Cerritos College Women's Softball

Murray has established herself and the Falcon softball program as one of the states elite. Although they failed to advance to the state tournament for the six year in a row, each year the team is one of the higher ranked teams for the playoffs. In 2015, the team finished third in the highly competitive South Coast Conference, but earned the #11 seed for the Southern California Regional Playoffs. After dispatching College of the Canyons, the Falcons advanced to the Super Regional, where they saw their season come to an end with a loss to conference opponent El Camino College. Cerritos concluded the season with a 26-19 record and clubbed 45 home runs with a .336 batting average. In 2014, the team was the South Coast Conference co-champion and was on the verge of qualifying for the state tournament until a pair of close losses in the Super Regional ended their season at 33-12. After an opening round win, close losses to Santiago Canyon College (5-3) and Santa Ana College (7-6) put an end to their title hopes. Annually one of the more potent offenses in the state, the team batted .345 overall, averaged almost seven runs per game and clubbed 37 home runs. In 2013, the Falcons finished 30-12 and had one of the more potent offenses in the state. However, after finishing second in conference play, the team was seeded #10 for the Southern California Regional Playoffs and was ousted in three games by San Diego Mesa College. In 2012, the team was seeded #3 for the playoffs, but were upset in the first round and had their season end prematurely. They concluded the 2012 season with a 29-10 record and captured their fourth South Coast Conference championship in five years. Murray, who was named the conferences Coach of the Year, was named the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) California Community College Coach of the Year in 2010, along with being selected the Southern California and South Coast Conference Coach of the Year. Along with the NFCA award, her entire staff was honored by being named part of the West Region Coaching Staff of the Year. During her tenure, 45 of her players have received scholarships to play at the next level. Back in 2008, Murray and her team won the schools second state championship after advancing to the state championship game the year before. She followed those two seasons by finishing in the final four at the state championships in 2009. During that season, Murray led the Falcons to a 41-11-1 record and entered the state tournament winning their last 12 post-season games. In 2008, the team finished with a 43-5 record, which a 5-1 win over Mt. San Antonio College in the state championship game. The 43 wins that year set a new school record. As for the 2007 season, Murray and her all-freshman team came within one game of winning the state title and finished with a 39-11-1 mark. Over the course of her first 14 years as the head coach, Murray has posted a 441-169-2 (.722) record, which includes six South Coast Conference championships, while the team has advanced to the Southern California Regional Playoffs all 14 years. Ever since she arrived, Murray has established herself as one of the top-notch coaches in the state, and was honored in 2007 by being named the Southern California Coach of the Year, while she has been named the conference Coach of the Year three times. Back in 2004, the team won their first conference championship in 14 years and were the #2-seeded team in Southern California. Murray became the fourth coach of the Cerritos College softball program when she took over the program in 2002. She came to the Falcons after spending the 2001 season as an assistant coach at Santa Ana College, where they placed second in the State Championships. Murray brings coaching experience that spans every level high school, community college, and professionally both in the United States and internationally. Murray has over 24 years of experience coaching, with 20 of those at the community college level. She spent six years as the head coach at Los Angeles Valley College, rebuilding a team that had been on hiatus for a number of years. Murray coached at the high school level for six years, including a CIF Championship team at Woodbridge High School in Irvine in 1988. Professionally, Murray coached the Tampa Bay Firestix of the Womens Professional Fastpitch team out of Tampa Bay, FL, and helped them to within three games of winning their division. Internationally, Murray coached the Regio Calabria Team in the Italian Softball Federation. Murray played softball at Golden West College for two years and at Cal Poly Pomona from 1982-83, where she earned All-West Region honors in 1983 and ASA All-American honors in 1984. After college, Murray played second base for the Orange Majestics, which included winning the 1987 ASA Womens Major Fastpitch National Championship and several berths to the Olympic Festival. Murray earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education from Cal Poly Pomona in 1985 and a Master of Science degree in Physical Education from Cal State Dominguez Hills in 1991. She earned a second Masters degree in Special Education from National University in 1994.