OJ Olson

Height:
5-5
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Leander HS
Hometown:
Cedar Park, Texas

2015 First Team All-Southland Conference
2014 Second Team All-Southland Conference
2013 Second Team All-Southland Conference

Olson's 2015 Match-By-Match Statistics Olson's 2014 Match-By-Match Statistics

2015 (Senior): Put the finishing touches on a career that is among the best-ever by any Ladyjack volleyball player...First Team All-Southland Conference...Southland Conference All-Academic First Team...Notched SLC Defensive Player of the Week honors on Sept. 7 after leading the Ladyjacks to a 4-0 week and helping head coach Debbie Humphreys notch her 600th career win...One of two players who took part in all 128 sets through the course of 2015...Scooped up 664 digs - the second-highest single-season total in the history of the program and the eighth-most among all NCAA Division I volleyball players in 2015 - helping her rank second in the Southland Conference in digs per set (5.19)...That digs per set number was the fifth-best single-season mark in program history and the 22nd-best in the nation during the season...Finished with no fewer than 11 digs in all of the Ladyjacks' 34 matches and posted 16 matches with more than 20 digs...Reached or eclipsed the 30-dig mark in three matches, including a career-best 39 against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (10/8)...Those 39 digs are tied for the fourth-most in a single match in program history...Became the third Ladyjack ever to record 2,000 digs in a career in SFA's three-set victory over Grambling State (10/28)...Helped the Ladyjacks to their 19th season of 20 or more wins.

2014 (Junior): Helped the Ladyjacks win an eighth Southland Conference Championship with a perfect 16-0 league record -- the program's first undefeated league mark since 2006 ... Second Team All-Southland Conference ... Named the SLC Defensive Player of the Week three times (9/15, 9/29, 11/10) -- more weekly defensive honors than any other player in the conference during the season ... Appeared in all 111 sets over the 32-match season ... Recorded 585 digs to rank sixth all-time in SFA history for a single season ... Averaged 5.27 digs per set for the fourth-best single season average in program history ... Ranked second on the team with 131 assists and was third with 24 service aces on the year ... Posted double digit digs in 30 of the team's 32 matches played, tallying 20 or more digs in 12 matches ... Recorded a season-high 29 digs against ULM (9/10) ... Dished out a season-high eight assists against Tennessee State (8/30) and South Dakota State (9/5) ... Ended the season with a season-best three service aces against Northwestern State (11/22) in the SLC Tournament ... Ranked 19th in the country in digs per set (5.27) and 31st in total digs (585) ... Led SFA to 17 straight wins from Sept. 25 to Nov. 21 -- the fifth-longest winning streak in the nation over the stretch ... Helped the Ladyjacks record 13 sweeps during the 16-match SLC schedule.

2013 (Sophomore): Named to the All-Southland Conference Second Team ... Southland Conference All-Academic Second Team ... played in all 126 sets for the Ladyjacks ... led team with 5.12 digs per set ... registered 645 digs on the year to rank 2nd in school history ... tallied 43 digs in 1-3 loss to Northwestern State (11/16) ... ranks 18th in NCAA history for a 4-set match ... posted 16 matches with 20+ disg, and 3 with 30+ digs ... ranked 2nd on the team with 35 service aces, averaged 0.28 service aces per set ... season-high 5 aces against Grambling State (9/14).

2012 (Freshman): Appeared in 113 sets, making four starts, as a true freshman ... recorded 246 digs, 21 assists, nine service aces and four kills ... recorded 10 digs or more on eight separate occasions, including a season-high 23 at Nicholls (10/27) ... made collegiate debut with three digs in season opener against Texas-Pan American (8/24) ... recorded span of two consecutive matches with over 10 digs, with 11 digs at North Dakota (9/1) and 16 digs in the program's first-ever win over a Big 10 school in 3-2 win over Indiana (9/7) ... finished with 11 digs against Central Arkansas (9/29) ... recorded 18 digs in first career start at Houston Baptist (10/16) ... finished with a season-high 23 points at Nicholls (10/27) ... concluded the final month of the season with 10 digs or more in three of the five matches, with 11 digs at Northwestern State (11/2) in the regular season and 18 digs against Northwestern State (11/16) and 17 digs against Central Arkansas (11/17) in the Southland Conference Tournament.

High School: Earned three letters as a starter at Leander High School for coach Ashley Atkinson ... three-time first-team all-District 16-5A selection ... named district MVP and all-state in 2011 ... named district defensive MVP in 2010 and newcomer of the year as a sophomore in 2009 ... academic all-distrct team all three seasons, while earning academic all-state honors in 2010 and 2011 ... team captain in 2011 ... played outside hitter and libero for Texas Fury from 2008 to 2011, and as libero for Austin Juniors in 2012 ... also played soccer at LHS, earning first-team all-district honors and being named newcomer of the year and academic all-district in 2009.

Personal: Daughter of Cindy and Curt Olson.