{"id":317484,"date":"2026-05-15T17:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/317484\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T17:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:17:08","slug":"murphy-named-to-nfca-great-lakes-all-region-third-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/317484\/","title":{"rendered":"Murphy Named to NFCA Great Lakes All-Region Third Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                    Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                 ROCHESTER, Mich. &#8211; Oakland Softball&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/goldengrizzlies.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/maggie-murphy\/12676\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"12676\" target=\"_blank\">Maggie Murphy<\/a> has been named to the 2026 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Great Lakes All-Region Third Team, as announced by the organization.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy put together a standout season for the Golden Grizzlies as Oakland&#8217;s designated player, earning Horizon League All-League First Team honors in addition to her regional recognition.<\/p>\n<p>The graduate student was one of Oakland&#8217;s top offensive threats throughout the season, batting .455 with a 1.420 OPS. Murphy totaled 46 hits, including 12 doubles, four triples, and eight home runs, while driving in 35 RBIs.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy consistently delivered at the plate for the Golden Grizzlies, ranking among the Horizon League&#8217;s top hitters in multiple offensive categories while helping lead Oakland throughout the 2026 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The NFCA All-Region teams recognize the top student-athletes across the nation, with honorees selected by NFCA member coaches from each respective region.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; ROCHESTER, Mich. &#8211; Oakland Softball&#8217;s Maggie Murphy has been named to the 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-317484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}