2025-26 Women's Tennis Roster
Roster
Issey Purser
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Queenswood School
- Hometown:
- Ascot, United Kingdom
2024-25 (JUNIOR)
Earned ITA Scholar-Athlete accolades ... Garnered Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honors ... Earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades ... Recipient of MSU Scholar-Athlete Award for having highest cumulative grade point average on team ... Earned a 9-8 overall singles record, including a five-match win streak, starting vs. West Virginia (Jan. 26), rallying from dropping first set to win next two, through Columbia (March 2), winning the last five in straight-sets … Notably put up one of two points for the Spartans against No. 57 Columbia (March 2), defeating Salma Farhat, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 … Went 7-2 in singles play during the fall tournament season … Slated a 12-18 overall doubles record … Helped secure the doubles point for the Spartans in their final home match against Oregon with redshirt-sophomore Hanna Tsitavets, 6-3.
2023-24 (SOPHOMORE)
Earned ITA Scholar-Athlete accolades ... Finished the season with an 8-14 overall record … Had three wins at the No. 4 slot and a pair of victories on the No. 3 and No. 5 courts … Picked up back-to-back victories against Columbia’s Winta Tewolde in a dominant showing (6-0, 6-1) and Ball State’s Sydney Hrehor (6-2, 6-3) … Recorded her first career Big Ten singles victory over Minnesota’s Zeyneb Sarioglan (6-3, 6-3) … Went 10-11 overall in doubles including a 7-9 mark in dual matches … Had a 7-3 record alongside Ria Bhakta, the tandem won three-straight matches against Dartmouth (2/4), Toledo (2/9) and Western Michigan (2/11).
2022-23 (FRESHMAN)
ITA Scholar-Athlete … Started her freshman campaign strong with a 5-3 singles record, ultimately finishing the year with a 9-16 singles mark … Went 3-1 at the ITA Midwest Regionals … Earned first singles win of the spring in her debut in what was a 5-2 win over Toledo … Earned consecutive non-conference victories versus Emma Davis of Marquette and Blessing Nwaozuzu of Xavier … Went 13-10 overall in doubles including a 10-8 mark in dual matches … Had a 7-4 record alongside Nicole Conard including an impeccable 5-1 mark at the No. 3 slot.
PERSONAL
Born Isabelle Brooke Purser in the summer of 2004, Purser is a native of Ascot, United Kingdom... She is the only daughter and youngest child of Karen Ruane and Ian Purser... Has one older brother, Luke, who was a four-year student-athlete in men's tennis at Youngstown State... Currently majors in Finance at MSU and expects to graduate in 2026... Aspires to one day work in Finance in New York... Attended Claires Court Sixth Form for two years and spent three years at the Queenswood School... Was a Great Britain National Schools 18U Champion and placed third in the World Schools in Italy... Competed in the 2021 Wimbledon Juniors.
