SENIOR (2014): Started in 16 games at shortstop or designated hitter during an injury plagued senior season for the 13-24 Scarlet Raiders… batted .283 with 17 hits and 11 RBIs… posted eight extra-base hits in just 60 at-bats to notch a .483 slugging percentage… drew seven walks to finish with a .358 on-base percentage… stole four bases in five attempts… made four errors in 45 chances to post a .911 fielding percentage… hit safely in 11 games with four multi-hit games… started season with a 7-game hitting streak… during a 2-day, 3-game set against Wesleyan (3/15-16/14), went eight for 15 with two doubles, a home run, six RBIs, five runs scored and two stolen bases… hammered a grand slam and an RBI double while going three for five in the series-opening13-12 loss to Wesleyan (3/15/14)… went two for five with two doubles, two RBIs and two runs scored in an 11-3 win over John Jay (3/11/14)… belted a 3-run homer in a 7-5 loss to Whittier (3/19/14).
PROFILE OF THE WEEK (March 13, 2013)JUNIOR (2013): Rutgers-Newark Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2012-13)… started in all 21 game assignments … posted a team-high .365 batting average with 31 hits, 22 RBIs and 22 runs… stroked seven doubles, three triples and two homeruns to finish with the team’s highest slugging percentage of .588… drew 12 walks to post the team’s highest on-base percentage of .456… started the season by going two for three with two RBIs in a 7-1 win against Centenary (2/15/13)… went four for five with one double, one triple, an RBI and a run scored in a 10-9 loss against Frostburg State (3/01/13)… went three for four with one double, an RBI and one run scored in 5-3 loss against Whittier College (3/20/13)… went three for three with two home runs, a walk, three RBIs and scored three times in a 8-2 win at Occidental College (3/24/13)… went three for four with one walk and two RBIs in a 5-4 win over Montclair (3/30/13).Â
SOPHOMORE (2012): NJAC All-Academic Team Honorable Mention... starting shortstop in 28 games… hit .236 with 21 hits, eight RBI and 11 runs… stroked two doubles to finish with a slugging percentage of .285… drew 10 walks to post a .337 on-base percentage… had a team-high 75 assists and helped turn 15 double plays… committed just six errors in 114 chances (.947)… hit safely in 18 games with three multi-hit games… capped the season by going two for three with an RBI in a 5-4 loss to Kean (4/21/12)… went two for three with a double and a run scored in a 10-8 win over TCNJ (4/7/12)… went two for four with an RBI, a run scored, a walk and a stolen base in a 9-7 loss to Johns Hopkins (4/15/12)… had an RBI single and scored twice in a 15-1 win over DeSales (4/3/12).
FRESHMAN (2011): Played in 21 games earning seven starts as the shortstop, third baseman or designated hitter for the 23-19 Scarlet Raiders who shared the ECAC Metro Championship… hit .194 with 10 RBIs on seven hits and scored five runs… piled up all of his hits and seven of his RBIs in his final seven appearances… had a triple and a home run to push his slugging percentage to .333… walked eight times to post a .370 on-base percentage… showed a knack for ninth-inning heroics… ripped a 3-run, 2-out triple in the bottom of the ninth to draw the Raiders within a run of forcing extra inning in a 6-5 loss to Kean (4/25/11)… hammered a 2-out, 2-run home run in the top of the ninth in a 6-4 loss to Alvernia (5/1/11)… singled, brought home a run by getting hit by a pitch and scored twice in Raiders’ 12-run fifth inning in a 12-7 win over Ramapo (5/3/11) in the opening round of the NJAC Championship tournament.
HIGH SCHOOL: Third-team All-Group 2 and second-team All-Middlesex County (Star Ledger).. hit .500 as a senior with 21 RBIs, 40 runs scored and 17 stolen bases in 18 attempts… captain and MVP of Middlesex HS team that went 17-5 and took a Blue Division title in 2010… three-year letterman for the Blue Jays… member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Plans to major in criminal justice at R-N… son of Melissa and Thomas Olah… has an older brother (Kyle).
