CAREER: Over four seasons, has 137 goals and 86 assists in 88 games.
PEPPERDINE 2023: Competed in 27 games as a senior … Earned WCC Player of the Week (9/26) … Named All-WCC second team … Scored 38 goals and handed out 20 assists … Drew 10 exclusions and collected 18 steals … Had three goals and three assists vs. UC Davis (9/23) … Had 12 multi-goal games … Received ACWPC All-Academic honors … A WCC All-Academic honorable mention … WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll ‘Bronze’ honors … A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
PEPPERDINE 2022: Earned
All-GCC honorable mention … Appeared in all 27 games as a junior … Posted 40 goals and 28 assists on the year. Had a season-high four goals vs. Pomona-Pitzer (10/1) … Also had five assists vs. Pomona-Pitzer (10/1) … Scored a goal in 23 of 27 games, with 12 multi-goal games … Received
ACWPC All-Academic honors … A
Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
PEPPERDINE 2021: Named
All-GCC honorable mention as a sophomore ... Had 35 goals and 24 assists for 59 points ... Played in 20 games ... Tied for eighth in the GCC with 26 steals ... Scored a goal in 18 of 20 games, with 12 multi-goal games ... Had a pair of four-goal, two-assist games at Loyola Marymount (9/12) and at Pomona-Pitzer (10/2) ... Had two goals and four assists in the win vs. #2 California (10/3) ...
GCC All-Academic ... A
Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
PEPPERDINE 2020: Received
ACWPC All-American honorable mention honors as a freshman ... Was second on the team with 24 goals and 38 points ... Ranked seventh nationally in points ... Appeared in all 14 games ... Had a season-high five goals against LMU (2/21) ... Had four goals against Air Force (2/27) ... Scored multiple goals in six games ... Named
GCC Player of the Week (2/24) ... 2020 season played in spring 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic.
USA WATER POLO: Invited to national team training camp in summer 2022 ... Named to U.S. Junior National Team that competed at 2021 FINA Junior World Championship in Prague, Czech Republic ... Played with the U.S. Youth National Team in 2018-19 ... Won a gold medal and was MVP at the 2019 Youth Pan American Championship in Trinidad & Tobago ... Also played at the 2018 FINA Youth World Championship in Hungary.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Harvard-Westlake High School, located in Los Angeles, Calif., in 2020 ... Played three years of varsity water polo ... Was named the 2019 CIF Southern Section Player of the Year, a 2019 All-American first teamer and the 2019 Mission League Most Valuable Player ... As a senior, scored 51 goals, assisted on 36 more and had 27 steals.
CLUB: Played for L.A. Premier Water Polo Club.
PERSONAL: Majoring in sport administration ... Son of Alan Tierney and Michelle Keith ... Older brother to Jaxson ... Chose Pepperdine because of the “great water polo history, fantastic coaching staff and wonderful education.”
FAVORITES: Favorites include Mike Trout (pro athlete), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (pro team), The Shining (book), Major League (movie), The Office (TV show), Post Malone (musical artist), Mexican (food) and baseball (sport besides water polo).
