Elizabeth “Betsy” Somerville Bio, Wiki

Elizabeth “Betsy” Somerville is the wife of Mike Purpura an American lawyer who serves as deputy White House counsel and is part of the team defending President Donald Trump in the impeachment trial in the Senate.

Betsy is a former tennis player. She showed a special talent for tennis from an early age and at the age of 11, she won her first title and continued to accumulate victories after that. According to the USTA, Elizabeth Betsy won three state championships in high school, was ranked the #1 junior player in Hawaii, and was ranked nationally as a teenager.

Elizabeth “Betsy” Somerville Education

While at the University of Arizona, Betsy Somerville was the top-ranked tennis player and qualified for the NCAA championships all four years in both singles and doubles, according to the USTA. In 1988, she was named an All-American and also served as a team captain for two years. In 1990, she graduated from Arizona with a bachelor’s degree in communications.

Elizabeth “Betsy” Somerville Career

Upon completing college, Betsy Somerville decided to go professional. According to one of her coaching bios, she competed at the sport’s most high-profile tournaments, including Wimbledon, the Australian Open, the French Open, and the U.S. Open.

According to her profile on the Women’s Tennis Association website, she was ranked #128 in the world as a doubles player in July of 1991. She won 35 professional matches in doubles but never secured a championship title. In 2011, she was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame.

More recently, she has coached at the high school level in her home state. According to her LinkedIn profile, she coached the varsity girl’s team at the Punahou School in Honolulu for three seasons beginning in 2015. Purpura was also a tennis instructor at the Oahu Club from 2009 until 2017.

Elizabeth “Betsy” Somerville Age

Betsy Somerville’s age is not known. Her husband, Mike Purpura, was born in 1970. He is 54 years old.

Elizabeth “Betsy” Somerville Height

Somerville stands at a height of approximately 5 feet 4 inches (1.63 m).

Elizabeth “Betsy” Somerville Family / Parents

Elizabeth Somerville is the daughter of, Hattie, who played competitively for most of her life and was a tennis professional in Kauai. Her dad, John Somerville, played at the collegiate level. She has three siblings. She and her siblings all became involved with tennis thanks to their parent’s love of the sport. Betsy Somerville and her mum won three doubles titles together at the National Senior Mother and Daughter Grass Court Championship. They won the tournament in 2001, 2003, and 2006. Her mother died in 2015 at the age of 81.

Elizabeth “Betsy” Somerville Husband

Betsy Somerville is married to Mike Purpura an American Lawyer. Somerville grew up in Hawaii. She relocated from Honolulu to the Washington, D.C. area when her husband accepted the White House job. The couple appears to have been back and forth between Hawaii and the east coast over the past two decades.

Her husband joined the White House staff around the same time as Pat Cipollone in late 2018. He previously served in the counsel’s office under former Republican President George W. Bush. At present, Purpura is a deputy White House counsel.

Elizabeth “Betsy” Somerville Net Worth

Somerville shares the same net worth as her husband, which is around $5 Million.

The table below answers some of the frequently asked questions about Somerville.