Sara Olson

Photo by: John Fajardo

Position:
OF
Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
Major:
American Studies
Hometown:
Newhall, Calif.
High School:
West Ranch HS
Prev School:
West Ranch HS

Career: Begins the season tied for third in career stolen bases at Long Beach State with 37 … Needs 14 to break the record held by head coach Kim Kostyk Sowder … Ranks fourth in career triples with 10, needing five to set that record … Olson’s 100 runs scored is tied for ninth in school history in another Top 10 … Begins the year with a career batting average over .300 at .304.

Long Beach State (2023): A first-team All-Big West selection … Played in 53 games and started 50, both team highs on the season … Made all 50 starts in left field and primarily batted either leadoff or second … Led the team with a slash line of .329/.404/.513, topping the team in all three categories … Hit seven doubles, five triples and four home runs … Led the team with 15 multi-hit games on the year … Walked 19 times and stole 13 bases … Made just one error on the year as an outstanding defensive left fielder … Scored two runs and had a single and a stolen base in the season opener against Kansas … Went 1-for-2 with a stolen base and a walk at No. 12 Arizona … Tripled as part of a 2-for-4 day in a win over NC State … Had two hits in both games of the San Diego doubleheader February 15 … Also had two hits against Cal for six hits in three games … Homered at California Baptist as a pinch hitter … Returned to the starting lineup with a massive game, going 3-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base as the Beach upset No. 16 Baylor … Singled against San Diego State before another three-hit game, this time against Purdue, going 3-for-4 with three runs and a stolen base … Closed out the tournament with a single against South Dakota … Finished the week hitting .727 and slugged over 1.000 on the way to earning Big West Player of the Week … Started Big West play with a 2-for-3 day against UC Riverside with two RBI … Tripled and had a pair of Sportscenter Top 10 defensive plays in the outfield in Long Beach State’s 6-4, 10-inning win at UC Davis … Hit safely in every game of that series, including two hits in the second game … Also hit safely in every game against CSUN, part of a six-game hitting streak … Went 2-for-4 with a triple and two runs scored in the UC San Diego finale … Homered and had a stolen base in a 2-for-4 game with two RBI and two runs scored at UC Santa Barbara … Homered in back-to-back games at Hawai’i … Went 2-for-3 with a double and scored the title-clinching run in the Cal State Fullerton finale … Went 1-for-3 with a walk against LMU in the NCAA postseason.

(2022): An Honorable Mention All-Big West selection … Started in all 49 games she played in during the 2022 campaign … Long Beach State’s everyday starter in left field … Led the team with 12 stolen bases on the year, tied for the sixth-most in single season history at Long Beach State … Third on the team with a .299 batting average … Second on the team with 20 RBI … Finished the year with five doubles and two triples, tied for the team lead … Shared in the team lead with multiple RBI games with six on the year … Opened the season by going 2-for-3 with a run scored against Memphis … Drove in three runs in the rematch with the Tigers, going 2-for-4 with a stolen base … Tripled with two RBI against Lamar … Went 2-for-2 with a walk at #9 Arizona … Went 2-for-3 with a double and a stolen base against #1 Oklahoma … Matched a career high with two stolen bases while going 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a walk against Southern Utah … Stole a base while going 2-for-5 with two RBI against Utah State … Went 2-for-3 with one RBI at San Diego … Matched her career best with two stolen bases in a 1-for-2 day with an RBI and two runs scored vs. UC Davis … Was a perfect 3-for-3 with three RBI against CSUN … Opened the Cal Poly series by going 2-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored … Went 2-for-3 in the back half of the same doubleheader with an RBI … Hit a two-run triple against Hawai’i while scoring a run … Closed the season by going 2-for-3 with a run scored against Cal State Fullerton.

(2021): Played in 35 games, starting 27 … Tied for the team lead with nine stolen bases … Started in the outfield in the opening series of the year … Went 1-for-3 with a run scored and two stolen bases in the series opener against UC Riverside … Went 2-for-2 with two runs scored and a double in the second game of the series … Had two hits in the opening game of the UC Davis series … Closed the UC San Diego series with a two-hit game … Went 2-for-2 in the final game of the Hawai’i series.

(2020): Had a strong debut in her first season at the Beach … Started 18 games and played in 24, primarily hitting leadoff … Hit .338 on the year, fourth on the team … Led the squad with 19 runs scored … Hit three triples in the shortened season … Scored as a pinch runner in the season opener … Made first start against George Washington, going 1-for-2 with an RBI … Went 3-for-3 with a home run in the team’s victory over No. 2 Oklahoma … Went 2-for-5 against Idaho State … Was a perfect 4-for-4 with a stolen base against Seattle … A home run short of the cycle in a 3-for-5 day against North Dakota … Scored twice with a double in the final game of the season against Boston.

High School: Lettered for four seasons at West Ranch High School … Finished her career with a .389 batting average … An all-league selection after batting .414 as a junior … Stole 47 bases in her career … Played club with So Cal Choppers.

Major: American Studies

Career Highs:
At-Bats: 5, many times
Hits: 4, vs. Seattle (2/23/20)
Runs: 3, vs. Purdue (3/12/23)
RBI: 3, 2x, last vs. CSUN (4/2/22)
Home Runs: 1, many times
Stolen Bases: 2, 2x, last vs. UC Davis (3/26/22)