Tarleton State University Athletics

Senior (2024):
Appeared in 17 games for the Texans, starting 15 of those ... Pitched 51.1 innings, recording 48 strikeouts ... Achieved a 3-2 overall record ... Tallied six strikeouts in 3.1 innings pitched against Seattle U (4/5/2024) ... Pitched a season high six scoreless innings against Utah Tech on 4/12/2024 ... Accumulated three scoreless performances throughout his senior year.

Junior (2023):
Made 17 appearances with five games started on the mound … Finished with a 3-1 record, 6.35 ERA, .222 opponent batting average and 1.61 WHIP in 39.2 innings pitched … Had 47 strikeouts compared to 32 walks … The 47 strikeouts were third most on the team … 17 appearances was fourth most for the Texans … Struck out 19 batters looking, the most on the team … Threw 4.0 scoreless innings, striking out six and walking one at UTSA (2/17) … Tossed 2.0 scoreless innings in a win over Stonehill (2/25) … Struck out three and allowed a lone run in 2.0 innings vs. Oral Roberts (3/14) … Threw 2.1 innings vs. TCU (4/4), allowing one run and striking out two … Hurled 5.0 innings at Baylor (4/25), striking out a season-high 10 and walking none as he picked up the win in Tarleton’s first ever win over a Power 5 team … Allowed just two runs and threw a first pitch strike to 18 of 23 batters in the win over Baylor … The 10 strikeouts were tied for the most by a Texan pitcher in 2023 … Got the start at Texas A&M (5/2) and threw 5.0 innings allowing just one run, walking five and striking out three … Threw a season-high 6.0 innings in the final game of the season, striking out five and walking two as he allowed no earned runs on the way to picking up the win over Sam Houston (4/20).

Northern Oklahoma College - Enid (2020-21):
Played two seasons at NOC-Enid, a junior college in Enid, Oklahoma … Pitched 147.1 innings over two seasons … As a freshman he appeared in 13 games, starting 11 and had a 3-3 record … Held a 5.00 ERA and struck out 67 batters, walking just 28 … As a sophomore appeared in 15 games, starting six … Had a 5-3 record … Held a 4.06 ERA … Struck out 84 batters in 84.1 innings pitched … Tossed a one hitter over 7.0 innings as NOC defeated East Central Missouri 9-1 in the first round of the NJCAA Plains District Tournament … 11 of his 15 appearances in 2022 went 5.0+ innings.

Deer Creek High School:
Lettered three years in baseball for Coach Roland Baza.

Personal:
Piercen Cooper McElyea is a 2020 graduate of Deer Creek High School in Edmond, Oklahoma. … Son of Douglas and Traci McElyea … Has one