University of Denver Athletics

Honors and Awards: Four-Time All-Summit League Team (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)...Nine-Time Summit League Women’s Tennis Player/Peak Performer of the Week (2/16/21, 3/02/21, 4/27/21, 3/01/22, 3/08/22, 2/07/23, 3/07/23, 3/14/23, 4/15/24)…2020 ITA Mountain Region Rookie of the Year...Three-Time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2022, 2023, 2024)...2024 Academic All-Big 12 Team...

2023-24: Finished 19-12 in singles (11-6 in duals, 5-0 in Summit League) and 27-11 in doubles (12-4 in duals, 4-0 in Summit League)...played at No. 2 singles (with one appearance at No. 1) and No. 1 doubles with partner Andrea Burguete Beltran...held season-high national doubles ranking of No. 62 with Burguete Beltran...won ITA Mountain Regional doubles title with Burguete Beltran to advance to ITA National Fall Championships...logged doubles wins over then-No. 37 Quiterio/Teixido Garcia from Charlotte and then-No. 50 Johnson/Mavor from SMU...finished ranked No. 4 in singles and No. 5 in doubles with Burguete Beltran in ITA Mountain Regional rankings...

2022-23: Won 30 singles matches and went 16-2 in dual matches with 15 wins coming at No. 3 singles...won only appearance at No. 2 singles...held perfect 5-0 record in Summit League singles matches...started spring dual match season on 11-0 win streak...won 10 doubles matches, eight of which came at No. 1 slot with two different partners...finished ranked No. 8 in ITA Mountain Region singles rankings and No. 7 in doubles ranking with partner Taylor Melvile.

2021-22: 15-6 in singles action, including 7-1 in Summit League play…15 singles wins was a team high in 2022…4-2 on court two and 11-4 on court three…6-2 in Denver’s last 10 matches, winning each of her last three…14-7 in the top of Denver’s doubles lineup with partner Camille Verden-Anderson…7-3 in the Pioneers last 10 matches of the season.

2020-21: 12-4 in singles play, playing 15 of her 16 decided matches on the Pioneers No. 3 court…7-2 in her last nine decisions…11-3 in doubles action, including a 7-2 mark on court one….Played all but one doubles match with Camille Verden-Anderson...Ranked 59^th in doubles with partner Camille Verden-Anderson at the end of March.

2019-20: 11-5 in singles play, seeing all 16 matches of action on Denver's No. 3 court...Won her last four singles match...3-0 in doubles play, playing all three of her court three doubles matches with Tatum Burger. 

Before Denver: Touted as a five-star recruit on tennisrecruiting.net, being ranked as high as 29^th in the nation for the class of 2019...Represented Southern California at the 2017 Maze Cup and multiple team zonal championships while attending Laurel Springs and El Camino High School...Won the silver ball at the 2019 USTA National Open Hard Court Championships...

Personal: Daughter of Zachary and Kirsten Pursell...Has an older brother, Cole, and older sister, Quinne...Intends to major in business...Chose the University of Denver because of its size, academics, location and tennis program...Enjoys listening to country pop music...Her favorite TV shows include "Criminal Minds" and "Friends"...Her favorite movies include "How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days," "The Proposal" and the "Kingsman" series...