Bethany Olea

Photo by: Bill Jarvis

Year:
Junior
Pos.:
INF
Hometown:
Yuma, Ariz.
Prev School:
Arizona Western

2016 (junior season): First-team All-Big Sky Conference ... A one-time Big Sky Conference Player of the Week ... Started all 56 games at third base ... Hit .408 to lead the team and rank third in the Big Sky ... On-base percentage of .507 ranked second in the Big Sky ... Had 69 hits, with 22 multi-hit games ... Ranked fifth in the Big Sky with 14 doubles ... Drew 35 walks to rank second in the league ... Had 93 total bases and .550 slugging percentage ... Reached base safely in 32 straight games, a program record ... Hit .575 when leading off an inning, .352 with runners in scoring position ... Had 16 two-out RBIs ... Hit safely in 11 of 12 games between Feb. 21 and March 12 ... Three-game hitless streak in mid-February was longest of the season ... Drew a walk in six consecutive games in March ... Had a pair of three-walk games ... Went 3 for 4 with two runs batted in and two runs scored in 9-2 home win over Sacramento State ... Went 3 for 3 with a run scored in 5-3 home win over Portland State, 2 for 2 with two RBIs and two runs scored in 11-1 home win over Carroll ... Went 2 for 3 with four RBI and two runs scored in 14-7 win at Southern Utah ... Went 6 for 8 on stolen base attempts ... Had a .937 fielding percentage at third base.

2015 (sophomore season): Second-team All-Big Sky Conference … Played and started all 50 games … Hit .300 to rank fifth on the team … .393 slugging percentage ranked fourth … Had 45 hits and 59 total bases … Ranked third on the team with 26 RBIs … Had lone triple of the season against Great Falls, one home run against Saint Mary’s … Went 4 for 8 with the bases loaded and hit .357 with the bases empty … Had nine multiple-hit games … Recorded a nine-game hitting streak from March 15 to April 3 … Went 2 for 2 with three RBIs against Great Falls on April 22 … Had a .955 fielding percentage at third base … Had 63 putouts, 65 assists.

Prior to UM: Played one season at Arizona Western ... Named a first-team NJCAA Division I All-American ... Batted .464 with eight home runs and 63 RBIs as the Lady Matadors' leadoff hitter ... Led team to a 49-9 record and the No. 1 overall seed at the NJCAA national tournament ... Arizona Western finished the season with a No. 2 national ranking.

Personal: A 2013 graduate of Cibola High ... Born July 3, 1995, in Yuma, Ariz. ... The daughter of Joel and Theresa Olea ... Has two older sisters, Ariel and Isabella … A management major.