Carson-Newman women's golf coach Suzanne Strudwick announced the addition of Cydney Murrell to her staff as a graduate assistant coach prior to the 2019-20 season.

This is the first graduate assistant for the program in Strudwick's tenure.

In her first year with C-N, Murrell helped coach an Eagles squad that was ranked as high as No. 24 in the nation in the WGCA poll this season with top five finishes, three of those in the top three. The team's best finish came with a second-place showing at the Music City Invitational in mid-October with a 597 (+21). That finish came with a 296 in the final round, marking the lowest a C-N group has shot for since carding a 292 at the Sunoco Campbell Oil Classic on March 25, 2019. C-N gained two most All-South Atlantic Conference picks that season with Maeve Cummins on the second team and Rachel Watts as an honorable mention.

Murrell comes to Mossy Creek by way of Tusculum where she wrapped up a record-career with the Pioneers this past spring. She racked up a 79.37 scoring average in her time with the team, marking the fourth-lowest career average in program history. Her career average was supremely helped by her 76.67 scoring clip through 12 rounds of play as a senior, including a +19 showing for a share of 21st at the South Atlantic Conference championship tournament that landed her a spot on the All-Tournament second team.

She is third in the team's history on the low 54-hole score list with a 225 at the Agnes McAmis Memorial in 2018. She recorded a low single-round score of 71 four times during her career, tying her for ninth on the program's list for low 18-hole scores.

Murrell graduated from Tusculum with a Bachelor's in Business Administration with Minors in Tax and Finance as well as Coaching. She landed on the Dean's List numerous times and was the treasurer of the Education Club. She also initiated and organized the school's Clothing Closet.