2020 Softball Roster
Roster
Ortlieb, Olivia

Jersey Number 21
Olivia Ortlieb
- Height:
- 5-0
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Taft Union
- Hometown:
- Taft, CA
- Major:
- Environmental Studies
Bio
2020: Saw action in 21 games with 18 starts, playing primarily in center field...Recorded a hit vs. Eastern Kentucky (2/21)...Scored runs vs. Rider (3/7) and Bucknell (3/11)...Handled 25 of 26 chances for a .962 fielding percentage...Recognized on the Fall 2019 GW Athletics Academics Dean's List...Named to A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2019: Played in a career-high 49 games with three starts in sophomore season, seeing action mostly as a defensive replacement or pinch runner, to help Colonials win a program-record 44 games and a share of their first A-10 title...Handled 20 chances without an error in the outfield...Scored 14 runs on the season...Had an RBI double and scored a run in win over Manhattan (3/9)...Walked, stole a base and scored a run in win over Morgan State (3/27)...Scored a run in the A-10 Championship win over Saint Joseph's (3/10) and scored again a day later vs. Fordham (3/11)...Recognized on the Spring 2019 GW Athletics Academics Dean's List.
2018: Saw action in 39 games with 20 starts as a freshman, compiling a .230 batting average in 74 at-bats...Also walked six times for a .305 on-base percentage...Posted 14 runs scored, seven RBIs and a pair of doubles...Didn't make an error in 35 chances in the outfield...Recorded first two collegiate hits and first steal against LIU-Brooklyn on Feb. 17...Reached base three times and scored twice in win at Dayton on April 21.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year starter at Taft Union High School, where she batted .547 with a .614 on-base percentage for her career ... Helped Wildcats win four South Sequoia League titles and two section championships ... Named to Cal-Hi small schools first team as a senior and second team as a junior ... Four-time all-league and all-area honoree. ... Received California Interscholastic Federation Scholar Athlete Award as a senior. ... Played with Fresno Force on club circuit. ... Served as class president all four years.
PERSONAL: Olivia Norien Ortlieb ... Born August 6, 1999, in Bakersfield, Calif. ... Daughter of Julie Norien Ortlieb and Brent Forster Ortlieb ... Has an older brother, Nicklaus, and a younger brother, Bronson ... Intends to major in Speech-Language Pathology.
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2019: Played in a career-high 49 games with three starts in sophomore season, seeing action mostly as a defensive replacement or pinch runner, to help Colonials win a program-record 44 games and a share of their first A-10 title...Handled 20 chances without an error in the outfield...Scored 14 runs on the season...Had an RBI double and scored a run in win over Manhattan (3/9)...Walked, stole a base and scored a run in win over Morgan State (3/27)...Scored a run in the A-10 Championship win over Saint Joseph's (3/10) and scored again a day later vs. Fordham (3/11)...Recognized on the Spring 2019 GW Athletics Academics Dean's List.
2018: Saw action in 39 games with 20 starts as a freshman, compiling a .230 batting average in 74 at-bats...Also walked six times for a .305 on-base percentage...Posted 14 runs scored, seven RBIs and a pair of doubles...Didn't make an error in 35 chances in the outfield...Recorded first two collegiate hits and first steal against LIU-Brooklyn on Feb. 17...Reached base three times and scored twice in win at Dayton on April 21.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year starter at Taft Union High School, where she batted .547 with a .614 on-base percentage for her career ... Helped Wildcats win four South Sequoia League titles and two section championships ... Named to Cal-Hi small schools first team as a senior and second team as a junior ... Four-time all-league and all-area honoree. ... Received California Interscholastic Federation Scholar Athlete Award as a senior. ... Played with Fresno Force on club circuit. ... Served as class president all four years.
PERSONAL: Olivia Norien Ortlieb ... Born August 6, 1999, in Bakersfield, Calif. ... Daughter of Julie Norien Ortlieb and Brent Forster Ortlieb ... Has an older brother, Nicklaus, and a younger brother, Bronson ... Intends to major in Speech-Language Pathology.
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CAREER HIGHS | ||
At-Bats | 5 | at Dayton (4/22/18) |
Runs | 2 | 2x, Last at Dayton (4/21/18) |
Hits | 2 | 2x, Last at Dayton (4/21/18) |
RBIs | 2 | 2x, Last at Dayton (4/21/18) |
Doubles | 1 | 3x, Last vs. Manhattan (3/9/19) |
Triples | 1 | at Dayton (4/21/18) |
Total Bases | 3 | at Dayton (4/21/18) |
Stolen Bases | 1 | 3x, Last vs. Morgan State (3/27/19) |
Walks | 1 | 11x, Last at Massachusetts (4/13/19) |
Putouts | 5 | vs. Winthrop (3/6/20) |
Assists | 1 | 3x, Last vs. Princeton (3/1/20) |
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