Jayla Murray

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
F
Height:
6-1
Experience:
TR
Hometown:
St. Louis, Mo.
High School:
Winter Haven
Prev. School:
Wichita State

At Wichita State
Spent two seasons at Wichita State … Played in all 32 games, starting every game except the senior day game in 2024-25 season ... Leading scorer and rebounder for the Shockers, averaging 12.4 points and 5.3 rebounds per game ... AAC Second Team All-Conference ... Finished in double figures 22 times with two 20-point performances and two double-doubles ... Led the team in scoring 10 times, rebounding seven times and assists six times ... Was named to the AAC weekly honorable mention player of the week list after earning 14 points with six rebounds and four assists in the win at LMU ... Played in 30 games, getting 18 starts and scoring in double figures eight times during the 2023-24 season … 2023-24 ACC Academic All-Conference.

At Florida Southwestern State
Spent two seasons at FSS … 2021-22 Southern Conference Player of the Year … 2021-22 All-Southern Conference … 2021-22 NJCAA Third-Team All-American … 2021-22 FCSAA All-State First Team … Led the team in scoring (14.1) and rebounding (7.2), while starting all 27 games as a true freshman … Earned seven double-doubles, 21 games in double figures, including six games over the 20 point mark in her first year … Earned FCSAA Player of the Week accolades after two consecutive double-doubles … Averaged 12.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.0 block per game her sophomore season before suffering a season-ending injury eight games in.

High School
Four-year letterman, playing three years at Tampa Bay Tech and one at Winter Haven … Averaged 9.9 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game her senior season … 2018-19 All-Western Conference … Led Tampa Bay Tech to win 2019 State Championship, earning Player of the Game … Earned district champion honors all four years … Named regional champion in three of those seasons.

Personal
Born February 11, 2003 to Lakwanda and Jerome Murray … Has three brothers, Jerome, Jordan, and Jacobi … Father, Jerome, played basketball at Nevada … Majoring in psychology … Wants to play professional basketball, be a child psychologist or own her own daycare ... Graduate certificate in online entrepreneurship ... Masters in early childhood education.