2024 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Pitched in seven games, all in relief
• Worked 2 2/3 innings of one-run relief, striking out four, in his collegiate debut (game No. 2 of the season)
• Also went 2 2/3 innings the following weekend in game 2 of the George Mason series
• Pitched a scoreless inning in the shutout win vs. DePauw
• Also took the mound at Notre Dame in the midweek opener and vs. UAlbany and Samford during the first two home weekends
• Made his Big Ten debut in the regular-season finale vs. Illinois
HIGH SCHOOL
• Lettered for coach Matt Vold at St. Croix Falls High School along the Minnesota-Wisconsin border in Northwest Wisconsin
• Two-time Wisconsin D3 Player of the Year and Heart O' North Conference Player of the Year as an upperclassman
• Three-time Prep Baseball Report all-state honoree, including consecutive first-team honors as an upperclassman
• Career Stats: 0.37 ERA, 0.67 WHIP and 307 strikeouts in 168 innings; batted .423 with 124 hits and 101 RBI
• Racked up 130 strikeouts in 62 1/3 innings to go along with a 0.67 ERA, 0.56 WHIP and 11 wins as a senior
• Also batted .400 with 11 home runs, 25 extra-base hits and 36 RBI while leading St. Croix Falls to the 2023 WIAA Division 3 state title
• Did not surrender an earned run as a junior while striking out 114 in 62 innings as his team finished as the state runner-up
• All-conference and third-team all-state as a sophomore
• Led St. Croix Falls to three straight conference titles and three straight regional titles plus sectional championships in 2022 and 2023
PERSONAL
• Intended Major: Selling & Sales Management
• Full name is Brayden Robert Olson
• Born in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin
• Parents are Rob and Tanya Olson
• Family also includes siblings Caitlyn, Connor and Tanner
• Pitched in seven games, all in relief
• Worked 2 2/3 innings of one-run relief, striking out four, in his collegiate debut (game No. 2 of the season)
• Also went 2 2/3 innings the following weekend in game 2 of the George Mason series
• Pitched a scoreless inning in the shutout win vs. DePauw
• Also took the mound at Notre Dame in the midweek opener and vs. UAlbany and Samford during the first two home weekends
• Made his Big Ten debut in the regular-season finale vs. Illinois
HIGH SCHOOL
• Lettered for coach Matt Vold at St. Croix Falls High School along the Minnesota-Wisconsin border in Northwest Wisconsin
• Two-time Wisconsin D3 Player of the Year and Heart O' North Conference Player of the Year as an upperclassman
• Three-time Prep Baseball Report all-state honoree, including consecutive first-team honors as an upperclassman
• Career Stats: 0.37 ERA, 0.67 WHIP and 307 strikeouts in 168 innings; batted .423 with 124 hits and 101 RBI
• Racked up 130 strikeouts in 62 1/3 innings to go along with a 0.67 ERA, 0.56 WHIP and 11 wins as a senior
• Also batted .400 with 11 home runs, 25 extra-base hits and 36 RBI while leading St. Croix Falls to the 2023 WIAA Division 3 state title
• Did not surrender an earned run as a junior while striking out 114 in 62 innings as his team finished as the state runner-up
• All-conference and third-team all-state as a sophomore
• Led St. Croix Falls to three straight conference titles and three straight regional titles plus sectional championships in 2022 and 2023
PERSONAL
• Intended Major: Selling & Sales Management
• Full name is Brayden Robert Olson
• Born in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin
• Parents are Rob and Tanya Olson
• Family also includes siblings Caitlyn, Connor and Tanner