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2025 Women's Soccer Roster

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23 Kyra Murphy

  • Position Midfielder
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Riverside, Calif.
  • High School Martin Luther King HS

Biography

CAREER: Played in a total of 48 matches with 19 starts … Has six goals and five assists 

PEPPERDINE 2024: Played in a total of 21 matches with 12 starts ...  Tallied four goals and three assists ... two assists came in the same game against San Diego (11/2/24) ... 18 shots with seven on goal for a .389 percentage ... All-WCC Honorable mention 

PEPPERDINE 2023: Started in seven of the 20 games appeared in … First collegiate goal came against San Francisco 11/01/23 … CSC Academic All-District TeamWCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “silver” honors. 

PEPPERDINE 2022: Appeared in seven matches as a freshman … Had her Waves’ debut vs. CSUN (8/18) … Took three shots … Redshirted rest of the season … WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “gold” honors … A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete

CLUB: Played for Legends FC, where she was a six-year starter … Ranked in the top 150 in the Class of 2022 standings by Top Drawer Soccer … Also ranked in the top 100 nationally as a midfielder … A 2022 Surf Cup champion … Helped Legends FC to a second-place finish in the ECNL U18/19 Southwest Conference in 2021-22 … Attended multiple National Training Center sessions from 2015-19.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Martin Luther King High School, located in Riverside, Calif., in 2022 … Played two years of varsity soccer … Helped lead school to a 2020-21 Division 3 CIF Southern Section championship by scoring a goal 14 seconds into the championship game … Named to All-CIF Southern Section in 2020-21 … Two-time All-Big 8 League first team …  Scored 16 goals and had six assists in two seasons … Earned summa cum laude with high honors.
 
PERSONAL: Born in Riverside, Calif. … Daughter of Patrick and Haidee Murphy … Sister to Keyser … Chose Pepperdine because “I felt supported, loved and cared for by everyone as soon as I stepped on campus. The team and staff are unbelievable people who I can trust help me grow both on and off the field. Pepperdine has it all: amazing academics, superb soccer and a lovely location.”
 
FAVORITES:  Enjoys going to the beach, yoga and snowboarding with her brother and dad … Favorites include Chloe Kim (pro athlete), PSG (pro team), Know My Name by Chanel Miller (book), The Best of Me (movie), Good Luck Charlie (TV show), Rex Orange County or Zach Bryan (musical artists), pasta or sushi (food) and snowboarding (sport besides soccer).

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 23

    2022Freshman

    Midfielder
    5'4"
    23
  • 23

    2023Redshirt Freshman

    Midfielder
    5'4"
    23
  • 23

    2024Redshirt Sophomore

    Midfielder
    5'4"
    23
  • 23
    C

    2025Redshirt Junior

    Midfielder
    5'4"
    23
    C