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2025 Baseball Roster

41 Buck Olson

  • Weight 170
  • Height 5-11
  • Bats/Throws L/L
  • Position OF
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Sandy Springs, Ga.
  • High School North Springs
  • Major Economics

Biography

Awards:

* 3-time Academic All-MWC in 2022, 2023, and 2024
* Academic All-UAA in 2025

Team:

* Member of the first NCAA Tournament team in program history in 2025
* Team reached the Regional Finals before falling to UW-Oshkosh in a winner-take-all Regional Final

2025:

* Appeared in 13 games with 5 starts as a senior
* Recorded 8 hits, 6 runs, 3 doubles, 6 RBIs, and 2 walks
* Tallied a slash line of a .400 batting average, a .435 on-base percentage, and a .550 slugging percentage
* Drove in a career-high 2 runs in the 25-8 win over Carleton on March 20
* Scored a season-high 2 runs in the 16-1 win over Brandeis on March 30

2024:

* Appeared in 4 games with 1 start as a junior
* Recorded 4 runs, 2 hits, and 2 walks
* Tallied a slash line of a .500 batting average, a .667 on-base percentage, and a .500 slugging percentage
* Made his lone pitching appearance with 0.1 innings pitched in the 17-10 loss to Illinois Tech on April 22
* Also added a career-high 2 hits and scored a season-high 2 runs in the loss to Illinois Tech

2023:

* Appeared in 5 games with 2 starts as a sophomore
* Recorded 1 hit and 1 walk on the year
* Tallied a slash line of a .077 batting average, a .200 on-base percentage, and a .077 slugging percentage
* Added his lone hit of the season in the 9-0 loss to Lawrence on May 6

2022:

* Appeared in 10 games with 6 starts as a freshman
* Recorded 9 runs, 5 hits, 2 doubles, 4 RBIs, and 7 walks
* Tallied a slash line of a .227 batting average, a .419 on-base percentage, and a .318 slugging percentage
* Made his collegiate debut with a double, 2 walks, and a run scored in the 9-6 loss to Alma on February 26
* Drove in his first career run in the 11-5 loss to Transylvania on March 20
* Scored a career-high 4 runs and drove in a career-high 2 runs in the 12-9 win over Manchester on March 21

High School:

* 6-time varsity letter award winner in baseball (4) and football (2)
* 3-year Team Captain in baseball
* Region Defensive Player of the Year in 2021
* Led school to 2021 Region Championship (first title since 1999)
* National Honor Society
* Spanish National Honor Society
* Honors graduate
* Visual Arts Magnet graduate

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 41

    2022Freshman

    OF
    5'11" 170 lbs
    41
  • 41

    2023Sophomore

    OF
    5'11" 170 lbs
    41
  • 41

    2024Junior

    OF
    5'11" 170 lbs
    41
  • 41

    2025Senior

    OF
    5'11" 170 lbs
    41