TORRINGTON – Torrington senior Logan Murphy signed her national letter of intent Tuesday to continue her basketball and academic career for the Eastern Wyoming College Lady Lancers next year.

“I’m pretty excited. It was quite the decision to make. It was stressful,” Murphy said after signing on Tuesday. “I’m glad that I decided to go with basketball and I’m excited to go on next year, enrolled in the vet tech program and just get to join the girls basketball team and get to meet the girls.”

For the Lady Blazers last year, Murphy posted an impressive stat line, averaging 9.5 points and 8.4 rebounds over 20 games for Torrington. She also had active hands on the defensive end of the floor, averaging 3.0 steals and 0.5 blocks per game in the post. As a junior for Torrington, Murphy averaged 8.7 points, 6.9 boards, 1.5 assists and 2.2 steals per game.

For her efforts on the hardwood, the Lady Blazer earned all-conference as both a junior and senior. Murphy spent a majority of her time on the court in the post for the Blazers, but she will be looked at more as a guard at the next level.

“It’ll be a little transition for her, but we play a lot of motion offense so our people are inside, outside and moving around all the time,” EWC coach Tom Andersen said. “I think she’ll adjust to that fine, once we get her with the other players and our style of play. It’ll come along pretty quickly for her.”

Murphy was a standout athlete for the Lady Blazers across sports. She was all-conference in volleyball as a senior and reached the state track meet as a sophomore and junior. She won a state championship in 2017 as a member of Torrington’s 400-meter relay team.

“I was verbally committed for volleyball, but I had been thinking that maybe basketball would be an option too,” Murphy said of her decision to play basketball at the next level. “After basketball season ended, I was really thinking about it and I just weighed my options… I took a couple weeks and I guess my heart just went with basketball.”

Now that Murphy has made the decision to pursue basketball at the next level and enter the veterinary technician program, she will be focused on developing her game for the next level.

“I definitely need to work on some basic skills just to improve, but I think I can put something on the table for next year,” Murphy said. “It’s definitely a faster tempo than high school, which I’ll have to adjust to, but I think I can handle it.”

Murphy said her main draw to EWC was the academic program, but that women’s basketball happened to fit. Andersen is said he is happy to keep local talent in the area.

“It’s great to have kids that are from the hometown or from the area, either regional or statewide,” he said. “It’s great to have those kids come into your program and be successful and I think Logan can do that for us, so we are definitely looking forward to that.”