2018 Women's Lacrosse Roster

John P. Lozano/Stanford Athletic

21 Kelsey Murray

  • Position Attack
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Graduate Student
  • High School New Trier
  • Hometown Wilmette, Ill.
  • Major Communication

Biography

Career Accolades
• Member of inaugural Pac-12 Tournament championship team in 2018
• Member of 2015 MPSF regular season and tournament championship team
• 2018 team captain
• 2018 Pac-12 Women's Lacrosse Scholar Athlete of the Year
• 2019 Inside Lacrosse Media All-America honorable mention
• 2018 Pac-12 All-Academic first team
• 2018 IWLCA Academic honor roll
• Two-time MPSF All-Academic (2016, 2017)
• Two-time IWLCA All-America second team (2016, 2018)
• Two-time IWLCA All-Region first team (2016, 2018)
• 2017 IWLCA All-Region second team
• 2018 Pac-12 Attacker of the Year
• 2018 All-Pac-12 first team
• Two-time All-MPSF first team (2016, 2017)
• 2018 Pac-12 All-Tournament team
• 2017 MPSF All-Tournament team
• Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (March 5, 2018)
• Two-time MPSF Offensive Player of the Week
• 2018 Tewaaraton Award nominee
• 2017 Tewaaraton Award watch list
• Had a 74-game point streak that stretched from March 7, 2014 to May 11, 2018
• Finished career as Stanford's all-time career leader in points (314), goals (192), assists (122) and games played (81)
• Finished career with school record for points in a game (10 at Elon on March 4, 2018)
• Finished career with school record for goals in a game (seven vs. Fresno State on April 11, 2017)
• Finished career with school record for assists in a game (six vs. Colorado on April 13, 2018)
• Finished career second all-time at Stanford with 329 career shots
• Finished career ranked first (89), second (87) and fourth (75) on Stanford's single-season points list
• Finished career ranked first (57), fourth (50) and 10th (44) on Stanford's single-season goals list
• Finished career ranked second (39), third (30) and fifth (28) on Stanford's single-season assists list
• Finished career ranked third all-time at Stanford with 102 shots in 2017

As a Fifth-Year (2018)
• Team captain
• Member of Pac-12 Tournament championship team
• Pac-12 Women's Lacrosse Scholar Athlete of the Year
• Inside Lacrosse Media All-America honorable mention
• Pac-12 All-Academic first team
• IWLCA Academic honor roll
• IWLCA All-America second team
• IWLCA All-Region first team
• All-Pac-12 first team
• Pac-12 All-Tournament team
• Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (March 5)
• Tewaaraton Award nominee
• IWLCA Preseason All-America honorable mention
• Played and started all 20 games
• School record 89 points
• Second-most assists in school history (39)
• Fourth-most goals in school history (50)
• Finished fifth in the Pac-12 in goals, second in assists and second in points
• Scored to become Stanford's all-time career leading scorer in win over Harvard (Feb. 23)
• Became Stanford's all-time career leader in assists in win at Duke (March 2)
• Set school record with 10 points (five goals, five assists) in win at Elon (March 4)
• Set school record with six assists in win over Colorado (April 13)
• Season-high six goals in wins over Cal (March 17) and Oregon (April 15)
• Also finished season with 27 ground balls and nine caused turnovers

As a Senior (2017)
• IWLCA All-Region second team
• All-MPSF first team
• MPSF All-Tournament team
• MPSF All-Academic
• Tewaaraton Award watch list
• Started all 18 games
• School record 87 points
• School record 57 goals
• Second-most assists in school history (30)
• Led team and second in the conference in goals (57), assists (30) and points (87) 
• Led MPSF with 47 points in conference play 
• Scored a goal in every game, scored multiple goals in 14 of 18 games
• Nine occasions with multiple goals and multiple assists in the same game
• Five goals against Saint Mary's (Feb. 21)
• Four goals, including game-winner, and six points at Ohio State (Feb. 24)
• Season-high six ground balls at Yale (April 1)
• Season-high seven goals and eight points, including game-winning goal against Fresno State (April 11)
• Five goals, two assists in win over Oregon (April 14)
• Matched season-high eight points (six goals, two assists) in win at Cal (April 17)
• Four goals, three assists and seven points in win over San Diego State (April 23)

