University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2008: Finished the regular season with an 8-11 record ... Was 2-0 against Sacred Heart (12/1) ... Won all three bouts he fenced against Haverford (1/26).

2007: Went 20-24 on the season and 3-9 in Ivy League bouts in foil ... Recorded 3-0 sweeps of opponents from Sacred Heart (12/2), North Carolina (1/27), MIT (2/4) and Yale (2/11).

2006: Second-team All-Ivy ... Went 21-11 in the regular season and 11-4 in Ivy League bouts ... Finished 10th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional (3/5) ... Placed second in the C-Division at the IFA Championships (2/25) ... Along with Ron Berkowsky and Michael Galligan, helped the foil team finish first at the IFA Championships (2/25) ... Was 3-0 against opponents from Yale (2/5) ... Went 3-0 against opponents from Penn State (1/28).

2005: Went 6-0 against Haverford and Duke at the Penn State Multi-Meet ... Picked up a win in his only bout, against North Carolina, at the MIT Multi-Meet. 

High School: Went 10-0 in the 2004 Sunshine State Games ... Ranked 18th in the USFA in 2003 ... Three-year letterwinner in soccer ... Was a member of district and county championship soccer teams as a sophomore and senior.  

Personal: Born March 11, 1986 ... Son of Joy and Jeff Purcell ... Father was a semi-pro baseball player ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences as an anthropology major.