Hall of Fame
Nearly half of Peirson's life has been spent at Miami as both a player and coach in basketball. He first made his mark when he was the leading scorer with an average of 15.1 points for the 1962-63 freshman basketball team. In three years on the varsity team under coach Dick Shrider, he helped Miami compile a record of 55 wins in 74 games and capture Mid-American Conference championships in 1964-65 and 1965-66. Both title-winning years he was voted the "Most Valuable Player" on the team.
He scored a career total of 732 points and grabbed 476 rebounds for the varsity. Peirson's senior year, he was selected first-team all-MAC and was named the team captain prior to the start of the season-a first under coach Shrider. According to Shrider, he was the "finest defensive player I've ever coached." In addition to his athletic honors, he was also selected to ODK.
He served for over 15 years as assistant basketball coach and was a part of six MAC championship basketball teams at Miami.
