‘My head was just spinning’: Out-of-blue offer takes QU graduate from college sports medicine to working with NBA superstar

By David Adam, MRN Editor | October 30, 2021
Murphy Grant, athletic trainer for two-time NBA All-Star Donovan Mitchell, is shown on the floor before the Utah Jazz played Thursday at Houston. | Photo by Trey Kamberling, Manager of Basketball Content, Utah Jazz

QUINCY — The call was unexpected. So was the offer. In the matter of a few days, Murphy Grant’s professional life changed forever. He was in Quincy last weekend, accepting his induction into the Quincy University Sports Hall of Fame on Oct. 23, celebrating with family and college friends.  Three days later, he was back…

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QU inducts acclaimed athletes, two Final Four teams into Sports Hall of Fame

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | October 23, 2021
The 1994 Quincy University women's soccer team was inducted into the QU Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday. Photo courtesy Brendan Saak

QUINCY — Three acclaimed athletes, two Final Four teams and a devoted volunteer were inducted into the Quincy University Sports Hall of Fame during a ceremony Saturday morning in the Hall of Fame Room on the QU campus. Frank Vinciguerra, who played on the men’s soccer team from 1973-76; Murphy Grant, a football player from…

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