2020 • REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON
Season: Started two matches as the secondary libero...Season shortened and no championship held due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Named to Academic All-Big Ten Team.
Season: Appeared in one match.
North Greenville (1/12): Had a dig and an assist in one set of action in a three-set win.
2018 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Played in eight total matches and 21 sets as a serving specialist.
Mount Olive (1/12): Appeared in four sets in collegiate debut. Purdue Fort Wayne (2/3): Had a dig and an assist in a four-set win.
2017 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Utilized redshirt.
BEFORE PENN STATE
Named team captain junior and senior year at Eden High School…Started on high school team in eighth grade through senior season...Went undefeated in ECIC III league play from 2012-16 and won five-straight division titles…Selected to 2016 AVCA High School All American second team…Named a 2016 Volleyball Magazine second team All-American…Awarded All Western New York first team honors in 2015 and 2016…Awarded Coaches’ ECIC III Sportsmanship Award in 2016.
PERSONAL
Full name is Declan Pierce…Parents are Robert and Kiernan Pierce…Has two sisters, Kendall and Lainy…Both sisters also played volleyball at Penn State (Kendall 2012-15, Lainy 2014-16)…Father, Robert, was high school volleyball coach at Eden…Majoring in kinesiology with a minor in biology…Born April 30, 1998, in Buffalo, N.Y.
Season: Started two matches as the secondary libero...Season shortened and no championship held due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Named to Academic All-Big Ten Team.
Season: Appeared in one match.
North Greenville (1/12): Had a dig and an assist in one set of action in a three-set win.
2018 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Played in eight total matches and 21 sets as a serving specialist.
Mount Olive (1/12): Appeared in four sets in collegiate debut. Purdue Fort Wayne (2/3): Had a dig and an assist in a four-set win.
2017 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Utilized redshirt.
BEFORE PENN STATE
Named team captain junior and senior year at Eden High School…Started on high school team in eighth grade through senior season...Went undefeated in ECIC III league play from 2012-16 and won five-straight division titles…Selected to 2016 AVCA High School All American second team…Named a 2016 Volleyball Magazine second team All-American…Awarded All Western New York first team honors in 2015 and 2016…Awarded Coaches’ ECIC III Sportsmanship Award in 2016.
PERSONAL
Full name is Declan Pierce…Parents are Robert and Kiernan Pierce…Has two sisters, Kendall and Lainy…Both sisters also played volleyball at Penn State (Kendall 2012-15, Lainy 2014-16)…Father, Robert, was high school volleyball coach at Eden…Majoring in kinesiology with a minor in biology…Born April 30, 1998, in Buffalo, N.Y.