University of North Carolina Athletics
2026 Softball Roster
Jersey Number 16
Kiannah Pierce
- Position:
- Outfield
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Sacramento, Calif.
- High School:
- Sheldon
- Bat/Throw:
- L/R
ACCOLADES
AS A SENIOR (2025)
AS A FRESHMAN (2021):
PREP:
PERSONAL:
- 2025 All-ACC Academic Team
AS A SENIOR (2025)
- Returned to the field for the first time since 2022, playing 55 games, starting all 55
- In her first at bat in 1,006 days she picked up a hit against App State (2/7/25)
- Hit .358 while totaling 48 RBI and 59 hits
- Her .358 batting average was fourth best on the team amongst qualified hitters
- Led the ACC in doubles with 19 which was fifth most in single season program history
- Had a six RBI game against Wagner (2/23/25) with two bases clearing doubles
- Hit first career home run against Kent State (3/1/25), finished the season with four homers
- Had a run rule walk off home run against Charlotte (4/2/25) to cap off a 4-4, seven RBI game
- Had three RBI against Ohio State in the NCAA Regional (5/16/25)
- Had five games with three or more RBI, including games of six and seven
- Redshirted, did not see any action
- Played in 42 games, making 40 starts
- Tallied 33 hits, eight doubles, 19 RBI, two triples, five runs and 10 walks with a .306 batting average
- Slugged .417 with a .342 on-base percentage
- Recorded eight multi-hit and six multi-RBI games
- Matched a career-best of three hits vs. NC State (3/25/22), while tallying a career-best four RBI
- Went 2-of-4 at the plate with two doubles vs. NC State (3/26/22)
- Student-Athlete Advisory Council Member
- All-ACC Academic Honor Roll
AS A FRESHMAN (2021):
- Appeared in 30 games, making 21 starts
- Owned a .328 batting average, the second-highest on the team, and slugged .448
- Batted .344 in conference play, the second-best on the team
- Recorded seven muliti-hit games, including three games where she recorded three hits: at Pittsburgh (4/16/21) and 4/17) and at Duke (4/23/21)
- Tallied 22 hits, six doubles and a triple, plated 16 runs, the third-most on the team, 10 RBI and drew three walks
- Scored a season-high three runs at Pittsburgh (4/16/21)
- Tallied first two career hits vs. Virginia (4/10/21), including first career triple
- Hit two doubles in four at-bats at Pittsburgh (4/17/21)
- Only struckout five times in 67 at-bats
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
PREP:
- A four-year letter winner at Sheldon High School
- Selected to the 2018 and 2019 NFCA High School all-region (west) and all-American teams
- Led Sheldon HS as team captain as a junior and will as a senior
- Named to the CalHiSports All-State Underclass first-team, Sacramento Bee’s all-metro first-team and the SportsStars Magazine All-City Team in 2018 and 2019
- Two-time all-Delta League first-team selection
- Led the league in batting average, on-base percentage and hits
- Earned most valuable offensive player honors for Sheldon High School
- Played outfield the LTG Lions
- Helped her team to a ninth place finish at the 2019 Premier PGF Nationals and earned a berth to the 2020 Premier PGF Nationals.
PERSONAL:
- Daughter of Tasha Pierce
- Has two brothers, Elijah and Josiah
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