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2012 Women's Water Polo

6 Shannon Purcell

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Danville, Calif.
  • High School Monte Vista
  • Position Attacker
  • Major Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
  • House Affiliation Pforzheimer

Biography

2012 (Senior):
Finished with 27 goals, 34 assists, and 30 steals ...Scored twice in a 14-3 win over Villanova Feb. 12 ... Had a streakof five straight games with two or more assists Feb. 12 - March 2... Netted a hat trick in Harvard''s 14-13 sudden death overtime winover Iona Feb. 26 ... Accumulated two goals, three assists and asteal in a win over Whittier, 15-4, March 12 ... Scored two goalsand had two steals at UC Irvine March 17 ... Found the back of thecage four times, had two assists and two steals during wins overSouthern Division foes Merchyhurst, 10-4, and George Washington,18-12, March 31 ... Registered three goals, five assists andtwo steals in three games to help Harvard to a third-place finishat the CWPA Southern Division Championship.

2011 (Junior):
Led the team in asssits (50), had 30 goals and 29 steals... Dished seven assists and grabbed three takeaways against Iona,then scored twice, had a helper and one steal against VillanovaFeb. 5 ... Handed out four assists and stole the ball once againstFresno Pacific March 14 ... Posted a hat trick with three goalswhile collecting three steals and dishing two assists versusConnecticut College, then handed out four assists and collectedfour steals while scoring twice versus Marist April 2 ... Notchedtwo goals, passed out two helpers and had a steal at Bucknell April9 ... Dished four assists, scored twice and had a takeaway againstMichigan April 10 ... Gave out four assists, scored once and stolethe ball once against George Washington April 16 ... Led the teamin scoring with four goals while adding two helpers and a stealagainst Gannon in the the CWPA Eastern Championship April 29 ...Found the back of the net twice, dished four assists and had atakeaway against Bucknell in the CWPA Eastern Championship April30.

2010 (Sophomore):
Received Harvard''s Most Improved Player award ... Notched a goalagainst Villanova (Feb. 6), Siena (Feb. 6) and New York AthleticClub (Feb. 7) at Harvard Invitational ... Notched a pair of goalsagainst Iona (Feb. 20) and Wagner (Feb. 20) at PrincetonInvitational ... Tallied a goal against Wagner (Feb. 27) at theECAC Championships ... Notched a score against Bucknell at theElite Eight (March 7) … Logged a pair of goals againstFresno Pacific (March 15) … Buried a goal against San JoseState (March 17) ... Scored twice in Harvard’s win over No.19 Cal State East Bay (March 19) … Buried two markersagainst Marist (March 27) … Netted a goal against No. 11Hartwick (April 10) … Tallied a goal against Brown (April18) ... Scored twice against No. 7 Michigan (April 30), Bucknell(May 1) and Maryland (May 2) at the Eastern Championship.

2009 (Freshman):
Scored a goal in season opener against NYAC (Feb. 14) ... Nettedtwo goals against Villanova (Feb. 21) ... Had a tally againstGeorge Washington (Feb. 22) ... Scored four times against Bucknelland twice against Maryland (Feb. 28) ... Had a hat trick againstNYAC (March 14) ... Netted two goals in Harvard''s 8-7 win at SonomaState (March 22) ... Had a goal and a steal in victory over UCSanta Cruz and tallied a goal later in the day against UC Davis(March 26) ... Scored a hat trick at Cal State Monterey Bay (March27) ... Netted a score against Connecticut College (April 5) ...Tallied two goals against Brown at Northern Division Championship(April 18) ... Scored twice against Connecticut College and Uticaat Northern Division Championship (April 19) ... Netted a goalagainst Indiana at Eastern Championship (April 25) ... Tallied ascore in win over Bucknell at Easterns (April 26).

High School
Attended Monte Vista High and earned three letters in water poloand two in swimming ... Captained both teams as senior ... Two-timeAll-East Bay Athletic League selection for water polo and swimming... Water Polo Rookie of the Year in 2006 ... Recognized asAll-America in swimming in 2007 ... Named team''s Most ImprovedVarsity Swimmer ... Water polo squad won back-to-back North CoastSection championships ... Team won three consecutive All-East BayAthletic League titles ... Water Polo Academic All-America member... AP Scholar with distinction ... National Honor Society member... Named to California Scholarship Federation with highest honors... Recipient of Lucia Venos Memorial Award for outstandingperformance in water polo and swimming.

Personal
Father, William, was an All-America water polo player atCalifornia, helping the Bears win the 1974 and 1975 NCAA titles ...Uncle, Jim, was also an All-America water polo player atCalifornia, winning the NCAA championship in 1976 and 1977 ...Brother, John, was an All-America water polo player at UC SantaBarbara ... Sister, Colleen, plays soccer at California ... Aunt,Maureen O''Toole, captured the silver medal at the 2000 SydneyOlympics in water polo.

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2009First-Year

    Driver
    5'6"
    6
  • 6

    2010Sophomore

    Attack
    5'6"
    6
  • 6

    2011Junior

    Attacker
    5'6"
    6
  • 6

    2012Senior

    Attacker
    5'6"
    6