3 days ago · Olson and Michigan point guard Syla Swords have become arguably the nation’s top freshmen tandem with performances including Jan. 22, when they combined for 42 points and 15 rebounds in a 70-65 ...

1 day ago · Basketball Across Minnesota: Michigan’s Olivia Olson and Florida’s Liv McGill are the latest to emerge from this national basketball hot spot. Basketball Across Minnesota. Former Hopkins sensation Paige Bueckers was the 2021 NCAA player of the year as a UConn freshman. St. Michael-Albertville’s Tessa Johnson helped South Carolina win the ...

In 2023, she won Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) state championships as a senior goalkeeper in soccer and as a junior guard in basketball for Benilde-St. Margaret's. She helped Benilde defend their basketball title in 2024. She earned Minnesota Miss Basketball and Minnesota Gatorade Player of the Year recognition.

McGill was honored Wednesday, Olson on Friday. The honor places them among the top 24 senior girls basketball players in the nation. They are the 8th and 9th Minnesota girls to earn McDonald’s...

Sep 12, 2022 · Olivia Olson averaged 22.8 points a game for Benilde-St. Margaret’s last season and is ranked third nationally in the 2024 class of girls’ basketball recruits. (Cheryl A. Myers, Special to the Star Tribune)

Apr 8, 2024 · Two-time state champion Olivia Olson of Benilde-St. Margaret’s has been named the winner of the Miss Basketball award for 2024. The award is given annually (since 1978) to the top senior girls basketball player in Minnesota.

Jun 24, 2024 · Olson helped Benilde-St. Margaret’s to back-to-back state titles — as the Red Knights’ starting goalkeeper on the Class 2A soccer champion team and as the leading scorer on the Class 3A girls...

Oct 22, 2021 · Olivia Olson, a 6-foot-1 sophomore forward from St. Louis Park (MN) Benidle St. Margaret’s, is ranked as the number three player in the Class of 2024 by ESPN. Olson averaged 23.2 points per game this past season as a freshman, scoring in double figures in all 16 games.

Olivia Olson (Benilde St. Magarets / Minnesota Fury 2024 UAA) was one of 34 athletes invited to attend the USA Basketball Trials this week in Indianapolis, IN. After 8 days in Indianapolis, Olivia received word that she was one of 12 players to make the 16u National team, which will play for a Gold Medal at the FIBA Americas Championships in ...

Olson averaged 24 points, 10 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 3.6 steals through 28 games and was selected to play in the McDonald’s All-American Game. She’s also been named to the Nike Hoop Summit Team USA squad. Olson has maintained a 3.84 GPA in the classroom.