Biography
Career Honors
- 2024 All-Patriot League Second Team (2B)
Career Highs:
Hitting
Runs: 3, two times, MR: vs. Lafayette (3/30/24)
Hits: 4, vs. Ohio (2/19/23)
RBI: 6, vs. Lehigh (4/20/24)
Stolen Bases: 2, three times, MR: vs. Holy Cros (3/25/24)
Hit Streak: 10 games, two times, MR: 3/16/24-3/31/24
Pitching
Innings Pitched: 2.2 IP, vs. Maryland Eastern Shore (4/26/23)
Strikeouts: 4, vs. Maryland Eastern Shore (4/26/23)
Longest Outing With One Hit: 1.2 IP, vs. Maryland Eastern Shore (4/10/24)
Longest Outing Without a Walk: 2.2 IP, vs. Maryland Eastern Shore (4/26/23)
2024 (Sophomore)
- Named to the All-Patriot League Second Team
- One of five players to start all 51 games for Navy, including a pair of starts on the mound
- Led team with a .345 batting average, 61 hits, 16 doubles, 31 walks and 14 hit-by-pitches
- The 14 hit-by-pitches are the third most in program single-season history
- The 16 doubles ranked second in the Patriot League while his .345 average, 61 hits, 46 runs scored and 20 steals all finished fourth in the league
- Ranked third in the league with a team-best .473 on-base percentage
- Tied for team lead with 19 multi-hit games and was third with 10 multi-RBI contests
- Ended season on a 15-game on-base streak, also posting a 17-game on-base stretch to start the campaign
- Set a career high with three runs scored on a pair of occasions: Feb. 17 at Elon and March 30 vs. Lafayette
- Mashed a career-high six RBI in the April 20 win over Lehigh, tallying three hits while scoring twice as well
- Posted five-straight two-hit contests from May 5 to May 19
- Made seven appearances on the mound with two starts, compiling a 9.82 ERA over 11 innings while striking out seven batters and earning two saves
2023 (Freshman)
- Played in all 50 games for the Mids, starting 49 contests in the lineup while making four relief appearances on the mound
- Finished third on the team with a .287 batting average and a .387 on-base percentage, tallying the second-most walks (22) and third-most hits (47)
- Tied for third on the Mids with 28 runs scored and 27 RBI
- Tallied the Mids’ third-longest on-base streak of the season from April 8 to May 7
- Posted nine multi-hit games, including a season-best four-hit contest against Ohio on Feb. 19 in which he scored twice and knocked in one RBI
- Notched hits in each of his first five games, including three-straight multi-hit performances
- Made pitching debut on Feb. 21 against Georgetown, recording two outs in a scoreless appearance
- Collected a season-high three RBI in a Navy win to open up the March 18 doubleheader against Bucknell, hitting first collegiate home run as part of a two-hit contest while also recording one out on the mound to earn the winning decision
- Notched one game with multiple extra-base hits, doubling and homering in an April 26 contest against Maryland Eastern Shore, also going on to pitch a season-high 2.2 innings in relief while striking out four
- Finished regular season on a seven-game hit streak, a stretch that included two home runs and three multi-hit games
Prior to Navy
- Spent the 2021 and 2022 seasons at Notre Dame, using one year of eligibility
- Made his collegiate debut on Feb. 27, 2021 against No. 16 Wake Forest
- Registered six appearances during the 2021 campaign for a Fighting Irish squad that claimed the ACC Atlantic Division regular season title, won the South Bend Regional and advanced to the Starkville Super Regional
- Did not see action in 2022
High School
- Lettered five times for the Sayville baseball team, serving as team captain as a junior in 2019
- Earned 2019 First Team All-Long Island, All-State, All-County and All-League, helping Sayville capture its first ever Suffolk County and Long Island Championship
- Threw a no-hitter to win the 2019 Long Island Championship and Led Long Island in home runs with 10 as a junior
- Picked up 2018 Second Team All-Long Island, All-State, All-County and All-League honors
- Also lettered in football three times and basketball once at Sayville, garnering WR/DB First Team All-Long Island, All-State, All-County and All-Conference honors in 2019 along with setting the Long Island single season receiving TD record (20)
- Baseball teammate of Army catcher Jack Quinlan
Personal
- Son of Chris and Lisa Murtha
- Has one brother, Macklin
- Brother is a wide receiver for the Army football team, previously playing for Rhode Island
