Villanova Univeristy Athletics

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS

2024-25 (Graduate Student)

BIG EAST All-Academic Team

Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2024, Spring 2025)

Villanova Career: Named BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week (March 17) … Earned two BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll nods in 2025 (Feb. 17 and Feb. 24) … Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the Fall 2024 semester.
 
2025 (Villanova): Appeared in 12 games with 11 starts … Posted a 1-5 record and a 6.19 ERA over 56.2 innings pitched … Led Villanova with 59 strikeouts … Tallied a career-high nine strikeouts against NJIT (March 14) … Had seven-or-more strikeouts in five games, the most by a Villanova pitchers since Gordon Graceffo in 2021.
 
2024 (Nebraska): Appeared in 13 games for the Cornhuskers … Posted a 10.80 ERA and nine strikeouts over 8.1 innings … Pitched 1.1 innings and recorded a season-best two strikeouts at Wichita State (March 13) … Named to the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll twice (Fall 2023, Spring 2024).
 
Brown Career: Made 28 appearances and 17 starts over three seasons … Posted a 5.56 ERA over 111.2 innings.
 
2023 (Brown): Ranked 10th in the Ivy league with a team-best 4.44 ERA … Ranked fourth in the Ivy League in fewest runs allowed (23), tied for second in fewest hits allowed (43), ranked sixth in lowest opponents’ batting average (.241), and tied for sixth in strikeouts (42) … Posted a career-best 11 strikeouts against Penn (April 15).
 
2022 (Brown): Appeared in 13 games, with 10 starts … Posted 48 strikeouts over 58.2 innings … Had a season-best eight strikeouts over 6.1 innings at Gardner-Webb (March 11) … Started Brown’s first no-hitter in school history, firing 3.0 scoreless innings against Holy Cross (April 5) … Had back-to-back quality starts against Columbia (April 9) and Yale (April 16), allowing three earned runs and six hits over 6.0 innings against Columbia, and two earned runs over 6.2 innings at Yale.
 
2021 (Brown): Brown did not compete due to Covid-19.
 
2020 (Brown): Appeared in three games, with one start … Posted three strikeouts in 6.1 innings … Season was cut short due to Covid-19.
 
Powdersville High School: Helped Powdersville win two regional titles and two district titles … As a senior, went 4-1 with a 1.30 ERA and 56 strikeouts … Named All-State and All-Region as a senior … As a sophomore, threw the first no-hitter in school history.
 
Personal: Born on 8/31/2001 … Son of Robert Olsen … Hobbies include working out and spending time with family.