Balance Beyond the Court

Murphy proves one can be a student and an athlete Audrey Neale The student or athlete, which comes first? Some NCAA athletes think a decision must dictate one or the other. For Colorado State’s McKenna Murphy, the answer is both. “She’s the model of what I want from a student-athlete,” academic coordinator Grace Dulion said. “I want somebody who can come in here, do their schoolwork, be successful in it, and actually care and be successful on the court. She shows that you can do both.” A biomedical sciences major with a GPA of 3.936, Murphy has become one of…