BYU Highlights
- No. 3 in career rebounding average (11.5)
- No. 10 in career rebounds (753)
- No. 14 in career field goal percentage (322-700; .460)
- 2017 WCC Defensive Player of the Year
- 2017 All-WCC First Team
- 2016 WCC Newcomer of the Year
- 2016 All-WCC First Team
- 2016 WCC Championship All-Tournament Team
- Tom Weston Classic All-Tournament Team
- Three-time WCC Player of the Week (2015-16)
- Finished 2015-16 season with 18 double-doubles, the most by any BYU player in a season at the time
- Led the Cougars in rebounds with 12.6 boards and in assists with a 4.7 average (2015-16)
- Scored in double figures in 21 games; had 3-plus assists in 21 games; had nine games with at least 3-plus steals; was the rebound leader in 27 games; was the assist leader in 14 contests
- Became BYU’s season record holder in total rebounds in a season with 416 boards
Before BYU
At Hutchinson Community College
- Named NJCAA Division 1 Women’s Basketball First Team All-America
- Most decorated player in Blue Dragon women’s basketball history
- In 2014-15 led the team to a 36-1 record, a fifth straight Jayhawk West Championship, fourth-consecutive Region VI Tournament Title and a berth in the NJCAA tournament national championship game for the second-straight season
- In her two seasons at HCC, the team compiled a 72-2 record
- Was an honorable mention NJCAA All-America selection in 2013-14
- Two-time First Team All-Jayhawk West Region
- Two-time Region VI honoree
- 2014 Jayhawk West Freshman of the Year
- 2015 Jayhawk West MVP
- 2015 Region VI Tournament MVP
- Two-time NJCAA Tournament All-Tournament selection
- Two-time Region VI Tournament All-tournament selection
- Set single-season record for points scored (684), total field goals (275), total rebounds (443), rebounding average (12.0) and double-doubles (27)
- Set the school’s first-ever triple-double with 19 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists against Coffeyville in November 2014
- As a sophomore, averaged 18.7 points per game, 11.8 rebounds per game, 1.3 blocks per game, 5.0 assists per game, 3.6 steals per game
At John Paul College High School
- Member of John Paul College High School team that won three straight national championships
- Named Most Improved Sportsman
Other
- Played on the Queensland U18 team that won three-straight Australian State Championship silver medals
- In 2008 was on the New Zealand U17 national team
- In 2013 played for the New Zealand national team, Tall Ferns
- In 2015 played on the New Zealand national team
Personal
- Parents are Ingrid and Brian Purcell
- Born in Auckland, New Zealand
- Has three brothers and three sisters