Braxton Pierce '17 Recruiting Profile

I was the starting QB of my varsity football high school team my sophomore year, and we won the Omega League championship; the first playoff run for my school in 4 years.  I also participated in soccer and volleyball, starting on each of these varsity teams.  I transferred to Malibu HS my junior year to better prepare myself for college.  While I continued to workout and prepare myself for playing, I was required to abide by the CIF mandated Sit Out Period for much of the season.  I worked out with my new team as QB, and became eligible to play in the last four games of my junior year.  This year, my senior year, I am the starting QB and loving life again!

In addition to dedicating myself to sports, especially my love for football, I work very hard studying and putting time into getting good grades.  I have maintained a 3.50 cumulative GPA through the end of my junior year.  I have processing difficulty, and possibly very slight dyslexia.  I do not use it as an excuse.  It's exactly the opposite.  These learning differences have made me stronger and more determined to succeed!  I believe in hard work to achieve my goals.  I approach studying like my workout ethic.  I am always one of the first players on the field and the last to leave.  When I'm on the football field, I'm not someone with ADHD or learning disabilities, I'm a football player that wants to win games.

I am Jewish and my entire life I have been taught to give to charity, "give back" to my community, and heal the world.  The past two summers I went to Montana for a week to work with the Crow and Blackfeet Nation Indians through an organization called Global Volunteers.  I helped with work, paint, play with the children, and do whatever needs they had.  This summer I traveled out of the country to Cuba to work with a poverty stricken area in need, and in addition to providing whatever assistance I could to help, it was an amazing experience.  Character and integrity as a person, player and teammate is very important to me.  I am a team player, but do not drink, smoke or party - and I still have lots of friends!