RELEASE: NC State Has Officially Signed Khamil Pierre
RALEIGH – The NC State women’s basketball team has signed Khamil Pierre, as announced by head coach Wes Moore on Tuesday. Pierre, a 6-2 forward from Phoenix, is a transfer from Vanderbilt and comes into the season regarded as one of the top forwards in the country.
Pierre arrives at NC State as a junior with two years of eligibility remaining.
“We’re super excited to add Khamil to the Pack,” said Moore. “We had recruited her out of high school and are thankful for a second chance to work with her. She’s been a walking double-double at the Power Four level and will make an immediate impact for our program.”
Pierre exploded onto the scene as a sophomore with the Commodores. Pierre averaged a near double-double with 20.4 points on 49.8 percent shooting from the field and a team-leading 9.6 rebounds per game along with totaling 68 assists and a team’s best 94 steals. She started in all 32 game appearances and Vanderbilt finished the season 22-11 with its second straight NCAA Tournament appearance. She was named SEC Player of the Week twice during the season, including after her 42-point performance against Evansville, which was previously the Vanderbilt single-game scoring record. In that game vs. Evansville, she added to the statline with 18 rebounds and eight steals.
Her 17 double-doubles were recorded as the most by a Commodore in a single season since 1999-00, and she finished with 16 20-point games and 31 double-digit scoring contests. Pierre also had a nine-steal game vs. Texas A&M, marking the third most in a single game in school history. Pierre was named a WBCA All-America Honorable Mention choice and was tabbed to the John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 Watch List.
As a freshman, Pierre appeared in 33 games with 11 starts, averaging 8.9 points and 5.3 rebounds per game along with 10.4 points per game in SEC contests. Pierre was named an SEC All-Freshman Team recipient and set the program record with five SEC Freshman of the Week selections. The forward scored in double digits 14 different times with a season-high 28 points against Georgia as a rookie.
In Pierre’s two years at Vanderbilt, she recorded 14.6 points per game (946 total) and 7.4 rebounds per game (483 total) along with tallying 90 assists and 127 steals. She finished with 45 double-digit scoring games, 22 double-digit rebounding games and 21 double-doubles across 65 career games and 43 starts. She also most recently was invited to participate in the 2025 USA Basketball Women’s AmeriCup Team Trials
Pierre played at Perry High School and was regarded as a four-star recruit and ranked No. 63 in the country. She was tabbed the 2023 Arizona’s Gatorade Player of the Year and was a McDonald’s All-American nominee, averaging 21.0 points, 9.1 rebounds and 3.2 steals per game as a junior.