WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue women's tennis head coach Laura Glitz announced the addition of three new Boilermakers to the roster for the 2024-25 campaign. Kathryn Wilson, Sophie Schwartz and Ellie Morrow will join the program starting in the fall.
KATHRYN WILSON
5-9 | Columbus, Ind.
PREP
• Ranked No. 1 player in Indiana and No. 10 in the Great Lakes Region
• Climbed up to No. 6 in the nation in Tennis RPI
• Lettered four years at Columbus High School
• Garnered First Team All-State honors four times
• Two-time Indiana Singles State Champion in 2023 and 2024
• Became the 12th player in Indiana history to win two state singles titles
• Went a perfect 30-0 in singles play as a junior and 20-1 as a senior
• Posted a 99-2 record in her career
• Reached the Round of 32 in the clay court nationals in 2022
• Won an L3 Dominant Duo and an L4 Mixed Dominant Duo
• Won the Midwest Closed Doubles in 2019 and 2022
PERSONAL
• Full Name: Kathryn Elizabeth Wilson
• Date of Birth: April 25, 2006
• Birthplace: Kettering, Ohio
• Parents: Brian and Mary Beth Wilson
• Siblings: Ashlie
• Places Lived: Columbus, Ind., Dayton, Ohio and Brussels, Belgium
• Major: Supply Chain Operations Management
• Playing on the same team as her sister Ashlie
• Mary Beth was a two-time Big Ten Sportswoman of the Year, three-time All-Big Ten selection, three-time team MVP and guided Purdue to two NCAA Tournaments, as well as an singles and doubles bid in 1998
• Is the 22nd family member to go to Purdue
• Is the fourth family member to play tennis for Purdue, joining her big sister Ashlie, mom Mary Beth and uncle Ryan Maggart
ELLIE MORROW
5-9 | Houston, Texas
PREP
• Three-star recruit from Tennis Recruiting Network
• Tabbed the No. 15 player in Texas and No. 15 in the Gulf States
• Climbed up to No. 29 in the Tennis RPI
• Reached a career high of 81 in the USTA singles and 32 in doubles
• USTA L2 doubles champion and won several L3, L4 and L5 singles and doubles titles
• Earned the USTA L1 Winter Nationals Bronze Ball
• Two-time doubles champion in the Southern Preparatory Conference
• Two-time SPC team champion
PERSONAL
• Full Name: Ellie Harper Morrow
• Date of Birth: Aug. 31, 2005
• Birthplace: Houston, Texas
• Parents: Bruff and Harper Morrow
• Siblings: Cate
• Places Lived: Houston, Texas
• Major: Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering
• Was a rodeo barrel racer in her youth
• USA representative for the F.I.S.E. United Space School and a Herder Fellowship Grant recipient
• Girl Scout Silver Award honoree in 2020
• Interned twice at the NASA Johnson Space Center
SOPHIE SCHWARTZ
5-4 | Coppell, Texas
PREP
• Four-star recruit by Tennis Recruiting Network
• Tabbed No. 14 player in Texas and the Gulf States Region
• Reached No. 77 in the Tennis RPI
• Selected all-conference all four years and won the league MVP three times
• Guided the Greenhill School to a 40-2 record
• Won multiple titles at the L2, L3 and L4 levels in singles and doubles throughout career
• Picked up five L4 Texas singles titles and nine doubles championships
• Competed in the Winter Nationals twice, Easter Bowl once, National Clay Courts five times, the National Hard Courts four times and Indoor Nationals once
PERSONAL
• Full Name: Sophie Anne Schwartz
• Date of Birth: Sept. 1, 2005
• Birthplace: Coppell, Texas
• Parents: Derek and Cynthia Schwartz
• Major: Chemistry
• Derek played football and baseball at Washington St. Louis, graduating in 1991
• Cynthia played tennis at Illinois, graduating in 1992, reaching the NCAA Doubles Tournament in 1988, garnering an All-Big Ten selection and the scholar-athlete award in 1991
• Fourth-generation Boilermaker
• Her aunt, Julia (Chambers) Embree, was a three-time team captain the women's tennis program at Purdue in the late 1980s