Olivia Sappington

Photo by: Meg Kelly

Position:
Infielder
Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
Stone Bridge HS
Hometown:
Ashburn, Va.

2021: Sat out the 2021 season due to injury.

2020: Played in 20 games with 19 starts, mostly as a designated hitter… Posted team-best .350 batting average through 60 at-bats… Led Huskies with five homers… Second on team with 22 RBI’s, 37 total bases and .617 slugging percentage… Five putouts and 1.000 fielding percentage… Two multi-run games… Six multi-hit games, including season-best three hits versus Siena (March 6)… Nine games with multiple RBI’s, including five games with a season-high three RBI’s… Eight-game hitting streak… Named AAC Player of the Week for March 2 after boasting a .588 batting average while racking up four runs, three homers, 11 RBI's and a 1.706 OPS through five games.

2019: Played in 35 contests and started 30…Posted a batting average of .337…Through 83 at-bats…Nine runs…28 hits…seven doubles…five home runs…21 RBIs…50 total bases…Slugged .602…With an on base percentage of .427…Defensively: six putouts to go along with a perfect fielding percentage of 1.000. Had a total of six multiple hit games, seven multiple RBI games, longest hitting streak of six games, and an 11 game reached base streak.

Season highs: several his at ECU, Apr. 26th…Notched a double, home run, scored a run, and a pair of RBIs vs. Tulsa Apr. 4th…Six putouts at Wichita State, Mar. 31st.

Named First Team All-Conference…American Athletic Conference’s Weekly Honor Roll on Apr. 15th for her efforts at the designated player spot versus Boston and series at Houston. In the single season school record book for sacrifice flies (4 total-three-way tie).Ranked fourth in the conference at the end of the season for her slugging percentage (.595).

2018: Only player to start all 55 games for UConn, with 45 coming in right field…Second-best batting average on the team at .272, as well as the team-leader in hits (41), home runs (6), RBI (20), and total bases (63)…Named to the American Athletic Conference Honor Roll (Feb. 26)…Seven multi-hit and six multi-RBI games, both tied for team-highs…Reached base in nine straight games during the season, the longest streak of any UConn player…Four three-hit performances, including a 3-for-5 effort in the AAC quarterfinals against USF (May 10)…Went 3-for-4 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored in 6-1 upset win over No. 7 Texas A&M in College Station (Mar. 15)…Two-homer game as part of a 3-for-4 performance with three RBI and two runs scored in loss to Georgia State (Mar. 2).

2017: Redshirted due to injury.

Before UConn: Four-year softball player at Stone Bridge High School…All-Conference, All-Region and All-State as a junior…Offensive MVP in the 2014-15 season…Named captain as a senior…Member of the National Honor Society and Honor Roll.

Personal: Olivia Louise Sappington is the daughter of Jerry and Salle Sappington…Has a younger brother, Asa, and younger sister, Emily…Management major.