2012-13 Baseball Roster

#15 Jason McMurray 2011-12 Baseball Roster

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Height 6'1''
Weight 185 lbs.
Class Sophomore
Hometown West Des Moines, IA
High School Dowling Catholic
Jason McMurray - Baseball - Notre Dame Fighting Irish

AT NOTRE DAME: One-year monogram winner enters his sophomore season with a .221 career batting average with one home run and six RBI … has added 14 runs scored, three doubles, two triples, five walks, three hit by pitch, three sacrifice bunts and one stolen base (in three attempts) in 29 games (24 starts) … in BIG EAST games, owns a career .323 batting average with a home run and two RBI … has added four runs scored, one double and one triple in 11 games (eight starts) … battled freshman Lane Richards through the fall and spring practice for the starting nod at shortstop … above average defensive infielder with tremendous range and strong throwing arm … outstanding athlete that brings much needed athleticism to program … joins Notre Dame from an outstanding high school program … proven winner throughout his entire high school career.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2012): Saw action in 29 games and started 24 at shortstop … batted .221 (17-for-77) with 14 runs scored, three doubles, two triples, one home run and six RBI … added five walks, three hit by pitch, three sacrifice bunts and one stolen base (in three attempts) … recorded 27 total bases, posted a .351 slugging percentage and .294 on-base percentage … posted a .908 fielding percentage … committed eight errors on 87 fielding chances with 53 assists, 26 putouts and participated in 10 double plays … saw action in 11 BIG EAST games and started eight of them … batted .323 (10-for-31) with four runs scored, one double, one triple, one home run and two RBI … recorded 16 total bases, posted a .516 slugging percentage and .323 on-base percentage … hit .152 (7-for-46) with 10 runs scored, two doubles, one triple, four RBI, five walks, three hit by pitch, three sacrifice bunts and one stolen base (in three attempts) in non-conference games … went 1-for-7 with three runs scored, one double, two walks and one stolen base (in one attempt) in the month of February … hit .146 (6-for-41) with seven runs scored, one double, one triple, four RBI, three walks, two hit by pitch, three sacrifice bunts and no stolen bases (in two attempts) in the month of March … batted .345 (10-for-29) with four runs scored, one double, one triple, one home run and two RBI in the month of April … hit .333 (6-for-18) with six runs scored, one double, one triple, two RBI, two walks, one hit by pitch and no stolen bases (in one attempt) in home games … batted .226 (7-for-31) with two runs scored, one triple, one home run, one RBI, one walk, one hit by pitch and one sacrifice bunt in road games … hit .143 (4-for-28) with six runs scored, two doubles, three RBI, two walks, one hit by pitch, two sacrifice bunts and one stolen base (in two attempts) in neutral-site games … batted .273 (12-for-44) with 13 runs scored, two double, two triples, one home run, five RBI, four walks, three hit by pitch, two sacrifice bunts and one stolen base (in three attempts) in Irish victories … hit .209 (9-for-43) with six runs scored, one double, one home run, two RBI, two walks, two hit by pitch, three sacrifice bunts and one stolen base (in two attempts) in day games … batted .235 (8-for-34) with eight runs scored, two double, two triples, four RBI, three walks, one hit by pitch and no stolen bases (in one attempt) in night games … hit .224 (17-for-76) with 13 runs scored, three doubles, two triples, one home run, six RBI, five walks, two hit by pitch, three sacrifice bunts and one stolen base (in three attempts) in games started … went 0-for-1 in games off the bench with a run scored and hit by pitch … batted .316 (6-for-19) against left-handed pitching … hit .190 (11-for-58) against right-handed pitching … batted .171 (6-for-35) with runners on base … hit .262 (11-for-42) with bases empty … went 1-for-3 (.333) with the bases loaded … reached base three times out of a possible 20 (.150) when leading off an inning … batted .167 (4-for-24) with runners in scoring position … successful on two of four RBI opportunities with a runner on third base and less than two outs … batted .150 (3-for-20) with two outs … advanced 16 base runners on 40 attempts, good for a percentage of .400 … registered six multi-hit games … Notre Dame went 13-11 when McMurray started (all at shortstop) … the Irish went 13-11 when McMurray batted ninth … went 2-for-4 with three RBI, two runs scored and a double against UTSA (Mar. 14) … went 2-for-4 with a run scored, RBI and triple against Eastern Michigan (Mar. 20) … drew two walks and scored three runs against IPFW (Mar. 21) … collected back-to-back games with two hits at Georgetown (Apr. 20 and Apr. 21) … added a triple and home run in the two games … collected back-to-back multiple hit games in the doubleheader against St. John[apos]s (Apr. 27).

PREP & PERSONAL: Named all-conference and all-district as a senior in 2011 at Dowling Catholic H.S. in West Des Moines, Iowa … ranked by Perfect Game as the top player in the state of Iowa … also ranked by Perfect Game as a top 400 player nationally … ranked the 167th-best overall prospect nationally by ProspectWire.com … team captain … helped Dowling Catholic to Iowa state finals … earned letter as starting shortstop … earned letter as starting and all-conference safety in football … also named all-district on the gridiron … led Dowling Catholic to first football state title in 10 years … named Class 4A all-state in football … earned letter and started at guard on basketball team … named all-conference and all-district in 2010 … team captain … … helped Dowling Catholic to Iowa state finals … earned letter as starting shortstop … earned letter as starting and all-conference safety in football … also named all-district on the gridiron … earned letter and started at guard on basketball team … named all-conference in 2009 … helped Dowling Catholic to Iowa state finals … earned letter as starting shortstop … earned letter as starting and all-conference safety in football … named all-conference in 2008 … earned letter as starting shortstop … born Oct. 8, 1992 … full name is Jason Patrick McMurray … son of Scott and Terri McMurray … has two brothers, Brian and Kevin, and one sister, Kylie … enrolled in Mendoza College of Business but has not declared a major.

McMurray[apos]s Career Statistics

Year AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%
2012 .221 29-24 77 14 17 3 2 1 6 27 .351 5 3 19 3 .294 0 3 1-3 26 53 6 .908
Totals .221 29-24 77 14 17 3 2 1 6 27 .351 5 3 19 3 .294 0 3 1-3 26 53 6 .908

McMurray in the BIG EAST Conference

Year AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%
2012 .323 11-8 31 4 10 1 1 1 2 16 .516 0 0 4 2 .323 0 0 0-0 10 18 3 .903
Totals .323 11-8 31 4 10 1 1 1 2 16 .516 0 0 4 2 .323 0 0 0-0 10 18 3 .903