Red Bank Regional’s Meghan Murray Racks her 1000th Point Fueling Team’s Spectacular Season

Red Bank Regional’s Meghan Murray Racks her 1000th Point Fueling Team’s Spectacular Season

 
LITTLE SILVER – Meghan Murray has joined former Red Bank Regional female superstars in achieving her 1000th point in basketball. She accomplished this milestone on Feb. 12 in a very exciting game against Southern Regional during the first round of the Shore Conference Tournament. 
 
This season saw the RBR girls basketball team achieve unprecedented success. Under head coach John Truhan III, RBR made the State semifinals in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1998. The Lady Bucs beat neighborhood-rival Red Bank Catholic, also for the first time since 1998. They finished the season with 20 wins – more than Ridge Road-rival Rumson-Fair Haven, as well as RBC – for the first time ever.
 
“It was as good as it gets that day.” Murray recalled of making her milestone score. “We had lots of fans and energy from the bench. It was very exciting to get to 1,000 points, but even more exciting to win the game.  That was the team we lost to last year in the tournament.”
 
Murray has been dribbling a basketball since she was a kindergartener.  She played travel basketball and then progressed to AAU play. But she left both once she entered high school to concentrate on her high school play. 
 
Her stats at RBR include a career total of 1,074 points, with 851 of those points scored in the last two seasons, and a 16.3 points-per-game average.  Murray had 115 rebounds and 135 steals throughout her high school career.  She was nominated six times by the Asbury Park Press as Player of the Week, and was named First Team – All Division in B North. 
 
"Meghan Murray is the student-athlete that parents wish their daughters will grow up to be and the girl parents dream of having their sons marry, “ said Truhan of his star forward. “Any success that the girls basketball team has achieved is directly related to Meghan. She is a role model to all younger players and the epitome of a true leader!"
 
Murray is also a star academic.  She earned membership in the National and Spanish National Honor Societies and is an AP Scholar with Honors.  She plays lacrosse in the spring and is a top scorer in the Shore Conference.  Currently, she has over 200 career goals and is looking to surpass 300 goals, which is extremely rare in girls lacrosse.  Meghan is also a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.  She plans to major in math in college. She feels that she is leaving the RBR basketball team in a good place with many great players ready to take on the next season with a new respect and vitality.
 
GROUP SHOT CAPTION – Meghan Murray with athletic trainer Christine Emrichand coach John Truhan III
 
All others photos are just her, assuming photo credit is courtesy of RBR?
 
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