Volunteer Assistant Sean Anastasia-Murphy

09/01/00

- Sean Anastasia-Murphy joins his alma mater this year as a volunteer assistant after helping the Tribe to seven Colonial Athletic Association championships during his five-year career.

As a senior, Anastasia-Murphy was the College’s top finisher at the CAA cross country championships, leading the team to the conference title with his fourth-place showing. He was also a part of the program’s eighth-place showing at the NCAA Championships, finishing as the sixth Tribe harrier across the line. He also ran at the national meet in 2005, finishing 135th overall, and totaled three All-CAA, two All-East, and one All-Southeast honor in cross country.

Anastasia-Murphy, a native of Gloucester, Massachusetts, was also a standout on the track. In 2005 he ran 8:59.26 in the 3,000m steeplechase, the first time a Tribe runner had run under nine minutes since 1996. His most complete season came in 2007, and it started indoors with a 4:09.97 mile at the IC4A Championships. That placed him into the finals of the event, where he would eventually finish third for All-East honors. At the same meet, he won his first conference crown by running the lead-off leg of the distance medley relay which won the IC4A title. He would go on to win the Colonial Relays 3,000m steeplechase and the Penn Relays 4x800m outdoors, and ran at the NCAA Regional in the steeplechase for the third year in a row. He finished his career with five All-East accolades and a single All-CAA citation on the track.

Anastasia-Murphy's Degrees
At William and Mary
Bachelor's of Arts in Film Studies '08