The most decorated athlete in South Dakota track and field history, Stephanie (Gebhart) Murphy, will be inducted to the Henry Heider Coyote Sports Hall of Fame on Sept. 10.
Murphy compiled a program-record 21 All-America accolades in her time as a Coyote, 11 as a relay member, seven in the 400 meters and three more in the 200 meters. She’s a two-time national runner-up, earning silver in the 400 indoors as a sophomore and placing second again as a member of the distance medley relay in 2008. She recorded 13 top-five finishes at NCAA championship meets.
“It’s a huge honor, very humbling,” said Murphy. “When you go to do a college sport, sometimes it’s just trying to survive being a student-athlete and everything that entails. I don’t think anyone ever dreams of getting to this and it’s just a huge honor.”
The journey to those Division II Championship meets began with Coyote track and field coach Lucky Huber convincing Murphy, a native of Elkton, South Dakota, to choose Vermillion and the University of South Dakota. To this day, she remains grateful that she did.
“I am so thankful to USD,” said Murphy. “I truly believe one of the best decisions I ever made was going to the University of South Dakota. I cannot imagine how different my life would have been. I had success on the track, that was great, but it was more the relationships I formed. I met my husband there. It just set me up for the rest of my life.
“Lucky always emphasized being a student and then an athlete too, which I think is important. That’s part of the reason why he’s been so successful. The winning part kind of comes second. He always wants you to be a good student, a good mother, a good person, which is so important and I don’t think that you get that everywhere. That’s something that makes the U. pretty special.”
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