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Murray, B.J.
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Jersey Number 9
B.J. Murray
- Position:
- Infielder
- Bats/Throws:
- B/R
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Nassau, Bahamas
- High School:
- Trinity Christian Academy
- Birthday:
- 1/5/00
- Major:
- Health Science
Bio
2021Â (Second Sophomore Season)
- Breakout campaign, and All-C-USA Second Team honors, starting and playing in all 57 games with a .317 average and an FAU-high 14 home runs (fourth in C-USA), along with 52 RBI (second on the team and 12th in C-USA)
- Also finished fifth in C-USA with 41 walks, and eighth slugging .584, both leading the Owls
- Other C-USA final ranks included ninth in total bases (122), 11th in runs (49), 16th in hits (65) and 17th in OBP (.424)
- Hit a home run in each game of a road series against C-USA regular season champions Charlotte, and two more the next weekend vs. ODU
- In fact, nine of his 13 HR came against C-USA foes, second most among league hitters
- He was also fourth against C-USA pitching with 31 RBI, and with a.636 slugging %
- Led the team with 18 games with two or more RBI, with a high of four on Feb. 20Â against UCF
- Switch-hitter batted .318 righthanded and .308 lefthanded. Ten of his 14 home runs came from the left side, including his first nine of the season
- Following the year, drafted in the 15th round by the Chicago Cubs
2020Â (Sophomore)
- For the second straight year, supplied FAU's first homer of the season, as part of a tremendous Opening Night against Delaware
- Had an RBI single in his first at-bat, a two-run double the next inning, and two AB later, blasted a two-run home run to left
- The five RBI that night marked the most by an Owl on the season
- Would add three more multi-hit games on the year, and two more HR in two of those, against Binghamton and Florida
- Finished the year with 12 hits, 11 runs scored (second on the team)Â and 10 RBI (third)
- His three home runs tied for the team lead
2019 (Freshman)
- On Opening Night, recorded the team's first home run of 2019, in a shutout win over Cincinnati
- Had a double and a sacrifice fly in a conference victory against Rice in mid-March
- Tallied another double, with a run scored, in a road league matchup at WKU
- All told, appeared in 20 games with six starts, playing second base and third base
High School
- Twice was named First Team All-American while playing for Trinity Christian and coach Miguel Cuello
- Was a 2018 Rawlings/Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American, and was All-Region Florida Second Team
Personal
- Son of Bertram and Michelle Murray
- Has two brothers that have played pro baseball
- Born in Nassau, Bahamas
- Majoring in health science
- Top pro team is the Atlanta Braves and athlete is Nolan Arenado
- Favorite TV show is Lucifer, and movie is The Book of Eli
- Last read The Lord of the Flies
- Favorite restaurant is Red Lobster
- Loves to play video games
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