High School: Three-year letterwinner, serving as captain for three seasons at Central Square for head coaches Kyle Brown and John Jefferies... batted .510 with eight home runs, eight doubles and three triples in his senior year...  selected to First-Team All-CNY and CNY Athlete of the Year as a senior... named First-Team All-League as a sophomore, junior and senior... also played basketball.

Personal: Full name is Thomas James Murphy... born April 3, 1991... son of Thomas and Kelly... has a brother, Jake... also recruited by St. John’s, Michigan, Wagner, LeMoyne and Monmouth... likes to hunt and fish... would like to break the UB record for highest batting average and homeruns... greatest athletic experience was playing in the Connie Mack World Series... chose to attend UB for the opportunity to play baseball and academic prestige... major is undecided.