San Diego Athletics

• 2024 IRCA Academic All-American 
• 2024 Western Sprints All-Academic Team
• 2023 Western Sprints All-Academic Team

SENIOR (2024-25)

• MPSF All-Academic Team
• Competed in 13 races for the Toreros
• Rowed in the third seat in USD’s first-ever Henley Royal Regatta races in England, upsetting defending champs Oxford Brookes by just two feet in the first round (July 2)
• Kicked off the season with a win out of 42 schools in the Collegiate 4+ race in the No. 3 position during the iconic Head of the Charles Regatta (October 18-20)
• Recorded his second win in as many starts to begin the season in the Collegiate 4+ race at the Head of the American Regatta (October 26) 
• Also at the Head of the American Regatta, he helped USD’s “A” boat place third during the Collegiate 8+ race
• Registered a win in the 1V8+ boat against Santa Clara in the Redwood Shores Invitational (March 1-2) 
• Logged a first-place finish in the Toreros’ 1V8+ boat in the Saturday heat of the San Diego Crew Classic (March 29-30) before a fourth-place finish in the grand finals. 
• Finished as the runner-up in the 1V8+ grand finals of the WIRA Championships (April 26-27) following a victory in the heat the day before
• Helped USD garner its program-best finish in the Varsity 4+ race at the IRA Championships (May 30-June 1), placing 10th out of 39 teams. 

• IRCA Academic All-American 
• Western Sprints All-Academic Team selection
• Competed in 11 races across all eight regattas for the Toreros 
• Placed second in the Collegiate 4 of the Head of the Charles (Oct. 22) in a then program-best finish 
• Recorded four wins, including in the Men’s Open Eight and Men’s Open Four of the Head of The American (Oct. 28), USD’s “A” entry in the Men’s Open Four at the San Diego Fall Classic (Nov. 12) and the First Varsity Eight of the UCSD Invitational (April 20-21)
• Logged second-place finishes in the Toreros’ “A” entry of the Men’s Open Eight at the San Diego Fall Classic (Nov. 12) and the First Varsity Eight during the WIRA Championships (April 27-28)

• Western Sprints All-Conference Academic Team
• Competed in five races for the Toreros in the First Varsity Eight, First Varsity Four and Novice Eight

• Attended Redwood High School in Larkspur, Calif.

• Favorite USD memory is crossing the finish line at the Head of the Charles River Regatta
• Son of Steve Pigott and Shannon Janney, born in Evanston, Ill.
• Favorite food is sushi
• Favorite band is the Rolling Stones