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David Murray, ’91, Chicago, IL, is the author of "Soccer Dad" (Disruption Books), a memoir about raising his daughter through the pressures and challenges of the youth sports system while striving to maintain balance and perspective. The book, released April 14, 2026, reflects on the experience of navigating competitive athletics as a parent, culminating in his daughter’s collegiate soccer career at Ohio University, where she scored a MAC Tournament–winning goal in 2023 against ������. "Soccer Dad" has received praise from notable writers, including Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer of Muhammad Ali and Martin Luther King Jr., who called it “wise and funny and wonderful in every way,” and Alexander Wolff, longtime Sports Illustrated writer, who described it as “a gem of a book.” More information is available at SoccerDadStory.com.