2015-16 Concluded one of the top careers in both program and school history with a stellar senior season … Became the first player in program history to be named a three-time Little East Conference First Team honoree … Recognized as the Pepsi Mariner Classic Tournament Most Valuable Player … Named the Little East Conference Player of the Week on one occasion … Earned a spot on the D3Hoops.com Team of the Week one time … Finished her career as the program’s top all-time scorer with 1,546 points … Tied the program-record with her 104 career games played … Ended her career amongst the top-five in rebounds (3rd – 1,136), blocks (2nd – 173), field goal percentage (4th – 44.8 percent), made field goals (1st – 623) and made free throws (4th – 299) … Played in all 28 games as a senior and finished with 27 starts … Averaged 28.8 minutes per game … Finished the season as one of two players in the Little East to average a double-double … Ended the year with 15.3 points per game (4th in LEC) and 12.3 rebounds per game (1st in LEC) … Led the Little East in offensive rebounds per game (6.3) and sat second with her 6.0 defensive rebounds per game … Sat second in the Little East with 1.8 blocks per game … Totaled a career-high 428 points and 344 rebounds … Added a team-high 50 blocks and 25 steals … Paced the team with her 44.5 percent field goal percentage … Knocked down 65.1 percent of her free throws (110-169) … Posted a career-best 18 double-doubles to finish her career with 57 … Ended the season with double-digit points in 23 contests … Registered double-digit rebounds on 19 occasions … Opened the season with 12-consecutive double-doubles … Pulled down a season-high 23 rebounds and added 19 points and three assists in a season-opening win over Endicott College … Added 18 points on 8-of-15 shooting and 16 rebounds (nine offensive) to earn Pepsi Mariner Classic MVP honors … Put together a monster double-double of 24 points and 18 rebounds on November 21 against Fitchburg State … Scored a season-high 28 points in an 84-80 overtime win over Bridgewater State on December 3 … Collected 13 rebounds and added 27 points in a big win over Colby College on January 2 … Became the third player in school history to reach the 1,000 rebound mark in a win over Plymouth State on January 13 … Reached the 1,500 point mark in her 100th collegiate game, a home loss against UMass Dartmouth on February 17 … Turned in a double-double of 15 points and 15 rebounds in 34 minutes in a Little East Quarterfinal win at Western Connecticut State University … Set the program-record for career points and tied the program-record for games played in the Little East Conference Championship Game at Eastern Connecticut State University … Recorded 11 points, eight rebounds, three assists and three blocks in the LEC Championship Game.
2014-15 Continued to develop and added new skills to turn in her best season yet … Earned New England Women’s Basketballl (NEWBA) All Region honors for the first time in her career … Tabbed as a D3Hoops.com Third Team All Region selection-her best finish to date … Named to the ECAC New England All-Region All-Star Second Team for a second-consecutive year … Honored as a Little East Conference All-Conference First Team selection for the second-straight year … Named the Little East Conference Player of the Week twice … Tabbed as the Salem State University Tournament Most Valuable Player … Enters her senior season sixth in total points (1,118) and rebounds (792) in program history … Ranks in the top five in program history with her 10.4 career rebounding average (5th), 123 career blocks (5th), 464 career made field goals (5th) and 44.8 field goal percentage (4th) … Started 27 of 28 games … Averaged 30.1 minutes per game … Finished the season as one of only two players in the Little East Conference to average a double-double … Ended the second on the Beacons and fifth in the conference with her 13.9 points per game and led the Little East with her 10.4 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game … Ranked amongst the leaders in the LEC in field-goal percentage (46.6 percent – 5th), offensive rebounds per game (4.1 – T-1st), defensive rebounds per game (6.3 – 2nd) … Achieved new career-highs in field goal percentage (46.6 percent), free throw percentage (69.0 percent) and assists per game (2.5 apg) … Led the Beacons with 390 points, 292 rebounds, 115 offensive rebounds and 44 blocks … Totaled 71 assists (2nd) and 39 steals (4th) … Recorded a career-best 17 double-doubles … Reached double-digits in points in 24 contests and rebounds in 20 games … Poured in a season-high 28 points (12-18 shooting) and added 13 rebounds in 27 minutes vs. Lasell … Registered a massive double-double of 17 points and 18 rebounds November 25 at Fitchburg State … Matched her season-high in rebounds (18) with 18 points in a 75-56 blowout win over Keene State College on January 25 … Enjoyed the best game of her season February 11 with 23 points and 16 rebounds in an upset win over UMass Dartmouth … Tacked on 22 points, 13 rebounds and a season-high five assists in a 72-49 thrashing of UMass Dartmouth in the Little East Conference Semifinals … Added 12 points (6-12) and 13 rebounds in 44 minutes in the Little East Conference Finals against Eastern Connecticut State.
