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| Height: | 5-6 |
| Year: | Sr. |
| Hometown: | Lewes, Del. |
| High School: | Cape Henlopen |
| Position: | OF |
Junior season (2009)
Appeared in 46 games with 35 starts, 24 of them in center field and
11 in right ... hit .214 on the season with three doubles, a home
run, 15 runs scored and seven RBI, all career highs ... also earned
a career-best 13 walks ... was hit by a pitch six times, leading
the team for the second time in three years in that category ...
was third on the team with a .382 on-base percentage ... hit .261
in 16 Southern Conference games ... hit her first career home run
on April 7, a grand slam against North Carolina Central ... added
an RBI single for a five-RBI day ... was the only UNCG player to
knock in five runs in a game on the season ... went 2-for-2 with a
stolen base in game two of a doubleheader against Virginia Tech on
April 30, getting two of the Spartans' three hits in the game ...
drew a pair of walks in game one against the Hokies ... finished
the season on a three-game hitting streak, getting hits in each of
the three games in which she played at the SoCon tournament ... led
the team with a .429 average at the tournament ... just missed a
home run against Furman at the tournament on May 8, hitting a
double off the wall in left ... turned in a .964 fielding
percentage, making just two errors in 55 total chances ... earned a
spots on the Dean's List and Chancellor's List in both semesters
... named a National Fastpitch Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete
for the 2008-09 school year ... won the Southern Conference's
Coleman Lew Leadership Award ... earned a spot on the Academic
All-Southern Conference Team.
Sophomore season (2008)
Saw action in 28 games with eight starts ... was used primarily as
a pinch-runner ... scored nine runs on the season ... was 5-for-7
in stolen base attempts ... drew four walks ... posted a perfect
fielding percentage, not making an error in 12 chances ... stole a
base and scored UNCG's only run as a pinch-runner in a 2-1 loss to
Coastal Carolina on Feb. 9 ... scored a run as a pinch-runner
against Chattanooga on consecutive days (March 21-22) ... scored
what would prove to be the winning run in a 4-3 win over Liberty on
March 25 ... scored the winning run in the bottom of the eighth
inning against Elon on April 26 ... earned spots on the Dean's List
and Chancellor's List for both semesters ... named an NFCA
Scholar-Athlete for the 2007-08 school year.
Freshman season (2007)
Saw action in 28 games, starting six during her freshman campaign
... tallied 10 runs and one hit on the season ... was hit by a
pitch a record seven times ... was 1-of-2 in stolen base attempts
... recorded seven putouts ... was on the Dean's List both
semesters ... named an NFCA Scholar-Athlete for the 2006-07 school
year.
High school
Four-year outfielder at Cape Henlopen High School for coach Bill
Cordrey ... a three-time All-Henlopen Conference selection ...
named team Most Valuable Player in 2006 ... earned first team
all-state honors senior year ... participated in the 2006 Blue/Gold
All-Star Game ... member of the team that made four consecutive
state tournament appearances ... earned three letters in field
hockey ... named second team all-state two years in a row ...
Gatorade Player of the Year in 2004 ... named Cape Henlopen High
School Female Athlete of the Year ... played eight years with the
Delaware Magic club team for coach Randy Johnson.
Personal
Laura Ashley Olenderski ... born Jan. 6, 1988, in Newark, Del. ...
daughter of Mick and Cathy Olenderski ... majoring in
marketing.

