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| Chad Pierce |
| #12 |
| Catcher - C |
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| Height: 6-1 Weight: 205 |
| Freshman |
| Bats: R Throws: R
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| Fond Du Lac |
| Fond Du Lac, Wis. |
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| Courtesy: Arkansas |
| Release: 01/26/2006 |
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| 2007 Outlook |
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| Chad Pierce is an outstanding all-around athlete who quarterbacked his high school football team while catching and serving as the ace of the pitching staff … recruited as a right-handed pitcher and catcher for the Hogs … has very good catch-and-throw skills behind the plate … could see action in the Hogs’ bullpen in 2007 … has a 88-90 mph fastball. |
| Fond Du Lac High School |
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Pierce played for Marty Paulsen at Fond Du Lac High School … a threetime all-state selection … a threetime first-team all-conference and all-district choice. Senior (2006):
Pierce hit .362 with three doubles, a home run and 11 RBI … drew 12 walks and struck out just twice … posted a 7-3 record on the mound with a 1.89 ERA, two saves and 58
strikeouts in 44.1 innings … named to the Fox Valley Athletics all-conference first team … selected as the No. 5 pro prospect in the state of Wisconsin by Baseball America … second-team selection to the Wisconsin Coaches Association all-state team and the District 4 Player of the Year. Junior (2005): He hit .322 with six doubles a home run and 15 RBI … went 7-2 with a 1.03 ERA in 61.1 innings as a junior … also threw seven
complete games and stuck out 77 … a first-team selection to the Wisconsin Coaches
Association all-state team and the District 4 Player of the Year. Sophomore (2004): Pierce batted .542 as a sophomore and was named a first-team all-state catcher. |
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Chad is the son Tim and Nancy Pierce … has one brother, Bryan … a Wisconsin Scholar
Athlete … majoring in mathematics … attended the same high school as Orlando Magic
guard Travis Diener … also recruited by Minnesota. |
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