Georgia State University Athletics

ACADEMIC HONORS:
President's List- Spring 2024
Dean's List- Fall 2023
Dean’s List- Fall 2022
 
2023: Leads the Panthers in assists-per-set with 4.71... Tallied 226 assists, 78 digs and four kills in 48 sets... Recorded two double-doubles against Chattanooga (Aug. 28 and Sept.8)... Set career-highs in attacks (42), digs (21), aces (3) and solo blocks (2) in a weekend series against ULM (Nov. 9-11).  

2022: Saw action in 34 sets over 12 matches during her first year as a Panther... Tallied 132 assists, averaging 3.88 per set... Murray recorded 12 aces from the service line… Dished out a career-high 22 digs against App State… Helped the Panthers to a win over USC Upstate with 20 assists…

MISSISSIPPI STATE (2021):  Appeared in one game dishing out 3 assists
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered five years at Ashley Hall High School… Dished out 2,100 assists in three seasons as the starting setter… Also picked up 718 digs and 277 kills… Began playing varsity in 8^th grade, but became the starting setter in 2018, leading her team to a State Championship game as a sophomore beating the reigning champs and dishing out 49 assists in the three-set match… Named to the AVCA All-American Watchlist and the AVCA All-American/All-Region Team in 2020… Earned Prep Volleyball All-American Special Mention honors in 2020… Earned Prep Volleyball All-High School Highest Honorable Mention in 2018-19… Named to the SCISA All-State Team in 2019-20… Earned SCISA All-Region honors three times… Named to the High School Sports Report All-State Team in 2019 and 2020… Named to the High School Sports Report All-Rookie Team in 2018… Earned Most Valuable Player Honors in 2019 and 2020… Played for the CUVC 18 Premier club team… Earned the 2020 Ultra Ankle Junior Volleyball Association Athleader Award…
 
Excelled off the court as well, earning National French Exam Silver Medals in 2017 and 2018, the National Scholastic Art Gold Key Award in 2017 and the National Latin Exam Certificate of Merit Honors in 2016… Chosen by Ashley Hall faculty to participate in the Medical University of South Carolina Neuroscience Institute Program… Was appointed by faculty to be a student ambassador for Ashley Hall in 2016-21 and an Honor Council Member in 2019-21… Volunteered with the Meeting Street Academy as a reading buddy and mentor in 2017-20…
 
PERSONAL: Full name is Laughlin (LOCK-lyn) Youngs Murray… Born May 21, 2002, in Charleston, S.C.… Daughter of Harrison and Anna Murray… Has one older brother, Harrison Murray Jr… Father played football and baseball at Davidson College… Intends to major in biology taking a pre-med route with the hopes of pursuing a career in medicine… Enjoys going to the beach, watching movies, coaching, and playing with her dogs