University of Connecticut Athletics
2022 Softball Roster
Olivia Sappington
- Position:
- Infielder
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Stone Bridge HS
- Hometown:
- Ashburn, Va.
2021: Sat out the 2021 season due to injury.
2020: Played in 20 games with 19 starts, mostly as a designated hitterโฆ Posted team-best .350 batting average through 60 at-batsโฆ Led Huskies with five homersโฆ Second on team with 22 RBIโs, 37 total bases and .617 slugging percentageโฆ Five putouts and 1.000 fielding percentageโฆ Two multi-run gamesโฆ Six multi-hit games, including season-best three hits versus Siena (March 6)โฆ Nine games with multiple RBIโs, including five games with a season-high three RBIโsโฆ Eight-game hitting streakโฆ Named AAC Player of the Week for March 2 after boasting a .588 batting average while racking up four runs, three homers, 11 RBI's and a 1.706 OPS through five games.
2019:ย Played in 35 contests and started 30โฆPosted a batting average of .337โฆThrough 83 at-batsโฆNine runsโฆ28 hitsโฆseven doublesโฆfive home runsโฆ21 RBIsโฆ50 total basesโฆSlugged .602โฆWith an on base percentage of .427โฆDefensively: six putouts to go along with a perfect fielding percentage of 1.000. Had a total of six multiple hit games, seven multiple RBI games, longest hitting streak of six games, and an 11 game reached base streak.
Season highs: several his at ECU, Apr. 26thโฆNotched a double, home run, scored a run, and a pair of RBIs vs. Tulsa Apr. 4thโฆSix putouts at Wichita State, Mar. 31st.
Named First Team All-ConferenceโฆAmerican Athletic Conferenceโs Weekly Honor Roll on Apr. 15th for her efforts at the designated player spot versus Boston and series at Houston. In the single season school record book for sacrifice flies (4 total-three-way tie).Ranked fourth in the conference at the end of the season for her slugging percentage (.595).
2018:ย Only player to start all 55 games for UConn, with 45 coming in right fieldโฆSecond-best batting average on the team at .272, as well as the team-leader in hits (41), home runs (6), RBI (20), and total bases (63)โฆNamed to the American Athletic Conference Honor Roll (Feb. 26)โฆSeven multi-hit and six multi-RBI games, both tied for team-highsโฆReached base in nine straight games during the season, the longest streak of any UConn playerโฆFour three-hit performances, including a 3-for-5 effort in the AAC quarterfinals against USF (May 10)โฆWent 3-for-4 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored in 6-1 upset win over No. 7 Texas A&M in College Station (Mar. 15)โฆTwo-homer game as part of a 3-for-4 performance with three RBI and two runs scored in loss to Georgia State (Mar. 2).
2017: Redshirted due to injury.
Before UConn:ย Four-year softball player at Stone Bridge High SchoolโฆAll-Conference, All-Region and All-State as a juniorโฆOffensive MVP in the 2014-15 seasonโฆNamed captain as a seniorโฆMember of the National Honor Society and Honor Roll.
Personal:ย Olivia Louise Sappington is the daughter of Jerry and Salle SappingtonโฆHas a younger brother, Asa, and younger sister, EmilyโฆManagement major.
