Sophomore Season (2008): Played in 97 of 103 sets last season seeing time in all 31 matches earning 27 starts...Led BSU with 239 kills (2.46 k/s) accumulating nearly 300 attempts more than any of her teammates (744)...Was third among her teammates with 47 blocks (0.48), five which were solo and 42 that were assisted and was third with 152 digs (1.57 d/s)...She also compiled five services aces...Had 10 double-digit kill performances, including a season-high three, 15 kill matches...Notched two double-doubles while garnering a career-high 18 digs on Sept. 27, 2008 versus Upper Iowa.
Freshman Season (2007): Appeared in 89 games for the Beavers, the most by any freshman...led BSU with 294 kills (3.30 k/g) and hitting percentage .248...was top among her teammates with 91 blocks (1.02 b/g), eighteen of which were solo and 73 assisted...notched 11 service aces and 81 digs during her freshman campaign...had two 20-kill matches, including a career-high 22 at the University of Mary (9/8/07)...had 15 matches with 10-plus kills...recorded a career-high 10 blocks at Upper Iowa (9/27/07), the first player to record 10-plus blocks in a match since Oct. 16, 2004, when Christa Anderson had 11 blocks...led BSU in kills nine times during the season and in blocks 12 times.
At Lake of the Woods High School:
A three-time volleyball Letter winner at Lake of the Woods
High School, Olson helped lead the Bears to three consecutive
undefeated conference seasons, three North Boarder Conference
Championships and consecutive trips to the Minnesota State
Volleyball Tournament (2005 and 2006)...In 2005, Olson was
the Bears’ top hitter as well a leading the team on
the block en route to the school’s first State Championship
in any sport...Earned all-tournament honors...Garnered all-conference
accolades in her final two seasons at Lake of the Woods...Played
for new BSU head coach Laurie Bitter at Lake of the Woods
High School as well as with the Lady Lakers Junior Olympic
program...Traveled to Houston, Texas as a member of a 15-U
team that qualified for the national tournament and finished
24th out of 65 teams...Also played on the Bears’ girls
basketball team...Plans to major in psychology at BSU...Will
have five years to play four.
Personal: Born in St. Cloud, Minn. on April
14, 1989...She is the daughter of Damon and Jackie Delvecchio...Is
a psychology major.
Coach Bitter on Olson:
“Ole is going to be fun. She has been with me for two
state tournaments and a junior olympic national tournament.
She is one kid that keeps developing. She came in as a totally
raw 8th-grader from another school and turned into a powerhouse.
I would like to see her continue to be that powerhouse at
this level. It will be a transition year for her but she offers
so much explosive power hitting she should be fun to watch.”
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