2022 SEASON: Ranked fourth among all pitchers on the staff with 25 or more innings pitched in earned run average with a 2.77 mark and was second among all Wheaton relievers ... Led the team with 23 appearances and struck out 21, while issuing just five walks in 26 innings pitched ... Allowed just one home run to 104 batters faced, while notching a save and owning a 1-0 win-loss mark ... Did not allow an earned run in 18 of 23 outings and strung together 10 straight scoreless appearances from April 22 to May 21, allowing just four hits over 13 1/3 innings pitched, while striking out 11 and giving up just two base on balls Tossed more than one inning in an appearance on six occasions, including two and two-thirds of an inning, where he allowed just two hits in a 7-2 win over Massachusetts Institute of Technology on May 8 in the New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference Tournament ... Struck out the side in his only inning of work vs. Johnson & Wales University in the opening game of the NCAA Regional Tournament on May 20 ... Was extremely durable, pitching in consecutive games six times during the season, including four straight games, where he gave up just two hits and struck out five batters over five innings from May 7-21.
2021 SEASON: Did not appear in any contests during the shortened season due to COVID-19.
2020 SEASON: Appeared in two games ... Recorded 2.0 innings pitched with one strikeout ... Also recorded a 4.50 earned run average before the season was canceled.
BEFORE WHEATON: Graduated from Scituate High School in 2019 ... Four-year letterwinner in both baseball and basketball in addition to earning three letters in soccer for the Spartans ... Named All-State in baseball for Scituate High School and earned the Division 2 Cy Young Award as a senior and tabbed All-Division all four years for SHS baseball ... Named Division 2 Baseball Co-Most Valuable Player as a junior for the Spartans ... Selected the Spartans baseball Most Valuable Player following both his junior and senior seasons ... Tapped a four time RIBCA All-Star Earned First Team All-Division honors as a senior for the SHS basketball squad and received Second Team accolades as a junior .... Received Scituate High School basketball MVP honors as a senior ... A Brian Fell Award nominee for baseball ... Helped Scituate advance to the Baseball State Championship Game as a sophomore ... Graduated SHS as the Valedictorian ... Recipient of the Outstanding Achievement in Physics and Mathematics Award at Scituate High School ... Earned the Rensellaer Award and the Harold Gifford Athletic Excellence Award at SHS ... Played baseball for Scituate Senior American Legion.
PERSONAL: Born October 27, 2000 ... Majoring in Mathematics with a minor in Physics at Wheaton and would like to pursue a Sports-Centered career, where he can apply his mathematics/physics skills ... Son of Jennifer and Larry Pierce ... Chose to play baseball at Wheaton because he admires the culture of team first, hard work and winning.
