2018 Baseball Roster
Roster
Jon Olsen
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 201
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
- High School:
- Damien HS
Notes
Selected by the Minnesota Twins as the 364th pick in the 12th round of the 2018 MLB Draft.
2018
Made six starts before season-ending injury โฆ posted a 2-0 record with a 2.20 ERA โฆ struck out 28 batters over 28.2 innings โฆ held opponents to a .200 batting average โฆ allowed just eight walks โฆ made two starts during Pac-12 play, posting a 2.57 ERA โฆ struck out eight batters in 7.0 innings in conference play โฆ threw first career complete game allowing one run with eight strikeouts against Michigan State on March 3 โฆ tossed 7.0 scoreless innings with seven strikeouts in season debut against Portland on Feb. 17 โฆ made first start after missing one month due to injury against No. 2 Stanford tossing 3.0 innings allowing two unearned runs with five strikeouts.
2017 (Summer)
Played for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team โฆ Went 1-0 with a 2.67 ERA in six appearances for the red, white and blue โฆ recorded 15 strikeouts compared to just two walks โฆ first UCLA player to compete for Team USA since James Kaprielian in 2014.
2017
All-Pac-12 team selection โฆ made 16 appearances with 15 starts โฆ posted a 7-1 record with a 2.86 ERA โฆ struck out 80 batter with 31 walks over 85.0 innings โฆ struck out at least five batters in eight of 15 starts, including three starts of eight strikeouts or more โฆ lasted at least five innings in his final eight starts โฆ held opponents to a team-best .202 batting average against โฆ ranked top-10 in the conference in ERA, strikeouts and opposing batting average โฆ made nine starts during Pac-12 play, posting a perfect 6-0 record with a team-best 2.08 ERAโฆ struck out 53 batters in 56.1 innings โฆ posted a team-best .174 opposing batting average during Pac-12 play โฆ top-10 during Pac-12 play in ERA, strikeouts, ERA, opponent batting average and win โฆ struck out nine batters in 5.2 innings against USC at Dodger Stadium on March 5 โฆ earned first win of the season tossing 7.0 scoreless winning surrendering just three hits vs. California on March 26 โฆ tied career-high with nine strikeouts in 7.0 innings at Washington State on May 14 โฆ set career-high with 8.0 innings pitched allowing one run with eight strikeouts in regular season finale at Oregon on May 27 โฆ tossed 7.2 innings allowing two runs in Long Beach Regional vs. San Diego State on June 3.
2016 (Summer)
Played for the Bellingham Bells inย the West Coast League ... went 7-2 with a 2.05 ERA in 10 games (nine starts) ... recorded 42 strikeouts and 12 walks in 57.0 innings ... Bellingham finished the summer with a 32-22 overall record
2016
Appeared in 11 games (five starts), posting a record of 0-0 with a 7.36 ERAโฆstruck out seven batters over 18.1 innings pitchedโฆheld opponents scoreless in four of six relief appearancesโฆmade one appearance in Pac-12 play, pitching one scoreless inningโฆmade his first career appearance on February 21 against North Carolina, pitching 0.2 scoreless inning with one strikeoutโฆmade his first career start on April 19 at Pepperdine and served as the midweek starter from that point forwardโฆpitched a career-high 3.1 innings, allowing just one run on three hits with two strikeouts against Pepperdine on May 10.
High School
Three-year varsity baseball letterwinner at Damien High School (La Verne, Calif.) under head coach Al Leyva โฆ ranked No. 36 on Perfect Game USAโs list of Top 500 High School prospects in California for 2015 โฆ 2015 Perfect Game USA honorable mention All-American โฆ 2015 Perfect Game USA California Region first team All-American โฆ 2014 Perfect Game USA Underclass First Team All-American โฆ played for the Milwaukee Brewers at the 2013 Area Code Games in Long Beach, Calif. โฆ named to the 2013 Rawlings Top Prospect team at the Perfect Game USA Underclass Showcase โฆ named to the 2013 Perfect Game USA WWBA World Championships All-Tournament Team โฆ 2013 Perfect Game USA Underclass Third Team All-American โฆ as a senior at Damien HS, led his team to the third round of the CIF-SS Division II playoffs โฆ as a junior, posted a 1-2 record with a 3.13 ERA in four appearances (three starts), while leading his team to the CIF-SS Division II playoffs โฆ also hit .293 with three homeruns, four doubles, one triple, 22 RBIs and 18 runs in 27 games at the plate โฆ as a sophomore, hit .360 with one homerun, seven doubles, 11 RBIs and 13 runs in 23 games.
Personal
Full name: Jonathan Robert Olsen โฆ born in Loma Linda, Calif. โฆ parents are Tom and Debbie Olsen โฆ has three older sisters Erin (31), Kelly (28) and Lindsey (25) โฆ decided to attend UCLA because he felt there was no better option for the combination of great academics and athletics โฆ admires St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright โฆ lists his hobbies outside of baseball as playing golf and going wakeboarding โฆ something you may not know about Jon is that he started playing golf competitively at the age of five โฆ majoring in psychology.
Career Highs
Innings: 9.0 vs. Michigan State (3/3/18)
Strikeouts: 9 (two times) at Washington State (5/14/17)
