Katie Olson

Class:
Senior
High School:
Wheat Ridge
Hometown:
Wheat Ridge, Colo.

Junior Year (2005-06) Saw action in 28 games, starting in 27...Finished the season ranked sixth on the team in scoring with 5.9 points per game...Injured her shoulder during the Xavier game on Dec. 10...Scored double figures in seven games...Scored a season-high 16 points against Syracuse...Pulled down a season-high seven rebounds against UC Santa Barbara, Indiana, and Georgetown...Dished out a season-high six assists against Georgetown...Finished the season averaging 3.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.

Sophomore Year (2004-05) Saw action in all 31 games, starting in 13...Finished the season as the fifth leading scorer, averaging 7.1 points per game...Scored a career-high 20 points against Marquette in the C-USA Tournament...Finished third on the team in assists with 52 on the season...Dished out a career-high seven assists against Saint Louis and Charlotte...Scored in double-figures eight times...Tied a career-high with 11 rebounds against Saint Louis ...Recorded a career-high five steals against Southern Miss...Helped lead the Cardinals to the C-USA Tournament final averaging 16.5 points and connecting on 57.1 percent from the field and 60 percent from the three-point line in the first two games....Finished the season ranked fifth on the team in rebounding with 4.3 on the season.

Freshman Year (2003-04) Saw action in all 30 games, starting in 25...Finished the season averaging 9.2 points and 5.6 rebounds per game...Scored double figures in 17 games...Scored a career-high 19 points against No. 18 DePaul...Led team in scoring 3 times ...Pulled down a career-high 11 rebounds against nationally ranked TCU...Ranked second on the team in rebounding with a 5.6 per game...Finished third on the team in steals and fifth in free-throw percentage at 76.2 percent...Dished out a career-high five assists against Memphis ...Connected on a career-high six of six from the free throw line against East Carolina...Hit the game winning shot against East Carolina in overtime.

High School Lettered four seasons in basketball, two seasons in soccer and one season in track...Finished her senior season averaging 20 points, eight rebounds and six assists per game...Named league MVP her junior and senior seasons...Named second team all-state her senior year and honorable mention her junior year...Named first team all-conference her junior and senior seasons...Played on the Colorado All-Star team...Finalist for the Colorado Class 5A Player of the Year.

Personal Birthdate is June 21, 1985...Parents are Trish and Fred Olson ...Majoring in sports administration.