ACCOLADES
2020-21: Northeast-10 Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll...Northeast-10 Commissioner's Spring Honor Roll...Northeast-10 Third Team All-Conference.
2019-20: Saint Anselm Spring Dean's List...Northeast-10 Commissioner's Spring Honor Roll.
AT SAINT ANSELM
2022: Started in all but one game and was one of three student-athletes to appear in all 45 games for the Hawks…Recorded a slash line of .235/.347/.430…Notched 35 hits, 11 of which were doubles and six were home runs…Scored 29 runs while driving in 27…Tied for second on the team with 22 walks…Swiped eight bases in nine attempts…Registered three hits in three contests this season…Drove in four runs in a win over Assumption on Mar. 27…Slugged a home run in back-to-back games against nationally-ranked Southern New Hampshire on Apr. 7 and Apr. 8…Finished the season with a .975 fielding percentage, committing two errors in 75 chances.
2021: Started in 23 games for the Hawks…Recorded a slash line of .410/.472/.692...Tallied 32 hits, 12 runs batted in while scoring 17 times…Hit five long balls and added seven doubles…Was three for four on stolen bases…Recorded a .909 fielding percentage...His batting average of .410 ranked third best in the NE10 while his slugging percentage and on-base percentages ranked fifth and eighth…Recorded an eight-game hitting streak from Mar. 13 to Apr. 9 open the season and followed that with a nine-game hitting streak from Apr. 23 to May 2…Batted .500 (14-28) in the first eight games of the season and batted .393 (13-33) during the nine game stretch…Had hits in 19 games, including nine multi-hit games…Recorded three hits in a single game four times and had two runs batted in on two separate occasions…Reached base in all but one game including a streak of 20 consecutive games that started on Mar. 13 at American International and ended on May 8 against Franklin Pierce.
2020: Started in the outfield in 11 of the Hawks 12 games during his shortened sophomore season…Finished the year with a .211 batting average and a .316 slugging percentage…Was one of three Hawks with eight hits…Drove in eight runs while scoring 12 runs…Stole three bases…Drew six walks…Went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs batted in against Northern State on Mar. 6…Chipped in two hits in the loss to Wilmington (Del.) on Mar. 3…Hit a home run for his first hit of the season in the 7-1 victory over USciences on Feb. 22…Recorded a .964 fielding percentage with 26 putouts…Helped the team post its best start in 28 seasons after opening the campaign with a 4-0 record…Season ended early due to coronavirus pandemic.
2019:Â Played in 17 games for the Hawks...Collected eight hits in 42 at-bats as a freshman, drawing his first collegiate appearance against East Stroudsburg on Feb. 15...Picked up his first two collegiate hits at Albany St. on Mar. 2...His first career hit was a home run...Followed up with a double in his next at-bat against the Golden Rams...Had a home run in the second game of the Mar. 2 double-header against Albany St., finishing the day with three hits, including two home runs and a double...Stole one base in four-of-five games from Mar. 6 through Mar. 10...Picked up five stolen bases on the season.
PRIOR TO SAINT ANSELM: 2018 graduate of Central Catholic HS...Played baseball and ice hockey for the Raiders...Played for Show Baseball...Was selected as a Merrimack Valley Conference All-Star as a junior and a senior...Was a part of two Merrimack Valley championships...Named to the Massachusetts All-Super 8 team as a junior...Captained the team as a senior, finishing the schedule as a Super-Eight finalist...Earned Honor Roll recognition.
PERSONAL: Son of Nancy Bassett and Joe Pierro...Father, Joe, played football at Merrimack...Brother of Joe...Business major...Was attracted to Saint Anselm for its welcoming community and outstanding academics...Aspires to own his own business.
