Abigail Purches joined the Austin Peay State University athletics department as a Student-Athlete Success Advisor, May 2025.
Purches comes to Clarksville from Maryland, where she had served as an assistant athletics academic counselor. During her time in College Park, Maryland, she helped monitor academic progress for the Terrapins’ men’s basketball, football, and gymnastics programs while adhering to academic standards and eligibility in accordance with Big Ten and NCAA guidelines.
Prior to her time at Maryland, Purches was a student practicum intern at Vanderbilt and worked with the Commodores men’s and women’s tennis teams; she was also a graduate assistant at Vanderbilt’s Office of Experiential Learning and Immersion.
Purches began her career at her alma mater, Franklin Pierce University, and served as a campus student ambassador throughout her collegiate career in Rindge, New Hampshire.Â
Purches earned her bachelor’s in history from Franklin Pierce in 2022, before earning her master’s of education from Vanderbilt in 2024.
