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03/27/2013
Illinois Collects 52 Academic All-Big Ten Selections
52 Illini Honored By Conference for Second Time This Year
03/27/2013
Illinois Collects 52 Academic All-Big Ten Selections
52 Illini Honored By Conference for Second Time This Year
03/15/2013
Illini End Season at Zone Diving Championships
Eberhardt, McDermott finish Illinois diving careers
03/14/2013
Three Illini to Compete in NCAA Zone Diving Championships
D. McDermott, Eberhardt, Murphy to represent Orange and Blue
02/09/2013
Illini Wrap Up Minnesota Challenge with Two Wins Saturday
McDermott sisters win two events
Freshman 2011-12 - Posted season-best scores in the one-meter dive (253.00) at the Minnesota Challenge and the three-meter dive (218.39) against Northwestern.
High School - Four-year letterwinner at Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School ... Placed first at sectionals with a score of 413.25 in diving (2010) ... 2010 Arnie Cajet Diver of the Year ... Second-team All-State (2010) ... Helped her team to an eighth-place finish at the Illinois state championships (2010) ... Dove for the Chicago Dive Club.
Personal - Born June 17, 1993 ... Parents are Michael and Heidi Murphy ... Has two sisters, Sarah and Mikayla ... Father played football at Illinois from 1978-83 ... Mother was a gymnast at Illinois from 1980-84 ... Enjoys drawing and reading ... Lists her favorite athlete as American gymnast Nastia Liukin ... Lists her parents as the most influential people in her athletic career ... Vice president of the National Honor Society (2010-11) ... French National Honor Society member (2009-11) ... National Art Honor Society (2009-11).
