Career Highlights
- ACC Champion- Team (2026)
- ACC Champion- Varsity Four (2026)
- NCAA Runner-Up- Team (2026)
- All-ACC Academic Rowing Team (2026)
- CRCA National Scholar-Athlete (2026)
As a Freshman (2025-26) • NCAA Runner-Up (Team)• ACC Champion (Team, Varsity Four)
- All-ACC Academic Rowing Team
- CRCA National Scholar-Athlete
- Claimed third in the Women’s Open 4+ race at the San Diego Fall Classic, rowing in the stroke seat of “Juice” while also leading "SWC" to a first-place finish in the Women's Open 8+ race
- Made her spring debut in the bow seat of Stanford’s second varsity eight at Tennessee, placing first
- Helped the second varsity eight win Saturday morning at the Big Ten Invitational from the bow seat
- Rowed the bow seat in Stanford’s first varsity four victory over Texas
- Helped Stanford’s second varsity four defeat California from the 3 seat
- Won an ACC Championship in the bow seat of Stanford’s varsity four, guiding the Cardinal to its fifth consecutive team conference title
- Placed fifth in the bow seat of Stanford’s varsity four at the NCAA Championships
Prior to Stanford
- Graduate of Blair Academy in Blairstown, N.J.
- Played for Blair Academy's varsity volleyball, cross country and rowing teams
- 2024-25 Blair Academy rowing team captain
- Two-time SRAA National Champion
- 1st, V4, 2024
- 1st, V4, 2023
- Three-time Stotesbury Cup Champion (2023-25)
- Two-time New Jersey State Champion
- 1st, V4, 2025
- 1st, V4, 2023
- Two-time Mid Atlantic Regional Champion
- 1st, WY4+, 2024
- 1st, WY4+, 2023
- Four-time Mid-Atlantic Prep League Champion
- 1st, W4-, 2022 Summer National Championships
- 5th, W4+, 2025 Youth National Championships
- 2025 Blair Academy William J Zester Award Winner
- 2025 Blair Academy Women's Rowing Award Winner
- Four-time All-Mid-Atlantic Prep League (2022-2025)
- Holds Blair Academy's 2k and 6k records
- Nationally-ranked Irish Step Dancer for 10 years
National Team
- Two-time United States National Team Member
- Alternate, 2023 World Rowing U19 Championships
- 1st, W8+, 2024 World Rowing U19 Championships
Personal
- Parents are Deb and Steve Tierney
- Has three siblings, Kyle, Shannon, and Caeley
- Sister, Caeley, rowed collegiately at both Duke and UVA from 2019-2024
- Sister, Shannon, rowed collegiately at Duke from 2015-2019 and was an All-American (2019)
- Brother, Kyle, rowed collegiately at Yale from 2013-2017
Why Emily Tierney Chose Stanford:
- "It does not get better than this. The combination of elite academics, athletics, research, and community initially drew me to Stanford, but the drive and spirit from the team and coaches established that there was no better place for me."