Laura Purser-Rose

Following her rookie season, Purser-Rose played professional baseball for the Durham Dragons and Tampa Bay Firestix. In 2004, Purser-Rose was named to the inaugural roster for the United States women's national baseball team to compete in several tournaments over the summer. She pitched their first complete game at the International Baseball Federation World Cup of Women's Baseball against Australia. The following year, she accepted a coaching position with Everglades High School and led the team to a 19–7 record. She left the position in her second year to accept a federal government position.

As a result of her softball achievements, Purser-Rose was invited to spring training by the women's professional baseball team, the Colorado Silver Bullets. Prior to joining the Silver Bullets, she trained with the Oklahoma Sooners baseball men's team for three weeks. Purser-Rose made the team and played with them for the entirety of the 1997 season. Although she played softball since a young age, she was required to learn how to pitch in baseball "from scratch." During her rookie season with the Silver Bullets, they toured the United States playing against men's semi-professional teams in big-league parks. Prior to playing in Fenway Park, she asked if a woman had ever signed their name on the inside wall of the Green Monster. Upon being told no, she became the first woman to sign her name on the wall. In 1999, Purser-Rose was invited to Tokyo to observe and help implement the selection of a Japan women's national baseball team.

Upon graduating from high school, Purser-Rose played NCAA Division III softball at Barry for two years before transferring to the University of Oklahoma (OU). As a junior and senior, she played her final two NCAA seasons of softball and varsity soccer at OU. While at OU, Purser helped lead the softball team to a Big 12 Conference softball tournament championship and was voted to the All-Regional Selection team. She was also named to the first-team all-Big Eight for the 1994–95 season.

Laura Purser-Rose (born 1974) is an American former professional baseball player. As a member of the Colorado Silver Bullets, Purser-Rose became the first woman to sign her name on the Green Monster at Fenway Park. She was also one of the first players for the United States women's national baseball team.

Purser-Rose was born in 1974 in Sunrise, Florida. Growing up in South Florida, she was only allowed to play slow-pitch softball but she practiced baseball with her older brothers. However, when her family moved to Alabama, she played on the boys' baseball team where she was named MVP twice.