Completed Event: Soccer at Creighton on August 21, 2025 , Win , 1, to, 0

Awards and Honors
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2007, 2008) ... Academic All-Big 12 Second Team (2006) ... Cyclone Newcomer of the Year (2005) ... Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (F06, F07) ... ISU Scholar-Athlete (F05, F06, S07, F07, S08) ... Dean’s List (F07)...Cyclone Ironwoman Award (2008).
2008
Received academic All-Big 12 first-team honors...injury in season opener against Illinois essentially ended season...started Illinois match and saw action in three total...played 65 minutes...fired one shot on the season in match at Baylor.
2007
Started 13 of 15 games played on the Cyclone defense ... played a part in five of ISU’s six shutouts ... assisted on Leslie Hill’s game-winner against Montana, delivering a pass over the top of the Grizzly defense to hit Hill in stride ... took a shot in ISU’s Big 12 Championship quarterfinal match against No. 2 Texas A&M.
2006
A staple on the ISU back line, starting 15 games ... dominated the defense in win against Nebraska in all 110 minutes of play ... played all 90 minutes for the Cyclones in the win at Northwestern.
2005
Started 16 games as a freshman ... notched second career assist at Baylor ... recorded her first career shot on goal at Colorado ... recorded first point of her career, setting up the game-winning goal vs. Iowa.
High School
A four-year letterwinner and two-year captain for Plano Senior ... a three-time all-district honoree ... named Dallas Morning News Player of the Week in 2004 ... competed as a member of the Dallas Inter ’87 Blue club team ... named to the all-tournament team in 2004 ... member of the NSCAA all-academic team from 2001 through 2004 ... coached in high school by Diane Davey and in club by Chris Ring ... also lettered in volleyball.
Personal
Born May 15, 1987, in Plano, Texas ... daughter of Robert and Rita Purple ... biology major and psychology minor.