2015: Named to NEC Academic Honor Roll…. Saw action in 38 games for the Blackbirds, including 32 starts… Collected 18 hits on the year, with had six RBI… Also pitched 30.2 innings for the Blackbirds… Picked up wins at Bryant and Farleigh Dickinson…Pitched 7.2 innings, allowing only one run with four strikeouts in win against Farleigh Dickinson… Went 2-for-5 with a single, home run and two RBI against Savannah State… Had another multi-hit game against Central Connecticut… Recorded doubles in consecutive games against Mount St.  Mary’s.

Background: Played one year at Brookdale C.C. after transferring from St. John’s… Played 16 games for Brookdale, hitting .371, including three home runs and eight RBI… Two-time baseball team captain at Red Bank Catholic High School... Named second team All-Area and second team All-Shore as a senior... Earned first team All-Shore honors as a junior... Helped lead Red Bank to a Catholic Short Conference championship as as senior.

Personal: Son of Denise and Jeffery Olsen ... has a sister, Tori, and a brother, Noah.