Background
• Graduated from Wooster School in 2025
• Rowed club at GMS Rowing Center and also played soccer and lacrosse
• Starting rowing her junior year under head coach Guenter Beutter at GMS
• Two-time HVAL champion in soccer (2021-22) and HVAL champion in lacrosse (2023)
• Earned high academic honors every trimester in high school
• Placed fourth in the U19 2x at the 2025 Canadian Henley
• Finished sixth in the U19 2x at the 2025 Youth Nationals
• Placed third at regionals in the novice 2x in 2024
Personal
• Charlotte Elizabeth Purkiss
• Born in Danbury, Conn.
• Daughter of Richard Allen Purkiss and Shira Purkiss
• Has three sisters, Lilly, Alice and Cece
• Spent first year of college at Holy Cross
• Transferred to UVA because of its great academics and athletics