Whitney Purser Class: Senior Hometown: Howey-In-The-Hills, Fla. High School: Lake Highland Height: 5-9 Position: Outside Hitter

2005: Named to the All-Southern Conference First Team... Topped 1,000 career kills in the Oct. 22 match at The Citadel, becoming the 12th woman in Lady Paladin volleyball history to reach milestone... Finished the season with 1,129 kills for her career, ranking her tied for eighth in Furman history... Named all-tournament at the Winthrop Invitational and Auburn/Mizuno Challenge... Earned Southern Conference Player of the Week honors on Oct. 10, following a pair of 20-kills matches versus Elon and Western Carolina... Posted season-best hitting percentage of .556 in Sept. 24 match against The Ctadel. (5-0-9)... Totaled 23 kills in five-game loss at Western Carolina... Claimed 18 digs in Sept. 10 win over North Florida... Totaled double digit kills in 21 matches, topping 20 on six occasions... Ranked second in the SoCon in kills per game (3.87) and fifth in points per game (4.37)... Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2004: Played in 30 matches and 110 games... Ranked first on the team in kills per game (3.84) and sixth in the SoCon... Also led the team in service aces, with 32, and was second in digs, with 302... Tied her personal best for kills in a match, with 25 versus East Carolina (9-3-04) and set a new digs mark with 24 in the Nov. 13 match against Davidson... Recorded another personal best with five blocks in the Oct. 24 match against Chattanooga and tied career-high for aces with five against UNCG on Sept. 28... Recorded 20 or more kills in seven matches with double digit digs on 13 occasions... Named to the all-tournament team at the Furman Invitational... Named to Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2003: Played in 30 matches and 106 games as a true freshman... Second on the team in digs, with 220 on the year... Also recorded 272 kills and a team-best 48 service aces, which ranked sixth in the Southern Conference... Recorded season-best 25 kills in Oct. 10 match at Davidson... Tallied a personal-best 18 digs, also in the Oct. 10 match at Davidson, then again in Oct. 21 match versus UNC Greensboro... Had 28 blocks on the year, including a season-high four in Sept. 6 match against East Carolina... Tallied double-digit kills on 10 occasions and twice topped the 20-kill mark... Also totaled double-digit digs 11 times... Named to Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

High School: Led her Lake Highland Prep team to three district championships and two class 2A sweet 16 showings... Named team captain as a senior and was invited to the Florida Coach's Association All-Star Game... Recipient of the varsity Leadership/Booster Award and was named to the Lake Gibson All-Tournament Team... Played club ball for the Orlando Volleyball Academy, which advanced to the 2002-03 Nationals.

Personal: Whitney Nicole Purser was born December 3, 1984, in Orlando, Florida... Daughter of John and Michelle Purser... Sister, Kamrin, played volleyball at Rollins College, cousin, Scott Line, played tennis for Furman... Major is communications.