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Jersey Number 31
Pierce Gallo
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Marietta, Georgia
- High School:
- Walton
Bio
Honors at Rice
2024: Second on the team with a career-high seven home runs, tied for second with a career-best 11 doubles, third in slugging (.436, also a career high) and tied for third with 28 runs (tied his career high) while playing in 53 games and starting 50… He started at least 50 games in his three seasons with the Owls… Came into the season with four career homers and matched that with two in the first ten games, then went 33 games without a long ball before blasting five in the last 10 games… Homered twice vs. TSU in his final game at Reckling Park… Drove in 22 RBI in the last 27 games after having only seven RBI in his first 26… AAC Honor Roll after hitting .500 in the three games vs. FAU (6x12) with two homers and six RBI… Slammed his first career grand slam in the first game of the doubleheader vs. FAU on 5/11, the first by an Owl in AAC play.
2023: Tied for the team lead with a career-high 58 hits and for second with 16 multi-hit games ... Named to the 2023 All-Silver Glove Series team… Hit .292 vs. LHP and .282 vs. RHP… Hit .538 in the four games at FAU (7x13) with three doubles and four runs scored and his hitting .435 (10x23) in his career vs. FAU ... Led C-USA in assists (153) for the second consecutive year ... Matched his career high with four hits on 4/2 at FAU ... Reached base in his first 15 games this season which ranked as the second-best streak of the year for the Owls.
2022: Made 54 starts in his first season on South Main, splitting time between short (34 games) and second (20)… Set career-highs in all statistical categories, hitting .264 (52x197) with seven doubles, one triple, two homers, 30 RBI and 11 stolen bases… He will head into the 2023 season having reached base in his last 10 games… Led the team with 11 steals overall and led the Owls with a .310 average in C-USA games (36x116)... Eight of his steals came in conference play (tied for sixth)… Became the second Owl with a pair of four-hit games when he was 4x5 vs. WKU on 4/30... Collected four RBI in the same game and tied for the team lead with three games with four RBI (two of them in C-USA play)... Collected 29 of his RBI in his last 40 games after driving in just one in the first 14… Led all C-USA fielders with 165 assists and tied for the lead with 35 double plays part of the Owls’ conference-leading total of 47.
Prior to Rice:: 2021: Hit .250 with two runs, an RBI, a .357 on-base percentage, and two walks in six games (four starts at second base) for Clemson… Did not commit an error in eight chances … Was 3-for-7 (.429) with runners on base… Received a redshirt from the NCAA with the 2020 season’s suspension on March 12 and cancellation due to a coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic … ACC Academic Honor Roll member … Saw action in seven games (four starts at shortstop) … No. 270 freshman in the nation in the preseason by Perfect Game … No. 52 freshman in the ACC in the preseason by Perfect Game … No. 36 ACC prospect for the 2022 draft in the preseason by D1Baseball…. Two-time all-state selection … Cobb County Player-of-the-Year … lettered four times in baseball at Walton High School, where he was coached by Shane Amos… His father, Scott, played baseball at Rowan and his grandfather, Howard Johnson, played football at Stanford.
- C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal 2022, 2023
- C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll 2022, 2023
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Baseball Team (2023)
- All-Silver Glove Series Team (2023)
- Rice Honor-Athlete (2024)
2024: Second on the team with a career-high seven home runs, tied for second with a career-best 11 doubles, third in slugging (.436, also a career high) and tied for third with 28 runs (tied his career high) while playing in 53 games and starting 50… He started at least 50 games in his three seasons with the Owls… Came into the season with four career homers and matched that with two in the first ten games, then went 33 games without a long ball before blasting five in the last 10 games… Homered twice vs. TSU in his final game at Reckling Park… Drove in 22 RBI in the last 27 games after having only seven RBI in his first 26… AAC Honor Roll after hitting .500 in the three games vs. FAU (6x12) with two homers and six RBI… Slammed his first career grand slam in the first game of the doubleheader vs. FAU on 5/11, the first by an Owl in AAC play.
2023: Tied for the team lead with a career-high 58 hits and for second with 16 multi-hit games ... Named to the 2023 All-Silver Glove Series team… Hit .292 vs. LHP and .282 vs. RHP… Hit .538 in the four games at FAU (7x13) with three doubles and four runs scored and his hitting .435 (10x23) in his career vs. FAU ... Led C-USA in assists (153) for the second consecutive year ... Matched his career high with four hits on 4/2 at FAU ... Reached base in his first 15 games this season which ranked as the second-best streak of the year for the Owls.
2022: Made 54 starts in his first season on South Main, splitting time between short (34 games) and second (20)… Set career-highs in all statistical categories, hitting .264 (52x197) with seven doubles, one triple, two homers, 30 RBI and 11 stolen bases… He will head into the 2023 season having reached base in his last 10 games… Led the team with 11 steals overall and led the Owls with a .310 average in C-USA games (36x116)... Eight of his steals came in conference play (tied for sixth)… Became the second Owl with a pair of four-hit games when he was 4x5 vs. WKU on 4/30... Collected four RBI in the same game and tied for the team lead with three games with four RBI (two of them in C-USA play)... Collected 29 of his RBI in his last 40 games after driving in just one in the first 14… Led all C-USA fielders with 165 assists and tied for the lead with 35 double plays part of the Owls’ conference-leading total of 47.
Prior to Rice:: 2021: Hit .250 with two runs, an RBI, a .357 on-base percentage, and two walks in six games (four starts at second base) for Clemson… Did not commit an error in eight chances … Was 3-for-7 (.429) with runners on base… Received a redshirt from the NCAA with the 2020 season’s suspension on March 12 and cancellation due to a coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic … ACC Academic Honor Roll member … Saw action in seven games (four starts at shortstop) … No. 270 freshman in the nation in the preseason by Perfect Game … No. 52 freshman in the ACC in the preseason by Perfect Game … No. 36 ACC prospect for the 2022 draft in the preseason by D1Baseball…. Two-time all-state selection … Cobb County Player-of-the-Year … lettered four times in baseball at Walton High School, where he was coached by Shane Amos… His father, Scott, played baseball at Rowan and his grandfather, Howard Johnson, played football at Stanford.
DAVID PIERCE INTRODUCTORY PRESS CONFERENCE
Wednesday, March 19
KHOU Ben Dukes
Saturday, May 04
2024 Night of the Owl End of Year Recap
Thursday, April 25
Louisiana game one recap
Friday, March 01
