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2020 Softball Roster

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10 Danielle Olson

  • Position Catcher/Infielder
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Sophomore
  • Highschool Neuqua Valley High School
  • Hometown Naperville, Ill.

Biography

SOPHOMORE (2020): Appeared in nine games with five starts... Recorded two hits and drew three walks... Drove in a run on a single against IUPUI on Feb. 7.
 
FRESHMAN (2019): Appeared in 26 games with 22 starts… Batted .324 with one home run and 18 runs batted in... Drew 11 walks and scored 14 runs... Drove in three runs twice at North Dakota on back-to-back days (April 19-20)... Hit her first collegiate home run in a 10-5 win at Omaha on May 4.

HIGH SCHOOL: Olson comes from Neuqua High School, where she earned a 3.7 GPA... In her freshman year, she was the lone freshman starter on her varsity team and was garnered a place on the All-Area honorable mention team... Olson continued to display her excellence on the softball throughout her softball career at Neuqua, as she earned a place on the First team All-Conference in both her sophomore and junior seasons.... she batted .379 in her junior season with Neuqua with 38 hits, nine doubles, two home runs and 27 RBI's.... Olson was a dominating presence behind the dish, as she recorded a .984 fielding percentage junior year while not allowing a passed ball in two seasons... She notched a 1.61 pop time at the Iowa NCSA Exposure camp. Her accomplishments go beyond the softball diamond, as she is a Special Olympics coach, peer buddies special needs mentor, high honor roll honoree (2013-17) and also received the President's Education Award... daughter of Rick and Julie Olson

Statistics

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2020

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2019Freshman

    Catcher/Infielder
    5'5"
    10
  • 10

    2020Sophomore

    Catcher/Infielder
    5'5"
    10