{{Short description|American volleyball player (born 1989)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Use American English|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox volleyball biography | name = Murphy Troy | image = Murphy Troy.JPG | image_size = <!-- Leave this blank for the default size --> | caption = | fullname = Murphy Edward Troy | nationality = American | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|5|31|mf=y}} | birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | height = {{convert|2.02|m|ftin|abbr=on|order=flip}} | weight = {{convert|99|kg|lb|0|abbr=on|order=flip}} | spike = {{convert|360|cm|in|abbr=on|order=flip}} | block = {{convert|350|cm|in|abbr=on|order=flip}} | college = University of Southern California | position = Opposite | currentclub = | currentnumber = 11 | years = 2008–2011<br>2011–2013<br>2013–2014<br>2014–2016 | teams = USC Trojans<br>Andreoli Latina<br>Saint-Nazaire VBA<br>Lotos Trefl Gdańsk | nationalyears = 2011–2016 | nationalteam = {{vb|USA}} | medaltemplates-title = Medal record | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} center|80px {{MedalBronze|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|World Cup}} {{MedalGold|2015 Japan|}} {{MedalCompetition|World League}} {{MedalGold|2014 Florence|}} {{MedalBronze|2015 Rio de Janeiro|}} {{MedalCompetition|NORCECA Championship}} {{MedalGold|2013 Canada|}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Cup}} {{MedalGold|2012 Santo Domingo|}} {{MedalSilver|2011 Gatineau|}} {{MedalCompetition|NORCECA Champions Cup}} {{MedalSilver|2015 Detroit|}} | updated = 28 April 2021 }}
'''Murphy Edward Troy''' (born May 31, 1989) is an American former volleyball player, a member of the United States men's national volleyball team, NORCECA Champion 2013, gold medalist of Pan-American Cup 2012 and World League 2014.
==Personal life== Murphy Troy married his long-time girlfriend Blair Tarnutzer on October 29, 2016 in La Quinta, California.
Troy enjoys visiting his sister Sarah "Sadie" Troy in Virginia, where she has worked as a Historical Interpreter at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello since 2014.
==Career==
===Clubs=== In 2014 Troy moved from France to Polish club Lotos Trefl Gdańsk.<ref>[http://eurosport.onet.pl/siatkowka/plus-liga/plusliga-murphy-troy-siatkarzem-lotosu-trefla-gdansk/1r472 ''PlusLiga: Murphy Troy siatkarzem Lotosu Trefla Gdańsk ''] – eurosport.onet.pl – July 9, 2014</ref> On April 19, 2015 he achieved Polish Cup, which is first trophy of Lotos Trefl Gdańsk in history of club.<ref>[http://www.sportowefakty.pl/siatkowka/515726/pp-historyczny-triumf-w-gdansku-relacja-z-meczu-lotos-trefl-gdansk-asseco-resovi ''PP: Historyczny triumf w Gdańsku! - relacja z meczu Lotos Trefl Gdańsk – Asseco Resovia Rzeszów''] – sportowefakty.pl – April 19, 2015</ref> He was awarded a title of ''Best Server'' of tournament.<ref>[http://www.sportowefakty.pl/siatkowka/515587/pp-mezczyzn-mateusz-mika-z-nagroda-mvp-nagrody-indywidualne ''PP mężczyzn: Mateusz Mika z nagrodą MVP – nagrody indywidualne''] – sportowefakty.pl – April 19, 2015</ref> Then he won with Polish club silver medal of Polish Championship.<ref>[https://sport.trojmiasto.pl/Zloto-dla-Asseco-Resovii-srebro-dla-Gdanska-Lotos-Trefl-Gdansk-n89979.html ''Lotos Trefl wicemistrzem Polski siatkarzy – Złoto dla Asseco Resovii, srebro dla Gdańska''] – sport.trojmiasto.pl – April 28, 2015</ref> In May 2015 signed new one-year contract with Lotos Trefl Gdańsk.<ref>[http://www.plusliga.pl/news/id/11203 ''Murphy Troy zostaje w Lotosie Treflu''] – plusliga.pl – May 6, 2015</ref> Troy left Gdańsk in 2016. He announced his retirement on June 1, 2017.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}
===National team=== In 2014 American national team, including Troy, won gold medal of the World League.
==Sporting achievements==
===Clubs===
====National championships==== * '''2014/2015''' 16px Polish Cup, with Lotos Trefl Gdańsk * '''2014/2015''' 16px Polish Championship, with Lotos Trefl Gdańsk * '''2015/2016''' 16px Polish SuperCup 2015, with Lotos Trefl Gdańsk
===National team=== * '''2011''' 16px Pan-American Cup * '''2012''' 16px Pan-American Cup * '''2013''' 16px NORCECA Championship * '''2014''' 16px FIVB World League * '''2015''' 16px NORCECA Champions Cup * '''2015''' 16px FIVB World League * '''2015''' 16px FIVB World Cup * '''2016''' 16px Olympic Games
===Individual=== * '''2011''' AVCA National Player of the Year * '''2015''' Polish Cup – Best Server * '''2014/2015''' Plus Liga – Top Scorer
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons}} *{{USOPC profile|TR/Murphy-Troy}} *[http://www.plusliga.pl/players/id/26807/Troy-Murphy/ PlusLiga player profile]
{{United States men volleyball team 2015 FIVB World Cup}} {{United States men's volleyball squad 2016 Summer Olympics}} {{Footer USA Volleyball 2016 Summer Olympics}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Troy, Murphy}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from St. Louis Category:USC Trojans men's volleyball players Category:American men's volleyball players Category:American expatriate volleyball players in Poland Category:Trefl Gdańsk players Category:Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in volleyball Category:American expatriate volleyball players in France Category:American expatriate volleyball players in Italy Category:American expatriate volleyball players in Russia Category:21st-century American sportsmen