and a junior point guard from Fishers, Indiana, where she earned 12 varsity letters, the most in Fishers High School history. At Southeast, she is majoring in mass communication, public relations option, with a minor in sports management.Murphy says she chose Southeast for the opportunity to play basketball in a supportive and invested community with a great coaching staff that envisioned success for her both on and off the court. She also liked the welcoming feel of the campus and the Cape Girardeau community. Since joining Southeast, she has found all of that and then some.During my time atSoutheast I have grown through maturity, time management, and learned how to face and conqueradversity, whether thats with sports, academics or even life, she said. Being on my own as a college student and having so many resources and mentors around campus has greatlyassisted in my growth.She credits Rekha Patterson, Southeast head womens basketball coach, as her most valued mentor on campus.Our relationship goes beyond the basketballcourt. With me being a few hours away from home, she is mymentor and acts as my mom away from home, Murphy said. She pushes me every day to be the best student, athlete and person that I can be. I know Ican count on her for anything and to be there for me when I hit adversity.In the 2015-2016 season, she was the top10 single season assist leader two times, and in 2016, she was honored with the Hustle Award, Playmaker Award and Defensive Player of the Year Award.Off the court, she is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and has invested her time in numerous community service projects and organizations, including Feed My Starving Children, the Salvation Army, Patriots Day United Way event, Junior Achievement and the Walk for Women. She points to her becoming a member of the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioners Honor Roll as her greatest achievement at Southeast.This past summer, she had the opportunity to explore her interest in sports management in an internship with River Radio Sports Director Erik Sean in Cape Girardeau.My life-long dream thatI am constantly working towards is to become a professionalwomen'sbasketball player aftergraduation either in the WNBA or playing overseas, Murphy said. Playing professionalbasketball has been a dream of mine sinceI was alittle kid; the passion andloveI have for the game ofbasketball is second to none.She also has a back-up plan.If for some reasonI do not get the opportunity to live out mydreamIwould like to beable to use my degree in masscommunications-public relationsto work closely with sports aswell as sports teams as a public relations representative.Murphy expects to graduate from Southeast in 2019.