2013-14 Built off her award-winning freshman campaign to enjoy an even more impressive sophomore campaign … Honored as the first All-American in program-history, after being named to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-American Honorable Mention List … Recognized as a D3Hoops.Com All Region Fourth Team selection … Earned a spot on the Little East Conference First Team … Became the first player in school history to be named to the ECAC Division III Women's Basketball, New England Women's Basketball Association and Little East Conference Player of the Week, while also earning D3Hoops.Com Team of the Week Honors for the week of December 9 … Named the Little East Conference Player of the Week on three occasions … Became the 7th player in program history to score 700 points and pull down 500 rebounds … Started in 20 of the 22 contests she played in … Averaged 29.9 minutes per game … Led the Little East with a career-high 15.9 points per game … Paced UMass Boston and ranked third in the LEC with her 10.6 rebounds per game … Finished second in the conference with 4.0 offensive rebounds per game … Finished with 88 offensive rebounds, 146 defensive rebounds and 234 total boards … Ranked third in the LEC with her 1.5 blocks per game and led UMass Boston with her 32 total blocks … Totaled 23 steals and 22 assists … Led UMass Boston and ranked 6th in the Little East with a 46.3 field goal percentage … Ended the year 14th in the LEC with a 66.7 percent mark from the free throw line … Scored 10 points or more in 17 of 22 appearances and 20 points or more in five games … Pulled down double-digit rebounds in 13 contests … Posted double-doubles in a career-high 12 games and had recorded 22 double-doubles in in 48 games … Recorded double-doubles in seven-straight games from November 23-December 30 … Finished with 26 points and 16 rebounds November 26 at Fitchburg State … Set a new program-record for made-field goals in a single-game (15) and tied the program-record for points in a single-game (33) on December 3 with 33 points (15-of-22) in 26 minutes against Mount Ida … Tied for fifth-most rebounds in a single-game in program-history with 24 boards and 19 points January 16 at Bridgewater State … Poured in 32 points on 13-of-21 shooting and added 19 rebounds, three steals and three blocks against UMass Dartmouth on January 21 … UMass Boston finished 10-2 when Olivia posted a double-double.
2012-13 Turned in one of the best freshman seasons in program-history to help the Beacons record the second-most wins in school history … Became the second player in school history to be named the D3Hoops.com Northeast Region Rookie of the Year … Recognized as the ECAC Division III New England Women’s Basketball Rookie of the Year … Named the Little East Conference Rookie of the Year … Honored as the second UMB player in school history to be named to the Little East Conference Al-Defensive Team … Selected as one of five Little East Conference Rookies on the All-Rookie Team … Honored as the Little East Conference Rookie of the Week a UMB record seven times … Named the New England Women’s Basketball Association Rookie of the Week on January 7 … Honored as the UMass Boston Tip-off Tournament and Key Largo Classic Tournament Most Valuable Player … Appeared in all 26 contests, while making 24 starts at the power forward position … Finished third in the conference and second on the team with 31.8 minutes per game … Ended the season as the only LEC player to average a double-double with 14.5 points and 10.2 rebounds per game … Paced the conference with 10.2 rebounds and finished third in points per game … Led the LEC with her 109 offensive rebounds and 4.2 offensive rebounds per game … Recorded 1.8 blocks per game, the second-best mark in the LEC … Finished second on UMB and fifth in the conference with 1.7 steals per game … Totaled 378 points, 266 rebounds, 47 blocks and 44 steals … Ended the year amongst the top 11 in the conference in field goal percentage (41.9) and free throw percentage (65.0) … Recorded 10 double-doubles on the season, including six games of 20 points or more … Finished with 10 points and 15 rebounds in her collegiate debut November 17 against Middlebury College … Registered a career-high 18 rebounds December 4 at Mount Ida College … Poured in 20 points and 15 rebounds in 47 minutes December 30 against Maine Maritime Academy … Recorded a career-high 29 points and added 10 assists January 10 against Bridgewater State University … Finished the season with 21 points and 15 rebounds in a Little East Conference Quarterfinal loss to UMass Dartmouth.
PERSONAL/HIGH SCHOOL Graduated from Canton High School in 2012, where she played volleyball, basketball, and softball ... Named Hockmock League All-Star as a junior and senior with the basketball team ... Patriot Ledger All-Scholastic Team honoree as a junior and senior ... Helped the volleyball to three-straight league championships ... Two-time Hockmock League All-Star in volleyball and one-time All-Star in softball ... Daughter of Michelle and William Murphy ... Has one brother, Brian and one sister, Julia (who is a member of the UMass Boston volleyball team) ... Majoring in Exercise Health Science.
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Katie Mathieu (left) and Olivia Murphy (right) with Shirley Poyau
of the Psychology Department |