As a Junior (2016)
• IWLCA All-America second team
• IWLCA All-Region first team
• All-MPSF first team
• MPSF All-Academic
• MPSF Offensive Player of the Week (Apr. 18)
• Finished ranked 24th in the NCAA in Points (71)
• Arthur F. Dauer Memorial Sports Performance Award recipient
• Tied for second in Stanford single-season history in points (72)
• Fourth in Stanford single-season history in assists (28)
• Tied for seventh in Stanford single-season history in goals (44)

As a Sophomore (2015)
• Suffered a knee injury and used medical redshirt season
• MPSF Offensive Player of the Week (March 2)
• No. 5 Stanford single-game assists (4, vs. Fresno State
• Scored a career-high five goals and had four assists in 22-7 season-opening victory over Fresno State
• Scored in all four games, with three of four goals or more, and team won all four
• Had five goals in two of her first three games, including an 8-6 victory at No. 10  Ohio State
• Enters 2016 with a goal-scoring streak of six games and a points streak of 18
• Led the team in goals (15) and points (24) at the time of her injury

As a Freshman (2014)
• Started all 19 games
• Led the team in assists with 16
• MPSF Rookie of the Week
• Third on the team in points with 42
• Fourth on the team in goals with 26
• Fired 43 shots, fifth on the team in shots on goal with 38 (.884 sog%)
• Recorded six points against Cornell (March 25), including a season-high four assists
• The four assists are the fourth-highest ever for game by a Stanford player
• Had a ground ball and caused two turnovers in her collegiate debut, against Ohio State on Feb. 15
• Used a spin-o-rama to evade a defender and set up a point-blank goal against Oregon

The Murray File
• Graduated with a degree in psychology; pursuing a masters in communication
• A 2013 graduate of New Trier High School in Winnetka, Ill.
• Three-time first-team U.S. Lacrosse All-American (2011-13) and honorable mention in 2010 … U.S. Lacrosse All-America Showcase participant in 2012 and 2013.
• Competed in the Under-18 Under Armour Underclassmen All-America Tournament in 2011 and 2012.
• Competed for the Chicago Metro Team at the U.S. Lacrosse National Tournament (2010-2012).
• First team All-State (2010-2013).
• Lacrosse Magazine’s 2012 Midwest Player of the Year and one of 20 high school players selected to the 2013 Chicago Tribune Scholar Athlete Team.
• Four-time all-conference selection (2010-2013) and named New Trier Most Valuable Player in 2012 and 2013.
• Took second at the state championships in 2010 and 2012, and third in 2013.
• Claimed four conference championships (2010-2013).
• Holds career school records in points (582), goals (344), assists (238) and draw controls (323).
• Holds single-season school records in points (204), goals (118), assists (86) and draw controls (102).
• Also competed four years for field hockey and two years for basketball.
• Won the state championship for field hockey in 2011 and was named to the all-state team in 2012.
• Captained the field hockey team in 2012 and lacrosse in 2013.
• Played club lacrosse for Wildcat Elite.
• Daughter of Todd and Kristen Murray
• Has a younger brother, Gus, and a younger sister, Lucy
• Mother played lacrosse and field hockey at Brown where she was a three-time All-America in lacrosse, All-Ivy in lacrosse and field hockey, and is a member of the school’s Hall of Fame
• Father played basketball at Brown where he was teammates with Stanford’s Jaquish and Kenninger Director of Athletics, Bernard Muir
• Todd won the 1986 Ivy League championship, participated in the NCAA Tournament and was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame

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    2018Graduate Student

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