William & Mary Athletics

Honors & Awards
2025 NCBWA Stopper of the Year Preseason Watch List
2024 NCBWA Stopper of the Year Midseason Watch List
2024 CSC Academic All-America Finalist
2024 CSC Academic All-District Team
6x CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll (Fall '22, Spring '23, Fall '23, Spring '24, Fall '24, Spring '25)
3x William & Mary Provost Award Winner (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)

Junior (2025)
Made eight appearances in relief before season ended due to injury... Posted a 4.44 ERA with one win and a save... Racked up 31 strikeouts over 26.1 innings... Earned the win in season debut vs. Rhode Island, pitching 4.0 scoreless innings in relief with five strikeouts (2/14)... Collected a nine-out save with six strikeouts and no earned runs vs. Marist (2/22)... Recorded two outs against Boston College (2/28)... Struck out six over 3.2 frames vs. Penn State (3/2)... Tossed three innings of one-run ball with four strikeouts at Kansas State (3/7)... Surrendered two runs in 5.2 innings of relief at East Carolina (3/15).

Sophomore (2024)
Named to NCBWA Stopper of the Year Midseason Watch List… Made 18 appearances and started four games… Posted five saves, tied for seventh in the CAA… Struck out 43 batters in 43.0 innings… Posted a career-best 3.77 ERA… Didn’t allow an earned run in his first five appearances… Tied career-high five strikeouts and didn’t allow a hit in 3.0 innings, helping Tribe to weekend sweep of Quinnipiac (3/17)… Made a perfect 3.0-inning appearance, fanning four to earn the save against Stony Brook (3/22)… Struck out four in 3.0 innings against No. 9 East Carolina (4/16)… Made the start in CAA Championship berth-clinching two-hitter at Campbell (5/18)… Named a CSC Academic All-District and CSC Academic All-America finalist, earned CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll during both semesters and named a William & Mary Provost Award Winner.
 
Freshman (2023)
Pitched in 18 games and made 11 starts… Struck out 41 batters over 48.0 innings of work… Recorded four wins… Made collegiate debut, striking out five and allowing just two hits over 3.0 innings at Mercer (2/19)… Allowed no runs on one hit in a 3.0-inning outing against Marist (2/25)… Picked up his first career win, allowing no hits in combined one-hitter against Charleston (3/12)… Went 4.0 innings with four punch outs, allowing one run on two hits to pick up a win against Monmouth (3/26)… Was the winning pitcher as the Tribe downed nationally ranked Maryland (4/4)… Had four strikeouts over 3.0 IP, allowing no earned runs against Elon (4/14)… Allowed one run over a season-high 4.1 innings against NC A&T (4/23).
 
High School
Two-year letterwinner at Chantilly High School under Head Coach Kevin Ford… Was named First-Team All-Region as a senior… Earned District Pitcher of the Year honors in 2022 and First-Team All-Region… Was named to the All-District first team and All-Region second team while leading the Chargers to a regional championship appearance… Also played basketball as a shooting guard… Was a member of the National Honors Society in high school… Played with Stars Baseball in Northern Virginia.
 
Personal
Born December 30, 2003, to parents Steve and Nicole Pierce… Has a sister, Rebecca… Favorite current athlete is Noah Hertzler… Plans to major in Marketing.