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2022-23 Rowing Roster

Laura Purvis

  • Height 5-9
  • Class GS
  • Hometown Clare, Adelaide, Australia
  • Highschool Seymour College

Biography

2022-23 (Gr.) -  Competed in every race with the first varsity four … beat Michigan, Rutgers, Indiana, Ohio State, Alabama and Michigan State at the Big 10 Invite … at the Pac 12 Challenge, bested Iowa … finished in first nearly nine seconds ahead of second at the AAC Championship … captured the Mustangs' third straight AAC title … finished in third in the opening race of the NCAA Championship, qualifying for the A/B semifinal … in the petite final, placed in fourth, good for a 10th place national finish … as a team the Mustangs finished in ninth place, their best ever finish …


2020-21 (Jr.): American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team...Finished first in the 2V4+ boat at the AAC Championships...Finished fourth in the A-Final race as a member of the 1V4+ boat at the Longhorn Invitational...Beat Notre Dame and Louisville in the 2V4+ boat at the Cardinal Invitational on Mar. 13-14...Beat No. 8 Iowa as a member of the 2V4+.

2019-20 (So.): Raced to a second-place finish in the 1V4+ at Alabama in the only event of the spring season. (Canceled after first event)

2018-19 (Fr.): Finished second in the 2V4+ at Alabama…Raced in the 1V8+ and 2V8+ against Creighton, winning three of four races…Competed in the 2V4+ at the Sunshine State Invite and the 1V4+ at the Cooper Sprints, finishing sixth in the Grand Final.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19FR

    5'9"

  • 2019-20SO

    5'9"

  • 2020-21JR

    5'9"

  • 2021-22SR

    5'9"

  • 2022-23GS

    5'9"