2020 Olivet College Baseball News
Olivet lands school-record 171 student-athletes on MIAA Academic Honor Roll
A school-record 171 Olivet College student-athletes have earned 2019-20 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Academic Honor Roll honors.
July 28, 2020
Nine Olivet College student-athletes named Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholars
Nine Olivet College student-athletes were recently recognized by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education as a 2020 Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholar for their dedication to academics and athletics. Olivet’s honorees are Riley Bennett, Griffin Hammond, Liam Kinjorski, Kea Kunz, Karina Marin, Cameron Ramos, Yul Snell, Samantha Torres and Rachel Webb. Hammond, Kunz, Snell and Torres also earned this honor in 2019. To view the complete list of honorees, click here. The honorees were recognized in the May 28 issue of the Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine.
June 01, 2020
Bennett named to CoSIDA Academic All-District VI baseball team
Olivet College senior Riley Bennett has been named to the 2020 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District VI Baseball team. He is eligible to earn the 2020 CoSIDA NCAA Division III Academic All-America® honors. Three Academic All-America® teams in early June.
May 14, 2020
Senior Salute: Riley Bennett
April 16, 2020
Senior Salute: Aaron Gillespie
April 15, 2020
Senior Salute: Huston Snyder
April 07, 2020
Senior Salute: Noah McMinn
April 06, 2020
Senior Salute: Matt Rehfeldt
April 03, 2020
Senior Salute: Zac Walter
April 02, 2020
Senior Salute: Brandan Settles
April 01, 2020
Olivet baseball team sweeps MIAA Player of the Week awards
FREELAND, Mich. – The Olivet College baseball team has swept the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Player of the Week awards for the week ending March 15. Senior Matt Rehfeldt has been selected the Pitcher of the Week and junior Logan Sella has been named the Position Player of the Week.
March 16, 2020
Bennett’s RBI-single lifts baseball team past Nebraska Wesleyan, 3-2
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – Senior Riley Bennett lined an RBI-single in the eighth inning to lift the Olivet College baseball team past Nebraska Wesleyan University, 3-2, this afternoon at Chain of Lakes Stadium in Winter Haven, Florida.
March 13, 2020
Baseball team suffers 15-8 defeat to Westminster in Sunshine State
AUBURNDALE, Fla. – The Olivet College baseball team suffered a 15-8 loss to Westminster (Pa.) College today at the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex in Auburndale, Florida.
March 12, 2020
Baseball team shutout by Loras, 3-0
LEESBURG, Fla. – The Olivet College baseball team was shutout by Loras (Iowa) College, 3-0, this morning at the RussMatt Invitational and at the Pat Thomas Stadium in Leesburg, Florida.
March 11, 2020
Baseball team breaks stolen bases record in 10-6 win over Becker at RussMatt Invitational
AUBURNDALE, Fla. – The Olivet College baseball team broke the single-game school record with 13 stolen bases this morning in a 10-6 win over Becker (Mass.) College. It was the Comets’ first game at the RussMatt Invitational and inside the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex in Auburndale, Florida.
March 10, 2020
Baseball team sweeps Wisconsin Lutheran, 7-4 and 8-0
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Behind timely hitting and solid starting pitching, the Olivet College baseball team swept a doubleheader from Wisconsin Lutheran College, 7-4 and 8-0, this afternoon at Terry Park in Fort Myers, Florida. Sophomore Brendan Redding pitched the first five innings in game one, and freshman Ty Metzger threw a complete game, four-hitter in game two.
March 08, 2020