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2024 RMU Women's Soccer Roster

Justin Berl/RMU Athletics
Justin Berl/RMU Athletics
Justin Berl/RMU Athletics
Justin Berl/RMU Athletics

0 Brenna Murray

0 Brenna Murray

  • Position:
    Goalkeeper // Captain
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Raleigh, N.C.
  • Prev. School / Club:
    UNC Charlotte

Summary

Biography

Worth Noting: 
- Joined the NCAA Postgraduate Internship Program after graduating from RMU 
- Named Team MVP for the 2024 season 
- Named Team Captain for the 2024 season
- Susan Hofacre Student-Athlete of the Year Award (2024) 
- CollegeSportsCommunicators Academic All-District (2024) 
- Horizon League All-Academic Team Honorable Mention (2024) 
- Horizon League Sportsmanship Award (2024-25)  
- Horizon League Women's Soccer Sportsmanship Award Winner (2024) 
- 1x Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week
- 1x Conference USA Goalkeeper of the Week 
- TedEX speaker in March of 2023 (Greater than the Game: Athletes and Mental Health) 
- NCAA Woman of the Year Nominee in 2023 
- Intern for Danny Bonaventura (Associate Athletics Director - Student-Athlete Development) 
- Miss 49er Award (Most Involved Student-Athlete) in 2022 and 2023
- 2022-23 Provost's Student-Athlete Academic Achievement Award
- Who's Who Among Students at UNC Charlotte in 2023 

2024 Highlights (Graduate)
- Started and played in all 19 games for the Colonials
- Earned six wins, six draws and five clean sheets
- Made 97 saves on the season
- Logged a total of 1,698 minutes 
- Eclipsed 200 saves in her career
- Recorded a career-high 10 saves against Dartmouth (9/8) and Milwaukee (10/17) 
- Made eight saves and posted a shutout against IU Indy (11/3) in the #HLWSOC Quarterfinal game 
- Ranked first in the conference in saves (97) 
- Third in the Horizon League in shutouts with five
- Ranked fourth in league in Goals Against Average (1.59) 

2023 Highlights (Graduate)
- Started and played in all 20 games for the Colonials
- Earned 12 wins with 80 saves and four clean sheets
- Owned a 1.21 goals-against average 
- Began the season with three consecutive shutouts over VMI (8/17), Hampton (8/18) and Akron (8/24) 
- Started her first eight games with RMU unbeaten posting a 6-2-0 record
- Registered a career-high eight saves vs. Detroit Mercy (9/30) 
- Led the Colonials to their program's first Horizon League playoff appearance and win against Wright State (10/29), making three saves in a 4-1 victory 

2022 Highlights (UNC Charlotte)
- Played in 12 matches while starting the finall 11 of the season
- Posted a 1.13 goals-against average and a .755 save percentage with three clean sheets
- Saw her first action of the season in the second half against No. 5 Duke (8/28)
- Started the first match of her career at UTSA (9/18) 
- Picked up the first win of her career with a 2-0 clean sheet against Lousiana Tech
- Followed that up with another clean sheet three days later in a 3-0 victory over UTEP which was the program's first time posting back-to-back clean sheets against Conference USA opponents since the 2017 season
- Made a career-best six saves at UAB (10/13)
- Posted back-to-back five-save efforts against FIU (10/23) and WKU (10/28) to finish the regular season
- Made four stops in the C-USA Tournament quarterfinal match against top-seeded Rice (11/2) 
- Named to the 'Niner 9" for Homecoming 
- Served as President of Charlotte's SAAC

2021 Highlights (UNC Charlotte)
- Did not play 

2020 Highlights (UNC Charlotte)
- Did not play ... redshirted 

2019 Highlights (UNC Charlotte)
- Stepped onto the field in four matches, including three against Conference USA opponents
- Was in the cage for a season-high 27:06 in debut against Campbell (9/12) 
- Recorded one save in each appearance against Middle Tennessee and Old Dominion 

Prep Highlights: 
- Named the 2019 High School OT Women's Player of the Year
- Earned Cap-7 Conference First Team honors after her senior campaign
- Named to the 2019 HSOT All-Eastern Team
- Recorded a 0.25 goals-against average as a senior with 16 shutouts and 56 saves, allowing only five goals
- Led high school to a 22-1-1 mark, including 12-0 record in league play
- Squad was ranked as high as No. 4 in the state and reached the state tournament quarterfinals
- Carded a 0.38 goals-against average during her junior campaign with 14 clean sheets
- Tabbed to the academic all-conference squad four times
- Member of three conference championship title-winning teams and a state final four berth in 2018=
- Posted nine shutouts playing her final season with her club program
- Named an all-tournament player at WAGS in 2018
- Recorded a 0.90 goals-against average with the squad in 2017
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude
- Four-time choice on the Academic Honor Roll
- Served as the Student Council Class Secretary three times 
- Member of the National Honor Society
- Served as the National Latin Honor Society Vice President 
- Recipient of the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award, Caswell-Nash Chapter
- Founder and Vice President of Pride Players, a high school service oriented student-athlete association 

Personal: 
- Born on August 9, 2001
- Earning a Master's in Organizational Leadership 
- In undergrad, majored in Exercise Science with a minor in Linguistics
- Daughter of Randy and Michelle Murray 
- Has a brother, Ben and sister, Katie 
- Enjoys hiking, cooking, reading and hanging out with her cat Rory 
- Plans to work in leadership development or student-athlete development
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    2023Graduate Student

    Goalkeeper
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    2024Graduate Student

    Goalkeeper // Captain
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