Mar 28, 2025 By Jonathan Guth 3 min read

Mya Murray accomplished a great deal in her basketball career, and despite several opportunities to give the pros a shot, the 2020 graduate of Uniontown Area High School, has decided to hang up her basketball shoes.

“I’m done,” said Murray. “I have had some agencies reach out to me, and it’s flattering, but I have no desire to play professionally. I’m grateful for how my basketball career ended, but I’m just ready to start working.”

Murray played her final season at Robert Morris University in Moon Township after suiting up for three years at Brown University. Murray didn’t play for the Bears as an academic freshman because the Ivy League cancelled all sports for the 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which left her a year of athletic eligibility left.

Murray earned her bachelor of arts degree in biology in May, but was looking for a school to complete her master’s degree and found Robert Morris. She headed to Moon Township in pursuit of earning her masters in health administration without giving much thought to playing basketball.

“I wasn’t going to take my fifth year, but (Robert Morris assistant coach) Eddie Benton, who was the one that recruited me to Brown, and then when he got the job here, he called me on a rare Saturday morning, and convinced me to come,” said Murray in a Herald-Standard article on Dec. 17. “It is close to home and I get to pursue my masters.”

The Colonials had a tough start to the season, as they were 1-7 in Horizon League play before winning nine of their last 12 games to earn the fourth seed and first-round bye.

Robert Morris defeated Northern Kentucky, 70-57, in the quarterfinals on March 6 before a home crowd at the UPMC Events Center, but had its season end in the semifinals to top-seed Green Bay, 67-53, on March 10 at the Corteva Coliseum in Indianapolis, Ind.

The Colonials lost both games to Green Bay in the regular season by blowout scores, as the Phoenix won the first game, 78-48, and the second, 71-39, but Robert Morris gave the No. 1 seed a fight in holding a 17-12 lead after the first quarter in the third matchup.

Green Bay used a 21-5 advantage in the second to take the lead and hung on for the victory.

The Colonials’ season finished at 15-16, and Murray was able to play in a conference tournament for the first time in her final season.

“It was an amazing experience to be in the semifinals of the Horizon League tournament,” Murray said. “That’s the farthest the program has been in the Horizon League, so we made history, and it was a close game. It was nice to do a home doubleheader with the men’s team, and for them to win it all made it pretty special.

“At Brown, we never made it to the playoffs. They only take the top four to the conference tournament, and I think the highest we ranked in the Ivy League was fifth, so we just missed it.”

Murray had a double-double in her final game, as she scored 12 points and pulled down 10 rebounds against the Phoenix. She averaged 7.6 points per game and 5.7 rebounds per contest at Robert Morris.

Murray’s career high in points came during her time at Brown, as she scored 21 points and was 9-10 from the field.