University of Connecticut Athletics
2020 Softball Roster
Marybeth Olson
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Chanhassen High School
- Hometown:
- Victoria, Minn.
2021: Appeared in seven games with three starts (1-2), making season debut at DePaul on April 3… 32 strikeouts through 27 innings pitched… 3.63 ERA and .218 opponent batting average… Tossed season-best seven strikeouts at Providence (April 27) and versus Villanova (May 15).
2020: Pitching – Nine starts in 13 appearances in the circle… Posted 1.46 ERA… Perfect 10-0 mark… Five complete games… A pair of shutouts… 84 strikeouts in 62.1 innings of work… Tossed a no-hitter against Central Michigan (Feb. 14)… Notched career-high 14 strikeouts in the 9-5 win at JMU (March 6)… Hitting – Played in 12 games with 12 starts…. Fifth in on-base percentage (.425)… Batting average of .241 and a .310 slugging percentage… Seven hits, four runs, six RBI’s and nine total bases through 29 at-bats… Season-high two hits and three RBI’s against Central Michigan (Feb. 14)… Also added five putouts and eight assists… Named to AAC Weekly Honor Roll for Feb. 10… Named AAC Pitcher of the Week for Feb. 17 after tossing the aforementioned no-hitter to go along with 16 strikeouts in 13 innings and a 0.54 ERA.
2019: Pitching—Started 19 games and appeared in 34 in the circle…Season ERA 2.18…11 wins…11 complete games…Five shutouts…A pair of saves…141 innings pitched…151 strikeouts…Tossed a no-hitter vs. Hartford on Apr. 2nd…Hitting—Played in 11 games and started seven with a batting average of .133…Scored one run, two hits, through 15 at-bats…Slugged .133 with an on base percentage of .278.
Season highs: seven innings pitched at ECU, Apr. 26th…11 strikeouts vs. Bryant, Feb. 9th…zero walks and hits vs. Tulsa on Apr. 4th/3rd.
Named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll: Feb. 11th and Mar. 18th…Named AAC Pitcher of the Week on Apr. 8th…also mentioned by the NFCA for those performances. In the school single season pitching record book for appearances (34-three-way tie ninth overall), strikeouts (151-tied for eighth overall), and in the career section for her no-hitter.
Ended the season ranked fourth in the conference for batters struck out at 151…fourth for batters struck out at 39…and fourth for games finished at 15. In the NCAA, ranked 88th for earned run average…136th for hits allowed per seven innings…24th for strikeout-to-walk ratio…92nd for strikeouts…62nd for strikeouts per seven innings…and 57th for walks allowed per seven innings.
2018: Appeared in 20 games in the circle, making eight starts as a freshman…Record of 5-6 with a 3.02 ERA, accounting for four complete games, two shutouts and one save…Notched 62.2 innings and a 64-14 strikeout-to-walk ratio…Opposing batting average of .256 was third-best on the pitching staff…Four games this season with eight or more strikeouts, including a season-high 10 in win over Stony Brook (Feb. 24)…Nine strikeouts in a two-hit, complete-game shutout against Robert Morris (Feb. 18)…Appeared in five games in conference play…Recorded a 2-for-3 effort at the plate against Pacific (Mar. 9), including an RBI.
Before UConn: Played softball and basketball at Chanhassen High School ... Three-time All-Conference and All-Section as a softball player ... Two-time All-Metro and All-State ... Served as a three-time captain (2015-17) ... 2017 Minnesota Gatorade Player of the Year ... Three-time Section 2AAAA Champions ... 2017 Minnesota AAAA State Champions ... 2017 PGF Central Region All-American ... Star Tribune Metro Player of the Year ... Career batting average of .458 ... Hit 21 home runs and struck out 300 batters in 189 innings pitched ... Captained basketball team as a senior ... Honor roll student and National Honor Society member ... 3.97 GPA.
Personal: Marybeth Olson is the daughter of Pat and Marnie Olson ... Born in January of 1999 ... One older brother, Michael ... Exercise science major.
