NEW ORLEANS – Warsaw alum and Vincennes University sophomore Robert Murphy has been named to the inaugural class of Region Athletes and Coaches of the Year for the 2015 National Junior College Athletic Association indoor track and field season. The honorees were announced Wednesday by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, as voted on by the NJCAA’s coaches. Murphy was honored for the Midwest Region, and will be competing for the Trailblazers in the two-day championship meet Friday and Saturday at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, NM. Murphy is currently second on the NJCAA season list in the mile (4:09.39), second at 3000 meters (8:21.61), fifth at 800 meters (1:53.22), seventh at 1000 meters (2:31.13) and is on the seventh-ranked Vincennes distance medley relay (10:23.14). He holds school records in every event, 800 through 3,000 meters.
