Kolbie Murphey

Position:
Middle Blocker
Height:
6-2
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Snow Canyon
Hometown:
St. George, UT

2007 game-by-game stats

2007 (Senior)

Kolbie played in all 29 matches and was one of just three Wildcats to play in every game during the season...Was WSU’s only senior on this year’s roster...Earned Big Sky Honorable Mention All-Conference honors for the third time in her career...Finished the season fourth on the WSU team in points and was fourth in kills with an average of 2.51 per game...Had double-digits in kills in 12 matches during the season...Had as season-high of 18 kills at Utah Valley on September 7, just one off her career-high...Finished her career with double digits in kills in 56 matches...Ended the season with 129 total blocks for an average of 1.14 per game, which ranked sixth in the Big Sky...Posted a career-high of ten blocks in the final match of the season, a 3-2 loss to Portland State in the semifinals of the Big Sky Championships...Had a hitting percentage of .268, the second best on the team...Ended her career ranking in seven categories in the Weber State all-time top ten lists...Finished her career with 1,118 career kills to rank seventh in Weber State history...She became the ninth Wildcat to ever post 1,000 kills for her career...Ended her career playing in 120 career matches, the eighth most in school history and appeared in 449 career games, fourth most in all-time...Missed just two matches during her career at Weber State and played in all but 16 games...Also ranks ninth in school history in career attacks with 2,700...Is third in school history for career total blocks with 454...Also ranks third in block assists with 386 and seventh in solo blocks with 68.

2006 (Junior)

Kolbie played in 31 of 33 matches during the season and appeared in 111 games...She received Big Sky All-Conference Honorable Mention honors for the second time in her career...After three years at Weber State she has played in 91 matches and 336 games, the most of any Wildcat on the roster...She was second on the WSU team in points with 374 and was also second in kills at 2.86 per games, the highest of her career...She had 317 kills on the season and 733 attacks and also hit .254...Totaled 99 total blocks, including 86 block assists on the season...During 2006 she posted double digits in kills in 16 of her 31 matches...She had season-highs of 19 kills in a match, both coming on September 2 against Cal State Fullerton and Binghamton...The 19 kills also tied her career-high for kills in a match...Posted double digits in kills in nine of her 14 Big Sky matches...Tied a career-high with nine blocks September 9 against Oral Roberts...Hit .500 a match two times during the season.

2005 (Sophomore)

Played in all 30 matches and saw action in 109 games during the season...Averaged 2.38 kills per game, third best on the Wildcat team...Posted 92 total blocks on the year, also third best on the team, for an average of 0.84 blocks per game...Posted a season-high of nine blocks in a win over Montana State October 14, which tied her career-high...Had a season-high of 17 kills twice during the season.

2004 (Freshman)

Was one of only two players to play all 116 games during the season...Was second on the team in kills per game at 2.22 and second in blocks at 1.16...Recorded 134 total blocks including a team-high 28 solo blocks...Ranked fifth in the Big Sky in blocks and was fourth in conference matches only...Led all freshmen in the Big Sky in blocks...Had a hitting percentage of .241...Recorded a career high of 35 attacks against Utah Valley State...Had 18 kills at New Mexico...Posted a career high of nine blocks twice during the season...Averaged 0.52 digs per game and recorded 11 aces during the season.

Snow Canyon High School: Graduated in 2004 from Snow Canyon High School in St. George, Utah...During her junior year was named to the First Team All-Region and Second Team All-State by The Salt Lake Tribune...Senior year she was named Region 9 MVP, and also was named First Team All Region and First Team All-State...Helped Snow Canyon finish fifth in state in 2002 and 2003...Played club volleyball for two years with Ikaika in St. George...Also competed with the Southern Utah Volleyball Association.

Personal: Born January 27, 1986 in St. George, Utah...Is majoring in Technical Sales at Weber State...Middle name is Lee...Nickname is Kolbs.

Kolbie Murphey off the court...

Dream vacation: Fiji
I would most like to have dinner with: Brittney Bisaillon
In 20 years I plan to be: In a wheelchair because of all the sports I've played.
Craziest ambition: Become a wake boarder
Favorite food: Taco Salad
Favorite movie: Mean Girls
One word that best describes me: Brat