Jessica joins Whittier College as the Assistant Director for Student-Athlete Success and Compliance.  Prior to Whittier Jessica served as the Head Softball Coach at Walnut High School along with being a Life Coach at Fullerton College.  She has a love for athletics and being around student-athletes on a daily basis.  
Purcell is a graduate of BYU with a B.S. in Exercise Science.  There she played on the softball team.  She recently graduated from Concordia University Irvine with an M.S. in Coaching & Exercise Science .
Jessica and her husband Matt have five children Anina, MJ, Anoa, Micah, and Malachi.