Ella Murphy

Ella Murphy salutes the judges after her uneven bars routine inside Lloyd Noble Center.

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Ella Murphy high-fives her teammates after her bar routine against Kentucky.

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Ella Murphy swings on the bars during the Sprouts Collegiate Quad

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Photo by: Shevaun Williams & Associates

Height:
5-3
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Prestonwood Christian Academy
Hometown:
Frisco, Texas

	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor	All-Around
2026	-	9.950	9.975	9.925	-
Career Highs	-	9.950	9.975	9.925	-

HONORS/ACCOLADES
- 2026 NCAA First Team All-American (BB)
- 2026 WCGA First Team All-American (BB)
- 2026 All-SEC Team (UB, BB, FX)
- 2026 SEC All-Freshman Team (UB, BB)
- 2026 WCGA Scholastic All-American
- 2025-26 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

2026 (FRESHMAN)
Earned NCAA First Team All-America honors on beam…earned WCGA First Team All-America honors on beam…named to the All-SEC bars, beam and floor team…named to the SEC All-Freshman team on bars and beam…competed in all 17 meets in 2026…competed on bars and beam in all 17 meets and floor in 16 of 17…set career highs of 9.975 on beam, 9.950 on bars, and 9.925 on floor.

CLUB
Former elite and current level 10 gymnast where she trained at World Olympic Gymnastics Academy (WOGA) under Haiou Sun and Yevgeny Marchenko…member of the 2022 Junior National Team…made her international debut at the 2022 DTB Pokal Cup where she won a team gold….competed at the 2022 City of Jesolo Trophy, earning another team gold… was a two-time competitor at the U.S. Junior Championships…competed at the 2022 Winter Cup where she placed second in the all-around, third on beam and fourth on bars…two-time Nastia Liukin Cup Qualifier… finished second on beam, third in the all-around and on bars and fourth on floor in 2024…earned a fourth place finish on vault at the 2024 DP national championships…gold medalist on beam at Region 3 championships

PERSONAL
Hails from Frisco, Texas…daughter of Robin and Todd Murphy…has two siblings: Jake & Tyler…attended Prestonwood Christian Academy…boasted a 3.7 GPA and was on the AB Honor Roll for four years…plans to major in sociology