Missouri State

MICHELLE WITZKE MURPHY
Volleyball, 1994-97
Inducted February 24, 2007

Michelle Witzke had a stellar four-year career for the volleyball Bears from 1994 to 1997, playing her first two seasons for coach Linda Dollar and her final two for Melissa Stokes. A powerful outside hitter, Witzke was on the all-conference second team her sophomore and junior seasons before winning All-MVC first-team honors her senior year. She easily led the Valley in kills (667) and kills per game (5.70) as a senior and was fifth in the league in digs. She led the Bears in kills in 20 of the 1997 season's matches and had double figures in kills in 29 of 32 matches for the Bears. Witzke was also on the MVC All-Tournament Team in 1996 and 1997 and on the MVC All-Freshman Team in 1994. She was selected to the MVC scholar-athlete team each of her last three years. Leading the Bears in kills three years in a row, she was a CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team selection as a senior. Witzke racked up a four-year total of 1,919 kills and 4,944 attempts, which were MVC career records at the time, while her 1,343 career digs ranked No. 2 on Missouri State's career list.