Mary Evelyn Pearce

Height:
5-3
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Chattanooga, Tenn.
High School:
Baylor School

2024-25 (Freshman): Competed in three races in her first season at Carolina • Served as the Coxswain for the 2V4 boat at the Cardinal Invitational • Coxswain for the 3V4 crew at the Rocky Top Invite.

Before UNC: Spent four years rowing for the Baylor School, coached by Garrison Smith • A two-time Top-10 finisher at nationals in the men's 4+ • Named the first ever female Team Captain of the Baylor men's rowing program • Was the top varsity coxswain for two seasons • Graduated Cum Laude • A Congressional Award Gold Medalist • Served as the Secretary of Round Table, a prestigious, application-only literature group • A member of the Harris Stanford Honors Society • Wrote for the school newspaper • Earned the English Award • Claimed honorable mention in a national poetry competition.

Personal: Daughter of Lee and Anne Hayes Pearce • Has one sibling, Peyson • Brother, Peyson, is a coxswain with the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy • A member of the student-athlete pre-health association • Serves as a peer mentor in English • Majoring in biology with a minor in Spanish.