University of North Carolina Athletics
2025-26 Women's Rowing Roster
Mary Evelyn Pearce
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Sophomore
- 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 years • 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 Exercise and Sports Science with a minor in Spanish for the Health Professions
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 years • 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 Exercise and Sports Science with a minor in Spanish for the Health Professions
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