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2022 Softball

Gail Burton/UMBC Athletics
Gail Burton/UMBC Athletics

9 Sierra Pierce

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Highschool Jackson-Milton
  • Hometown Youngstown, Ohio

Biography

2022: Appeared in all 43 games, starting 41...America East First-Team All-Conference Outfielder...First-Team Academic All-District...ECAC Honorable Mention...Led the team with a career-high 12 stolen bases, only being caught once...Had a team-best 44 hits, including a team-high 10 doubles...One of the hardest hitters to strike-out in the country, striking out just six times in 133 at-bats...Went 4-for-4 with two doubles at Maine on 4/16...Hit a homer for the only run in the 1-0 win over Brown on 3/11..Hit a walk-off homer in her final home at-bat on 5/1...Had a perfect fielding percentage for the season, including having an assist from the outfield.

2021: America East Championship Most Outstanding Player after driving in the game-winning runs in the Retrievers final two games. For the tournament she batted .375 with five RBI, two walks and a run scored...Earned third-straight America East All-Championship honor...America East All-Conference Second Team....Hit four homers and had a team-high 25 RBI...Finished third on the team with 33 hits and fourth in average with a .314 average...Started all 37 games she played in, getting a hit in 22 of them...America East Player of the Week (May 4th)...Went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI in NCAA Tournament game against Villanova.  

2020: Played in all 14 games, usually starting in the outfield...Hit two homers and had seven RBI in the truncated season...Boasted a perfect fielding percentage..Tied for the team-lead with seven runs scored.

2019: Had a breakout sophomore season, starting all 54 games the Retrievers played this season...Was the offensive catalyst for UMBC, finishing with team-bests in average (.343), hits (58), doubles (16) and total bases (85)...Tied for the team-lead in RBI (33)...Named to America East All-Championship Team for second consecutive season after batting .429 (6-for-14) with four runs scored and four RBI...Had 13 multi-hit games including a team-best four, three-hit games...Had a team season-best 14 game on-base streak....Lead the team with 10 multi-RBI games...Went 3-for-4 on stolen base attempts.

2018: Had two homers and 10 RBI for the season…. Had three RBI against Kent State (Mar 27)...Named to America East All-Championship Team.

Background: 1st team All-County, All-District, and was honorable mention All-State in 2017… Hit a home run in a record seven consecutive games and hit in a record 27 consecutive games… Best performance was going 5-5 with a grand slam and 9 RBI, while also pitching a shut out.

Personal: Daughter to Scott and Connie Pierce… Has one sibling, Scott… Majoring in Visual Arts with a minor in Media and Communication Studies… Was honor roll all four years of high school and National Honor Society for two… Lists favorite food as pizza and favorite musical artist as The Chainsmokers.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2018Freshman

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    2019Sophomore

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    9
  • 9

    2020Junior

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    5'8"
    9
  • 9

    2021Senior

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    5'8"
    9
  • 9

    2022Fifth Year

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    5'8"
    9
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