Wurzburger was born in Kansas City, Missouri, to Leslie and Robert Wurzburger, and raised in Delray Beach, Florida.[1] Her father played college lacrosse for Maryland (and coached her high school and club teams), and her uncle John was a two-time All-American for Cornell.[2][3] She took up lacrosse at age five.[4] She played club lacrosse for Florida Select and also ran cross country in high school.[1][2]
Wurzburger captained the varsity lacrosse team at the American Heritage School in Delray Beach from its inception when she was in seventh grade in 2015.[2][5] She recorded 58 goals and 42 assists in 11 games that season.[6] Before her eighth grade season in 2016, she verbally committed at age 14 to play at Syracuse, but she switched to the University of North Carolina in 2018.[7][8] She recorded 100 goals and 103 assists as an eighth grader, becoming the first player known to have more than 100 of each in one season.[9] The next year, she recorded 101 goals and 115 assists as the team went 19–1, reaching the regional finals.[10]
As a sophomore in 2018, Wurzburger recorded 105 goals and 116 assists, leading American Heritage to a 23–1 record and their first FHSAA state title.[5][11] She received All-American honors for the third year in a row and was named the Inside Lacrosse National High School Player of the Year.[4] She recorded 104 goals and 105 assists as a junior in 2019, leading the team to the state semi-finals, and was Florida's Miss Lacrosse as the best player in the state for the third year in a row.[6][12] Her last season was shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.[13] She finished high school with the all-time national scoring record of 1,027 points, on 503 goals and 524 assists, and was considered the No. 1 recruit of her class.[3][13]
College career
Wurzburger played for the North Carolina Tar Heels from 2021 to 2024. In her first year, she was named to the ACC All-Freshman team as North Carolina went undefeated until the semi-finals of the 2021 NCAA tournament, falling to Boston College.[1][14] She recorded a career-high 42 assists as a sophomore, making the USA Lacrosse All-American third team, as North Carolina went 22–0 to become undefeated national champions, beating Boston College in the final of the 2022 NCAA tournament.[1][15] As a junior in 2023, she scored a career-high 37 goals and led the team with 35 assists.[1] She was named to the All-ACC second team in each of her last three seasons.[1][16] She concluded her college career with 251 career points (fourth-most in program history) on 115 assists (also fourth) and 136 goals.[1][17]
International career
Wurzburger represented the United States at the Under-19 World Lacrosse Championships in 2019, one of three high school students on the championship-winning team, and scored once and assisted twice to help put away the final over Canada.[18][19] She led the team with 21 goals (tied with Izzy Scane) and a tournament-record 19 assists and was one of five Americans named to the All-World team.[7][19]
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