In his 10 years at NDSU, Pearson helped the Bison establish several offensive season records, including most triples, hits and sacrifice hits in 2012 and most times hit by pitch in 2010, along with defensive season records for fielding percentage, putouts, assists and chances during the 2012 campaign.
Pearson worked with 2014 Summit League Player of the Year and first team All-Summit League selection Tim Colwell along with Michael Leach, who was also named to the all-league first team. He also coached 2016 All-Summit League First Team honoree Drew Fearing. A total of 19 players signed professional contracts during Pearson’s tenure in Fargo.
In the classroom, the Bison routinely posted an average 3.0 team GPA and Pearson coached four players that combined for eight CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-America® awards, including Colwell, who was named the 2014 CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-America® Athlete of the Year for Division I Baseball and was a three-time first-team Academic All-America® honoree. Colwell was also named The Summit League Male Scholar Athlete of the Year.
North Dakota State also had three student-athletes earn prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships, while two Bison baseball teams (2014, 2015) earned NCAA Public Recognition Awards.
During his head coaching stint at DMACC, Pearson led the Bears to a 38-17 record and the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference title in 2018. He was named the ICCAC Coach of the Year. In three seasons as head coach, DMACC averaged 32 wins per season and the team appeared in the 2018 NJCAA Region XI Tournament title game.
Pearson also served as an assistant coach at North Dakota in 2004, helping UND to a school-record 37 victories and a regular season conference crown. He was an assistant coach at Mayville State in 2005 and 2007, where he helped the Comets to a conference tournament title.
Pearson’s coaching career began as an assistant on the 2003 state tournament team at May-Port-CG High School.
As a player, Pearson was a two-time all-conference infielder in junior college at Minot State-Bottineau, where he was a member of the 2000 team that won the Mon-Dak title. He went on to play two seasons at Mayville State and was a member of two Region 3 championship teams and he played in the 2002 NAIA World Series. Pearson was inducted into the Dakota College at Bottineau Hall of Fame in 2015.
Pearson graduated from Mayville State in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in business education. He and his wife, Keleigh have two children, Carter and Berkley.