2023 Baseball Roster
Sam Murrison
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Junior
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Boca Raton, Fla.
- High School:
- American Heritage
Career Stats:
Finished IU career with 101 appearances and 34 starts ... batted .236 with 30 hits and 31 runs ... smashed three home runs with 14 RBIs ... a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in 83 opportunities in the outfield.
2024 (Senior Season)
Awards: Academic All-Big Ten selection.
Season: Played in seven games … only hit of the season was a solo home run against Middle Tennessee State (3/6) … scored five times … four appearances came as a pinch runner.
2023 (Junior Season)
Season: Appeared in 37 games with one start ... Started in right field at Xavier (5/10) ... Other appearances came as a pinch runner (4), pinch hitter (3) and defensive replacement (29) ... Owned one multi-RBI game.
2022 (Sophomore Season)
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten.
Season: Appeared in 40 games with 23 starts … Started games in right field (20), center field (2) and at designated hitter (1) … Hit first collegiate home run in the first game of a doubleheader at Purdue (4/10) … Reached base safely in 22 of 40 games played … Owned a season-best six-game hitting streak from March 1-27 … Reached base in a season-long eight straight games from April 17-30 … Posted two multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games … Homered in both games of a doubleheader at Purdue (4/10).
2021 (Freshman Season)
Season: Appeared in 17 games with 10 starts … Started games in left field (6) and right field (4) … Collegiate debut came in a start against Rutgers (3/5) … Owned a season-best four-game reached base streak from March 13-14 … Posted four multi-hit games.
Prep/Personal
Played for head coach Carm Mazza at American Heritage High School, where he was a four-year letterwinner … Helped AHHS to a Florida High School Athletic Association 4A regional title … Named All-Florida Region by Perfect Game as a senior … Selected first-team All-District 4A as a junior … Hit over .360 in each of his final two prep seasons … Also lettered four times in basketball … Son of Tracy and Mark Murrison … Born on July 23, 2001 … Has one older brother, Luke, and two younger sister, Anna Kate and Molly … Is a finance major in the Kelley School of Business.
