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Lucia Meola Pierce

  • Class
    2013
  • Induction
    2024
  • Sport(s)
    Softball
* A native of Liverpool, N.Y., she earned a bachelor's degree in physical education from Cortland in 2013 and a master's degree in sport management from Cortland in 2014
 
* Played softball for four seasons at Cortland from 2010-13, three years as an infielder (second base in 2012 and 2013, third base in 2011) and one as an outfielder (2010); assistant coach for the Red Dragons in 2014
 
* Three-time third team All-American (2011-13)

* Three-time first team all-region (2011-13), 2013 ECAC Upstate New York Player of the Year and 2011 and 2012 first team All-ECAC Upstate New York
 
* Named to SUNYAC Softball All-Decade Team (2010-19); chosen as 2013 SUNYAC Player of the Year and was a four-time first team All-SUNYAC selection

* 2011 and 2013 NCAA Division III World Series All-Tournament Team, 2011 NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team, and 2012 and 2013 SUNYAC All-Tournament Team

* Career stats of 196 games played, .385 batting average, 230 hits, 45 doubles, seven triples, eight homers, 121 RBI, 155 runs scored, 82 walks and 19 steals; batted .440 in 2013, .424 in 2011 and .396 in 2012

* Currently ranks second at Cortland in career hits, doubles, walks and games played, third in runs scored and sixth in RBI; set a school single-season record with 31 walks in 2013

* Team finished with a four-year combined record of 158-40-1, including 40 or more wins each in 2010, 2011 and 2012
 
* Helped the Red Dragons win three SUNYAC titles (2010, 2011, 2013), qualify for four NCAA Division III tournaments and advance to two NCAA Division III World Series; Cortland was the national runner-up in 2013 and placed fourth nationally in 2011
 
* Winner of 2012-13 SUNYAC Dolores Bogard Award, presented to a senior women's student-athlete in the conference for outstanding combination of academic and athletic achievement

* 2013 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District

* Physical education teacher in the East Syracuse Minoa (ESM) School District since 2014
 
* Softball head coach at ESM High School from 2016-21, assistant coach at ESM in 2015 and currently assistant softball coach at Cicero-North Syracuse High School
 
* Assistant varsity field hockey coach at ESM in 2014 and from 2016 to the present (junior varsity coach in 2015); ESM assistant varsity girls' basketball coach from 2016-18
 
* ALS fundraising baseball/softball committee member since 2017


 
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