PORTLAND, Ore. – Women's track and field runner Maya Murphy-Cook and men's tennis player Nick Oberg have been named the University of Portland U.S. Bank Student-Athletes of the Month for April.
Murphy-Cook nabbed wins in multiple events over the course of the month. She won five races in total with seven top-three finishes. Murphy-Cook won the 200-meter dash four times and the 100-meter dash once at the Lewis and Clark Invitational Meet on April 17.
The Roseville, Calif. native set personal records in the 200m twice in April. Murphy-Cook's time of 24.95 seconds at the Oregon Relays was a new personal best and was good for second-place all-time in program history.