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Irvine Valley sophomore men's volleyball player Cole Murray recently signed with Loyola University Chicago.
Loyola captured its second straight national title last month, becoming just the fourth school in the tournament's 45-year history to win back-to-back NCAA championships.
Murray was a two-year starter as an outside hitter for the Lasers.
During Murray's freshman season, he helped the Lasers reach the CCCAA State Championships tournament in 2014 and was named to the all-tournament team.
Murray finished with 14 kills (hit an amazing 1.000) in IVC's dramatic five-set quarterfinal win at Long Beach City and then had 10 kills in IVC's loss to Orange Coast in the state semifinals.
On the season, Murray averaged 2.98 kills per set and hit .311. He ranked second on the team in both kills and kills per set.
Murray was named second team all-Pacific Coast Athletic Conference in 2014.
This past season, Murray led Irvine Valley in a number of categories.
He ended up with 205 total kills and averaged 3.53 kills per set. Murray also averaged 0.93 digs per set and paced the squad in service aces with 24. He ranked fifth in the state in aces per set at 0.41.
The 6-4 Murray had double figure kills 13 of the 16 matches he played in with a season-high 22 coming in a tough five-game loss at Santa Barbara City.
He was named first team all-conference for his efforts. Irvine Valley finished with a record of 13-6 in 2015 and made the State Championship quarterfinals.
Murray was also just recently selected as Irvine Valley's male scholar athlete of the year and will be honored at a luncheon put on by the Exchange Club of Irvine later this month.
Murray prepped at Northwood High School in Irvine and was a standout volleyball and basketball player there for the Timberwolves.
