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Women's Tennis Program Adds Pierson to Coaching Staff
January 24, 2019 | Women's Tennis
Rachel Pierson, a Princeton-area native and a multi-time All-America honoree during her collegiate career, has joined the Princeton women's tennis coaching staff as a volunteer assistant coach.
Pierson joins a Princeton program that has won four of the last five Ivy League titles and competed in the NCAA tournament in all four of those seasons.
An alumna of nearby Montgomery High School, Pierson began her collegiate career at Virginia before moving on to Texas A&M, earning All-America honors with both program. While a freshman at Virginia, she was on a doubles team that reached a No. 3 national ranking and earned All-America recognition, part of a season that saw her earn ITA Atlantic Region Rookie of the Year honors and a place on the All-ACC Academic Honor Roll.
At Texas A&M, where she spent the last three years of her collegiate career, Pierson rose to the Aggies' top spot in both singles and doubles and earned All-America honors as a senior to become the first player in program history to reach All-America status in both disciplines. That year, she was ranked as high as No. 4 in the nation in doubles and No. 16 in singles, capping a career in which she maintained SEC Academic Honor Roll status throughout her time in College Station on the way to earning her degree in sociology.
Pierson's junior career saw her rise to a No. 5 national age-group ranking with the 18s and was the nation's fourth-ranked recruit by TennisRecruiting.net.
Since graduating, Pierson has competed on the ITF pro circuit and worked at tennis clubs in San Diego and nearby in Pennsylvania.
Pierson joins a Princeton program that has won four of the last five Ivy League titles and competed in the NCAA tournament in all four of those seasons.
An alumna of nearby Montgomery High School, Pierson began her collegiate career at Virginia before moving on to Texas A&M, earning All-America honors with both program. While a freshman at Virginia, she was on a doubles team that reached a No. 3 national ranking and earned All-America recognition, part of a season that saw her earn ITA Atlantic Region Rookie of the Year honors and a place on the All-ACC Academic Honor Roll.
At Texas A&M, where she spent the last three years of her collegiate career, Pierson rose to the Aggies' top spot in both singles and doubles and earned All-America honors as a senior to become the first player in program history to reach All-America status in both disciplines. That year, she was ranked as high as No. 4 in the nation in doubles and No. 16 in singles, capping a career in which she maintained SEC Academic Honor Roll status throughout her time in College Station on the way to earning her degree in sociology.
Pierson's junior career saw her rise to a No. 5 national age-group ranking with the 18s and was the nation's fourth-ranked recruit by TennisRecruiting.net.
Since graduating, Pierson has competed on the ITF pro circuit and worked at tennis clubs in San Diego and nearby in Pennsylvania.
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