University of Vermont Athletics

CAREER HONORS:
2014 NABC Honors Court
2014 America East Academic Honor Roll
2013 America East Commissioner's Honor Roll

2014-15 SEASON: Was a tri-captain for the 2014-15 season ... Saw action in 26 games ... Earned a pair of starts ... Got the starting nod in a homecoming game at St. Louis (12/21/14) and also was in the starting lineup on Senior Day (2/25/15) ...Scored 14 points at Quinnipiac (11/30/14) ... Grabbed a season-high seven rebounds vs. Harvard (12/6/14).

2013-14 SEASON: Suffered a broken ankle during summer workouts in July ... Played in 14 games ... Made his Catamount debut against Quinnipiac ... Scored five points and grabbed four rebounds against Lyndon State ... Netted a season-high nine points at Maine and added eight points at UMBC ... Chipped in seven points at New Hampshire ... Averaged 6.6 minutes per game off the bench and finished the year averaging 3.1 points per game.

2012-13 SEASON: Sat out the season after transferring to UVM from Northeastern per NCAA rules.
 
BEFORE VERMONT: Transfered to Vermont after playing his first two seasons at Northeastern … As a freshman at NU he appeared in 30 of 31 games, making 29 starts in his rookie campaign ... Named to the CAA All-Rookie Team after averaging 7.5 points and 3.7 rebounds per game … Scored a career-high 19 points against East Tennessee State … As a sophomore he played in 27 games and made five starts … Scored seven points against N.C. State … Started against the Catamounts when the two teams met on December 30 … Prior to Northeastern, he played at Christian Brothers College High School in St. Louis, where he was named First-Team All-Metro Catholic Conference, Post Dispatch All-Metro and All-State as a senior … McDonald's All-America nominee.
 
PERSONAL: Is the son of Steve and Tammy Pierson … Has one older sister, Rachel, who played basketball at Iowa State and DePaul … Majoring in nutrition.