WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue soccer coach Richard Moodie has announced that goalkeeper Claire Wyville will join the program as a graduate transfer for the 2024 season.
A native of Morriston, Ontario, Canada, Wyville comes to the Boilermakers from Memphis, where she helped the Tigers to the NCAA Tournament every season and was a member of five conference-championship teams.
Wyville will be available to play immediately in the fall with one year of eligibility remaining. She will enroll at Purdue in January and participate in the team's spring training and exhibition season.
"We are very excited to bring in our first addition to the program," Moodie said. "Claire comes to us from national powerhouse Memphis and a culture that produces winners. She will be a great addition to our team dynamics both on and off the pitch."
"I chose Purdue because of the coaching staff, the conference and the location," Wyville said. "As soon as I spoke to Richard and (associate head coach) Rob Ward, I knew that Purdue was somewhere I could excel on and off the field. I'm very excited to play for them in such a competitive conference as well. I'm also looking forward to being a little closer to home, especially for family that will make the trip to games now!"
In three years as a goalkeeper, Wyville played in 23 games with 18 starts for the Tigers. She made 41 saves for a .732 save percentage and allowed 15 goals for a 0.74 goals-against average in 1,833 minutes. Wyville amassed a 10-2-6 record with 11 solo shutouts in addition to contributing to four team clean sheets off the bench.
As a redshirt senior in 2023, Wyville played in five games with two starts. She made eight saves with one goal allowed in more than 243 minutes and kept a clean sheet in each start while playing all 90 minutes both contests. Wyville made a season-best three saves twice, against Ohio State on August 24 and vs. North Texas on September 14. The UNT win was the first of back-to-back starts for Wyville, where she did not allow a goal in 180 total minutes. She contributed to a Memphis squad that won both the American Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament titles and advanced to the third round of the NCAA Tournament.
2022 was a breakout campaign for Wyville, where she was recognized as the Most Outstanding Defensive Player at the AAC Championship and named to the All-Tournament Team after guiding the Tigers to an AAC tournament title. Wyville and her team did not lose a game in a their six-game postseason run, which reached the third round of the NCAA Tournament.
She played in and started 16 games as a redshirt junior in 2022, including every conference and postseason match. In more than 1,500 minutes, Wyville made 33 saves for a .702 save percentage with 14 goals allowed for a 0.83 goals-against average. She had nine shutouts and posted a record of 8-2-6. In the NCAA Tournament, Wyville made a career-high-tying four saves in back-to-back games, first in a 1-0 win at No. 10 Saint Louis on November 12 and then in a 4-0 triumph vs. Mississippi State in the second round on November 18. Wyville notched a pair of shutouts and allowed just one goal, to the top-seeded team, with five total saves in the three-game AAC Tournament en route to earning Most Outstanding Defensive Player honors.
The 2022 season for Wyville started with three consecutive shutouts, with four saves against Florida Atlantic on September 8 in her season debut and first collegiate start, two saves at Indiana on September 11 and three vs. UCF on September 15. Another three stops followed in the next game at Cincinnati for 12 saves in four games to begin the campaign. The clean sheets against FAU and at IU, with six total saves, earned Wyville AAC Weekly Honor Roll accolades.
The first game action of Wyville's collegiate career was in 2021, where she came off the bench in two games. She did not allow a goal in nearly 70 minutes. Her career debut was on August 19 with 24 minutes on the pitch in a 4-0 win over Southeast Missouri State, followed by 45 minutes in a 8-0 victory over Arkansas Pine Bluff on August 26.
Wyville did not appear in a game in both the 2019 and 2020-21 seasons.
A national bronze medalist for Ontario in 2018, Wyville helped lead her club team, the Burlington Bayhawks, to the U17 Ontario Cup championship title in 2018. She also played ringette for Guelph and was named an MVP for Team Ontario at the 2019 Canada Winter Games. Wyville attended Bishop Macdonell Catholic High School.
Wyville graduated from Memphis in 2023 with a bachelors of science in health sciences with a concentration in exercise sport and movement science. She was recognized on the AAC All-Academic Team all four years she was eligible from 2020-23 and also earned Academic Honor Roll and Dean's List distinction. Wyville will major in public health at Purdue. Following her playing career, she aspires to obtain her doctorate of physical therapy.
Her parents are Lisa and David Wyville, and she has one sister, Chelsea.
Wyville is the first newcomer to join the Boilermakers since Moodie was announced as the third head coach in program history on November 28. She will join incoming freshman Stephanie Lathrop on the 2024 Boilermakers.
For more on the Purdue soccer team, visit PurdueSports.com/Soccer and follow and connect with the Boilermakers at @PurdueSoccer on Twitter/X, Instagram and Facebook.
