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2022 (Senior): Played in 20 matches and 51 sets … Had a season-high 18 kills, three aces, five digs and 21 points against Binghamton on 9/3/22 … Finished the season with 108 kills (10th in the Ivy League), 12 aces, 32 digs, nine blocks and 125.5 points.

2021 (Junior): Played in 22 out of 24 matches, making five starts ... Battled through injury during the season ... Finished the season with 68 kills, 1.45 kills per set, 76.0 total points, 1.62 points per set, 10.0 total blocks and 26 total digs ... Had three matches with at least 11 kills ... Posted a season-high 13 kills, adding four digs, against Sacred Heart (Sept. 4) ... Smashed a season-high .360 with 11 kills and four digs in Columbia's win over St. Francis Brooklyn (Sept. 10) ... Crushed 11 kills, and dug a season-high six balls against Dartmouth (Nov. 6).

2020 (Sophomore): Season canceled (COVID-19).

2019 (First-Year): Saw action in 20 matches, starting six ... Finished fourth on the team in total kills (118) and tied for third in kills per set (1.90) ... Hit .139 on the season ... Was fifth in total points (130.5) and fourth in points per set (2.10) ... Added a total of 19.0 blocks at 0.31 blocks per set ... Finished with 37 digs at 0.60 digs per set ... Had first double-digit kills night with 10 kills on .182 hitting at Brown (Oct. 19) ... Smashed 12 kills on .250 hitting against Penn (Nov. 1) ... Caught fire and crushed a career-high 24 kills (the most by a first-year since 2016) on .367 hitting against Brown (Nov. 8) ... Had 13 kills in season finale comeback win at Harvard (Nov. 16).

High School: Four-time letterwinner in track & field (shot put) and three-time letterwinner in volleyball at Coppell High School in Coppell, Texas ... Totaled 899 kills, 316 digs and had 272 aces during high school career ... Racked up 445 kills and averaged 3.5 kills per set during senior season ... A part of squad that won back-to-back District Championships (2016-17) and the 2017 Bi-District Championship ... Named All-District First Team in 2018 and All-District Second Team in 2017 ... Finished third at the 2016 American Division National Championships with the Premier Volleyball Club ... Along with the Premier Volleyball Club, played on the Victory Volleyball Club (2018-19) and Summit Nitro Volleyball Club ... Threw shot put in high school (38-3 PR) and won the 2018 District and Area Championship in shot put ... Spent one season (10th) playing goalie on the soccer team ... Played for the Celtics Soccer Club (2015) ... Earned Academic All-State and All-District honors in 2018 and Academic All-District honors from 2015-18 ... Received AP Scholar with Distinction ... Was a member of the National Honor Society (2017-19) ... Spent time volunteering with the CCVB Serve and Receive Community Service organization throughout all four years of high school.
 
Personal: Born, Pierce Ashley Woodall, on Apr. 22, 2002 in New York City, New York ... Daughter of Tracy Woodall ... Has three siblings, Isabella Woodall (15), Riley Woodall (12) and Andy Bender (nine) ... Mother (CC ’92) played volleyball at Columbia (1990-92) and Baylor (1988-90), earning All-Ivy League Honorable Mention in 1990 ... Aunt, Penny Appollaro (CC ’93) and uncle Anthony Appollaro (CC ’93) are both Columbia alumni ... All three siblings are either adopted (both sisters) and brother is a half-brother ... Plays the violin and used to Irish Dance, once winning an honorable mention at a dance competition ... Affectionately known as the “mom-friend” and nickname of “Paw-Paw” is a play on initials ... Received recruiting attention from West Virginia; Smith College; Harvard; Dartmouth; Yale; California (Berkeley); Texas Women’s University and Wesleyan ... Settled on Columbia because “it has long been my dream school” ... Enrolled in Columbia College ... Intended major is Anthropology.