Career
She was a sophomore, and a likely candidate to join the Women"s National Basketball Association in 2007. On the morning of Tuesday, June 8, Pierce"s roommate found her in bed breathing uneasily and could not wake her up. Paramedics transported her to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, where she died a few hours later.
Pierce was 6 feet 5 inches (77 inches) tall.
Her family has a history of heart and brain diseases. lieutenant is believed that her aneurysm, located on her aorta, resulted from a genetic disorder called Marfan syndrome.
Pierce was 19 years old.
