Career Notes: Finished senior season tied for fourth with 20 career wins ... seventh in ERA (3.12) ... ninth in winning percentage (.689).
2013: An All-GLIAC First Team Selection ...
named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... Daktronics All-Midwest First Team ... ABCA/Rawlings All-Midwest Second Team ...
NCBWA All-Midwest First Team ... named Anthony Bass Top Pitcher at the 2013 Awards Banquet ... made 11 starts and went 7-2 with a 2.14 ERA over 67.1 innings ... 46 strikeouts ... four complete games and three complete game shutouts ... eight "quality starts" ... pitched a gem in the 1-0 extra-inning win against GVSU on May 4, going all eight innings and not allowing a run on five hits while striking out two and walking just one ... threw a complete game shutout against Lake Erie on March 29, allowing just three hits and striking out a career-high nine batters ... struck out seven over seven innings against Ohio Dominican on April 20 ... pitched a complete game shutout against Northwood on April 6 while striking out seven ...
Game-By-Game Stats.2012: An Honorable Mention All-GLIAC and GLIAC All-Academic Team selection … received WSU’s Anthony Bass Top Pitcher award … finished 7-2 with a 2.80 ERA and a staff-high 45 strikeouts in 11 starts … struck out nine over two starts, earning back-to-back victories March 9 vs. Rockhurst and March 14 vs. Winona State … won five straight decisions April 6-May 10 … combined for 12 shutout innings April 6 vs. Northwood and April 22 vs. Ashland, picking up his first complete-game shutout in the latter game on a two-hitter … went the distance and fanned a season-high seven May 10 in the GLIAC Tournament against Lake Erie … was named to the GLIAC All-Tournament Team ...
Game-By-Game Stats.
2011: Posted a 5-4 record with a 3.65 ERA in 12 appearances (10 starts) … tied for eighth in the conference with 49 strikeouts … struck out a season-high eight in his first win of the year March 14 versus Minnesota-Duluth … started the season 3-0 with a 1.93 ERA in his first four outings … picked up his fourth win April 16 against Ohio Dominican and his fifth May 8 at Lake Erie … made two scoreless relief appearances May 1 against Grand Valley State and May 12 in the GLIAC Tournament versus Ashland … missed the NCAA Regional due to an injury … was presented with the Weight Room Warrior Award at the team’s season-end banquet ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic team ...
Game-By-Game Stats.
2010: Appeared in eight games and went 1-1 with a 7.24 ERA in 13.2 innings … made his collegiate debut Feb. 21 at West Georgia … lasted two innings without allowing an earned run March 23 against Eastern Michigan … worked a season-high four innings April 2 versus Northwood, picking up his lone victory of the year … made a spot start April 6 at Eastern Michigan, allowing just one hit in 3.0 innings … pitched one inning April 17 at Tiffin and April 27 at Central Michigan … also came into the game May 2 at GVSU ...
Game-By-Game Stats.
High School: Graduated from De La Salle Collegiate in 2009 ... was on the Pilots' varsity baseball team for three seasons under coach Brian Kelly ... earned all-state and all-league status in 2009 as De La Salle won the Division 1 state championship ... played on the football team, helping the Pilots to the state finals in 2006 and 2008 ... served as team captain in both sports ... was an honor roll student and a National Honor Society member ... was inducted into the DCL Hall of Fame on June 9, 2014.
Personal: Full name--Alex M. Pierse ... born in Grosse Pointe ... son of Jerry and Diane Pierse ... has an older sister, Amanda ... is the nephew of WSU Hall of Famer
Dave Zelmanski (1975-78), the school's all-time leader in triples (19) ... is a marketing/business administration major ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) for Fall 2009, Winter 2010 and Winter 2013 ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Fall 2012 ... volunteers with the Local Intervention Network for Kids (LINK) mentoring program.
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| 2010 | 7.24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 13.2 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 7 | .245 |
| 2011 | 3.65 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0/0 | 56.2 | 60 | 30 | 23 | 26 | 49 | .284 |
| 2012 | 2.80 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1/0 | 64.1 | 55 | 31 | 20 | 39 | 45 | .232 |
| 2013 | 2.14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3/0 | 67.1 | 65 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 46 | .262 |
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