John Piersma Season 2026-27

Career Accolades

• 2026 USRowing Under 19 National Team Male Athlete of the Year

International

• Finished sixth overall in the men's four at the 2026 U19 World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
• Was fourth in the four at the 2025 U19 World Rowing Championships in Trakai, Lithuania

Prior to Stanford

• A 2026 graduate of St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, Ohio
• Finished sixth in the men’s eight at the 2025 USRowing Youth National Championships and sixth in the U17 men’s eight in 2024

Personal

• Parents are Rachel Gustin and John Piersma
  • Father swam at Michigan and competed in the 1996 Olympics
  • Mother also swam at Michigan
• Has an older sister, Ella Jo, who was herself a Michigan swimmer
• Uncle, Reid Gustin, attended Stanford and graduated in 2003