Caitlin Olensky Season 2025

Honors & Awards

• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (2023; Spring 2024)
• SAAC Representative (2024-25)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2024)

Freshman Season (2024)

• Made 10 relief appearances with five starts before a season-ending injury
• Was 3-2 on the year with a team-best 3.30 ERA
• Went 1-0 with 5.0 scoreless innings at the Troy Cox Classic
• Allowed only two hits at the tournament and struck out six
• Earned the win relief in game two against Sacramento State
• Tossed 2.1 innings of one-hit, shutout relief against the Hornets
• Had 4.0 innings of scoreless, one-hit relief vs. Cal State Fullerton
• Earned the win against the Titans
• Started and went a career-long 5.2 innings against No. 14 Missouri
• Allowed two runs in 4.2 innings in a start against Saint Francis
• Gave up one run with a career-high four strikeouts in 3.0 innings vs. UNI
• Struck out four and allowed one run in 3.0 innings vs. UNC on March 12
• Two days later threw 7.0 scoreless innings of relief against the Bears
• Started and threw a three-hit 5.0-inning shutout against Creighton
• Marked her first career complete game and shutout
• Started the Big Ten opener against Illinois
• Became the first Husker freshman pitcher to start a Big Ten opener
• Threw a perfect first inning before exiting the game with an injury
• The injury forced her to miss the rest of the season

Before Nebraska (Montville HS/NJ Lady Dukes Gold)

• Earned first-team All-State honors
• NJAC All-Conference and NJAC Conference Player of the Year
• 2022 Morris County Champions
• Morris County Tournament MVP
• Set the Montville High School strikeout record
• Tallied five no hitters during her high school career
• Ranked No. 60 in the 2023 recruiting class by Extra Inning Softball
• Played club ball for NJ Lady Dukes Gold Torres under Head Coach Juan Torres

Personal

• Born on August 22, 2005
• Daughter of James and Joann Olensky
• Has two siblings, Jaime and Zack
• Psychology major