A native of Morriston, Ontario, Canada, Wyville comes to the Boilermakers from Memphis, where she helped the Tigers to the NCAA Tournament every season and was a member of five conference-championship teams.
Wyville will be available to play immediately in the fall with one year of eligibility remaining. She will enroll at Purdue in January and participate in the team's spring training and exhibition season.
"We are very excited to bring in our first addition to the program," Moodie said. "Claire comes to us from national powerhouse Memphis and a culture that produces winners. She will be a great addition to our team dynamics both on and off the pitch."
"I chose Purdue because of the coaching staff, the conference and the location," Wyville said. "As soon as I spoke to Richard and (associate head coach) Rob Ward, I knew that Purdue was somewhere I could excel on and off the field. I'm very excited to play for them in such a competitive conference as well. I'm also looking forward to being a little closer to home, especially for family that will make the trip to games now!"
In three years as a goalkeeper, Wyville played in 23 games with 18 starts for the Tigers. She made 41 saves for a .732 save percentage and allowed 15 goals for a 0.74 goals-against average in 1,833 minutes. Wyville amassed a 10-2-6 record with 11 solo shutouts in addition to contributing to four team clean sheets off the bench.
As a redshirt senior in 2023, Wyville played in five games with two starts. She made eight saves with one goal allowed in more than 243 minutes and kept a clean sheet in each start while playing all 90 minutes both contests. Wyville made a season-best three saves twice, against Ohio State on August 24 and vs. North Texas on September 14. The UNT win was the first of back-to-back starts for Wyville, where she did not allow a goal in 180 total minutes. She contributed to a Memphis squad that won both the American Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament titles and advanced to the third round of the NCAA Tournament.
2022 was a breakout campaign for Wyville, where she was recognized as the Most Outstanding Defensive Player at the AAC Championship and named to the All-Tournament Team after guiding the Tigers to an AAC tournament title. Wyville and her team did not lose a game in a their six-game postseason run, which reached the third round of the NCAA Tournament.
She played in and started 16 games as a redshirt junior in 2022, including every conference and postseason match. In more than 1,500 minutes, Wyville made 33 saves for a .702 save percentage with 14 goals allowed for a 0.83 goals-against average. She had nine shutouts and posted a record of 8-2-6. In the NCAA Tournament, Wyville made a career-high-tying four saves in back-to-back games, first in a 1-0 win at No. 10 Saint Louis on November 12 and then in a 4-0 triumph vs. Mississippi State in the second round on November 18. Wyville notched a pair of shutouts and allowed just one goal, to the top-seeded team, with five total saves in the three-game AAC Tournament en route to earning Most Outstanding Defensive Player honors.
The 2022 season for Wyville started with three consecutive shutouts, with four saves against Florida Atlantic on September 8 in her season debut and first collegiate start, two saves at Indiana on September 11 and three vs. UCF on September 15. Another three stops followed in the next game at Cincinnati for 12 saves in four games to begin the campaign. The clean sheets against FAU and at IU, with six total saves, earned Wyville AAC Weekly Honor Roll accolades.
The first game action of Wyville's collegiate career was in 2021, where she came off the bench in two games. She did not allow a goal in nearly 70 minutes. Her career debut was on August 19 with 24 minutes on the pitch in a 4-0 win over Southeast Missouri State, followed by 45 minutes in a 8-0 victory over Arkansas Pine Bluff on August 26.
Wyville did not appear in a game in both the 2019 and 2020-21 seasons.
A national bronze medalist for Ontario in 2018, Wyville helped lead her club team, the Burlington Bayhawks, to the U17 Ontario Cup championship title in 2018. She also played ringette for Guelph and was named an MVP for Team Ontario at the 2019 Canada Winter Games. Wyville attended Bishop Macdonell Catholic High School.
Wyville graduated from Memphis in 2023 with a bachelors of science in health sciences with a concentration in exercise sport and movement science. She was recognized on the AAC All-Academic Team all four years she was eligible from 2020-23 and also earned Academic Honor Roll and Dean's List distinction. Wyville will major in public health at Purdue. Following her playing career, she aspires to obtain her doctorate of physical therapy.
Her parents are Lisa and David Wyville, and she has one sister, Chelsea.
Wyville is the first newcomer to join the Boilermakers since Moodie was announced as the third head coach in program history on November 28. She will join incoming freshman Stephanie Lathrop on the 2024 Boilermakers.
For more on the Purdue soccer team, visit PurdueSports.com/Soccer and follow and connect with the Boilermakers at @PurdueSoccer on Twitter/X, Instagram and Facebook.