The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2025-26 Beach Volleyball Roster
Roster
Brecht Piersma
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- PSG Magister Alvinus
- Hometown:
- Sneek, Netherlands
- Major:
- Undeclared
- 2026 AVCA All-America First Team
- 2026 All-MPSF First Team
- 2026 MPSF All-Tournament Team
- 2026 MPSF Tournament Most Valuable Pair (w/Katie Hashman)
- AVCA/CBVB Pair of the Week (4/28/2026 w/Katie Hashman)
- 2026 MPSF All-Academic Team
- SEC Academic Honor Roll (Spring 2026)
- 2024-25 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2026 (Sophomore)
AVCA All-America First Team ... All-MPSF First Team ... MPSF All-Tournament Team and Most Valuable Pair (with Katie Hashman) ... Named to the AVCA Player of the Year preseason watch list ... Ended the season with a 22-7 overall record (22-7 at No. 1) ... Opened the season going 2-2 with Katie Hashman at position No. 1 in the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Beach Classic with wins over Hawai'i and USC while falling to UCLA and Stanford ... Went 4-0 with Katie Hashman in the MPSF Mid-Season Rumble at No. 1, earning straight-sets wins over Washington, Grand Canyon and Oregon and a 2-1 victory against Stanford ... At the East Meets West Invitational, teamed with Katie Hashman to go 2-2 at No. 1 with victories over Hawai'i and LMU and losses to UCLA and Cal ... Teamed with Katie Hashman in the Death Volley Invitational, going 2-2 at No. 1 with wins against LSU and Arizona State while falling to Cal and Grand Canyon ... Went 3-1 at the Texas Invitational with Katie Hashman at No. 1, losing to Stanford before earning victories against UCLA, Long Beach State and USC ... Registered a 3-0 record in the Longhorn Showdown with Katie Hashman, collecting two straight-sets wins at court No. 1 against Tulane and a 2-1 victory over Washington ... Went 4-0 on court one at the MPSF Championships with Katie Hashman, earning AVCA Pair of the Week honors after posting two wins over No. 1 UCLA and straight-set victories against Grand Canyon and Cal. The duo also earned MPSF All-Tournament Team honors, while being named the tournament’s Most Valuable Pair ... Went 2-0 at the NCAA Championships with Katie Hashman, earning two-set court one victories over Georgia State and UCLA ... Won final 12 matches of the season.
PRIOR TO TEXAS
Played 11 seasons at VC Sneek and one season for VC Bolsward ...Has six years of International experience ... a two-time winner in the Dutch Championships (2022, 2023) ... won the 2023 FIVB U21 Beach Volleyball World Championship title with her partner Desy Poiesz ... the duo won bronze at the 2022 U20 European Championship.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended PSG Magister Alvinus
PERSONAL
Daughter to Arjen Piersma and Kirsten Paauwe and sister to Emma Piersma ... chose Texas because of the campus' lively atmosphere and offers access to a large network of professionals in both educational and sports fields.
