University of North Dakota Athletics

Murdock dominated for the North Dakota track & field program, earning multiple conference and national accolades in the shot put.
 
He is a four-time All-America selection, earning two indoors and another pair outdoors. Murdock became the second UND student-athlete to earn a podium finish at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships in the shot put, placing second in 1995 before a sixth-place finish in 1997.
 
Murdock also shined outdoors in the same event, placing sixth in 1995 and eighth in 1998 at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships. His throw in 1995 remains the best at a national championship by a UND men's thrower.