University of Albany

Transferred to UAlbany from Broome Community College ... Lettered in soccer

2009-10: Made the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team and the America East Conference Academic Honor Roll (indoor/outdoor) ... Outdoors, ran the 12th-fastest time (10:32.89) in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA East Preliminary Round ... Missed qualifying for NCAAs by just .91 seconds ... Posted a personal-best time of 10:30.30 and placed 11th overall in the steeplechase at the ECAC Championship ... Won the steeplechase in 10:40.46 and earned all-conference laurels to help the Great Danes claim first place at the America East championship ... Also finished ninth in the 1,500 (4:39.62) and anchored the seventh-place 4x800-meter relay (9:34.30) at the meet ... Was the steeplechase champion at the UConn Select Invitational in 10:50.83 ... Indoors, placed 10th in the 3,000-meter run in a personal-best time of 9:48.02 at the ECAC Championship ... Became the first Great Dane in four years to qualify for the competition in a distance event by finishing fifth in the 3,000-meters in 9:58.61 at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational ... Garnered all-conference honors by placing second in the 3,000 in 9:51.09 at the America East championship ... Won the mile in a personal-best time of 5:08.12 at the Binghamton Tri-Meet.

2008-09: Named to the America East Conference Academic Honor Roll (indoor/outdoor) ... Did not compete outdoors ... Indoors, placed 15th in the 1,000-meter run (3:10.89) at the America East championship ... Ran a personal-best time of 2:40.96 in the 800 at the Yale Collegiate Invitational.

High School: Four-year letterwinner in track and field and soccer at Chenango Valley ... Graduated with two school records in the 1,500-meter run (5:05.6) and the 4x800-meter relay (9:58) ... Member of the National Honor Society and Key Club.

Personal: Majoring in accounting with minors in business administration and sociology ... Daughter of Mark and Janet Pierson ... Has two brothers, Chris and Matt ... Older brother, Chris, graduated from UAlbany and competed in cross country and track and field.