Luke Murphy Class: Junior Hometown: Boone, Iowa High School: Hampton (Va.) Phoebus Height / Weight: 6-9 / 220 Position: F Birthdate: 07/02/1985

The continued development of Luke Murphy will be an important factor in the success of the Vikings this season. A post player who has the ball-handling and shooting ability to play along the perimeter, he fits in well to the Gary Waters' system, giving CSU a potential mismatch at both ends of the floor.

2005-06 SEASON:
• Key member of the inside playing rotation starting seven of the 25 games that he played in, averaging 8.9 minutes a game.
• Ranked 14th in the league in blocks (15).
• Made six of his nine three-point attempts (.667).
• Missed the Butler (2/8/06) & UW-Milwaukee (2/11/06) games with a knee injury.
• Came off the bench to score seven points with three rebounds in 12 minutes at UW-Green Bay (1/21/06).
• Started the last five games in December, averaging 6.0 points and 3.8 rebounds, shooting .647 from the field (11-17).
• Scored a career-high 11 points vs. John Carroll (12/22/05), blocking six shots, the fourth-highest single game total in CSU history.
• Made his first start of the season vs. Albany (12/10/05), scoring six points with a career-high nine rebounds.
• Bothered by a concussion suffered in scrimmage vs. Duquesne but came back to play six minutes vs. Florida A&M (11/19/05).

CLEVELAND STATE CAREER:
• Redshirted during the 2004-05 season.
• Started six games at forward as a true freshman in 2003-04.
• Struggled from three-point range, missing 16 of his last 19 attempts after opening the year by making eight of his first 15 attempts (.533).
• Posted five points and four rebounds vs. Detroit (3/2/04) in the Horizon League Tourney.
• Scored six points, on three-for-three shooting, with three rebounds at UW-Milwaukee (2/28/04).
• Scored a freshman season high 10 points at UIC (1/17/04).
• Tallied seven points with four rebounds vs. Georgia Southern (12/29/03).
• Grabbed four rebounds with a blocked shot in six minutes vs. Central State (11/22/03).

PRE-CLEVELAND STATE:
• Voted the team most valuable player as a senior at Phoebus High, playing for coach Mark Casseri.
• Averaged 14.8 points, 8.8 rebounds and 5.0 blocks per game as a senior, shooting 72 percent from the floor.
• Played in the Northside Peninsula All-Star contest.
• Honorable mention all-league and team most improved player as a junior.
• Lettered three times in basketball and once in baseball.
• Played freshman season at Boone High in Boone, Iowa.

PERSONAL:
Born July 2, 1985 in Cedar Falls, Iowa. . . son of Matt and Dee Murphy. . . has one brother and one sister. . . had a 3.5 cumulative GPA in high school, earning Athletic Scholar honors as both a junior and senior. . . received school's science department excellence award in high school. . . psychology major.