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Bobby Peirce Season 2022

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Bobby Peirce Season 2022

PositionOF
Weight181 lbs
Height6-2
ClassRedshirt Junior
HometownScottsdale, Ariz.
Previous SchoolSouth Mountain

2023 - REDSHIRT SENIOR SEASON
Ranked third on the team with a career-best .343 average … reached base at a .411 clip with a .503 slugging percentage … registered career highs in nearly every offensive category including runs (43), hits (62), doubles (10) and walks (15) … added two triples, five homers and 26 RBI … collected multiple hits in 17 games … was 4-for-5 in stolen bases … turned in seven outfield assists … hit .318 in SEC play, good for the second high average on the team … was tied for second on the team in hits (35) and third in runs (27) in league play … went 3-for-5 with a double and three RBI in the middle game vs. Indiana (Feb. 18) … collected three hits, including his first homer of the season, and drove in three more runs vs. North Alabama (Feb. 21) … played in only two games from Mar. 1-22 due to a hamstring injury … went on a season-high, 11-game hitting streak from Mar. 28-Apr. 15 … collected multiple hits in all three games at Florida (Mar. 31-Apr. 2), going 6-for-13 with five runs, a triple, homer and three RBI in the series … went a career-best 5-for-5 and finished a homer shy of the cycle at Georgia Tech (Apr. 11) … homered in the middle game at Alabama (Apr. 15) … went 3-for-5 with three runs vs. Samford (Apr. 18), starting a stretch of 10 games in which he collected multiple hits seven times and hit .432 (19-for-44) … went 4-for-5 vs. Troy (Apr. 25) … collected multiple hits in all three games at South Carolina (Apr. 28-30) and homered in back-to-back games to finish the series … turned in what proved to be the game-winning RBI single in the sixth inning of the middle game vs. top-ranked LSU (May 6) … scored a season-high four runs in the decisive run-rule victory against the Tigers the following day … collected eight hits in the three-game series at Ole Miss (May 12-13), registering three hits in two of the three games … recorded a hit in 16 of 17 games from Apr. 18-May 13, including multiple hits on 10 occasions … registered a .438 average (28-for-64) during the span … doubled and drove in a pair of runs in the SEC Tournament win vs. Missouri (May 23) … collected a hit in the regional matchup vs. Southern Miss (June 3).  

2022 - REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON
Turned in a .284/.350/.562 slash line in 48 games and 38 starts … ranked second on the team in homers (10) and slugging … scored 33 runs while adding seven doubles, a team-high four triples and 31 RBI … was successful in 5-of-6 stolen bases … hit .298 with six homers and 15 RBI in 24 SEC games, including 21 starts … coming off double knee surgery, came off the bench in his first 10 appearances on the season … made his season debut in the home opener against Troy (Feb. 23) … collected his first hit and RBI against UAB (Mar. 2) … tripled and scored the game-winning run in the eighth inning of a comeback win against South Alabama (Mar. 22) … turned in his first multi-hit effort of the season in the contest … made his first start and went 2-for-4 in the middle game at LSU (Arp. 1) … started 38 of the final 39 games of the season … went 3-for-3 with a walk in the series finale against Vanderbilt (Apr. 10) … hit his first homer of the season against Samford (Apr. 12) … went 3-for-4 and scored the game-winning run in the eighth inning of the series finale at Mississippi State (Apr. 16) … drove in a season-high three runs against Kennesaw State (Apr. 20) … hit a go-ahead solo homer in the seventh inning of the series opener against South Carolina (Apr. 22) … hit the game-winning, three-run homer to cap off a four-run ninth inning in the comeback win at Tennessee (Apr. 30) … homered for the second straight day in the finale against the Volunteers (May 1) … homered and hit the go-ahead RBI single in the seventh inning of the series-clinching win against Alabama (May 14) … went 3-for-5 and finished a homer shy of the cycle in the middle game at Kentucky (May 21) … homered in the finale and went 5-for-13 in the series against the Wildcats … went 2-for-4 in the SEC Tournament (May 25) … hit a two-run homer in the 11-run first inning of the regional opener against Southeastern (June 3) … scored a season-high three runs in the regional win against Florida State (June 4) … doubled and drove in a pair of runs in the College World Series win against Stanford (June 20) … hit his 10th home run of the season the following day against Arkansas (June 21) … tied for team lead with three hits and led the way with four RBI in the CWS … turned in a .987 fielding percentage in right field, committing just one error in 77 chances.

2021 - REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON
Appeared in eight games and made two starts in his first season with the Tigers … turned in a .200 average (3-for-15) that included a double and four RBI … delivered a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th against Presbyterian (Feb. 21) to give Auburn the win and the sweep … had a double, scored three runs, and drove in two in the record-setting 33-0 win over Alabama A&M (Feb. 24) … came in as a pinch hitter and got a hit that drove in a run at Ole Miss (Mar. 21) ... named to the 2020-21 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll. 

JUNIOR COLLEGE
Played two seasons at South Mountain ... went 3-for-11 with a double and two RBI prior to getting injured his sophomore season ... played in 56 games as a freshman and turned in a .315 average with eight doubles, four triples, eight home runs and 44 RBI, leading the team in home runs and RBI ... also drew 27 walks, stole seven bases and scored 34 runs en route to being named Second Team All-Conference ... rated by Perfect Game as the No. 38 junior college prospect in the country.

HIGH SCHOOL
Product of Arcadia HIgh School and the Canyon Thunder ... turned in a .388 average in his final two seasons at Arcadia ... totaled 12 doubles, six triples, four home runs and 38 RBI in 42 games as a junior and senior ... was also a four-year letterwinner on the Arcadia golf team ... was the low freshman at state for all D1 and D2 teams and helped lead the team to a state championship while finishing in the top five individually as a senior.

PERSONAL
Son of Bob and Wendy Peirce ... has one sister, Kelly ... enrolled in the College of Business ... born May 2, 2000.

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Redshirt Sophomore
2021

OF
6-2 / 195 lbs
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Redshirt Senior
2023

OF
6-0 / 183 lbs
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Graduate Student
2024

OF
6-0 / 187 lbs