04/22/2022
Senior Erika Olson was voted by the league coaches as the NSIC Outstanding Senior of the Year in women's golf. A native of Spring Lake Park, Minnesota, Olson is a fifth-year senior majoring in secondary education history while holding a 3.89 cumulative undergraduate grade point average.
The "NSIC Outstanding Senior of the Year Award" is presented to a NSIC Women's Golf student-athlete who participates at their institution for four years and is academically superior while making a positive contribution to their team and the University. The NSIC Outstanding Senior of the Year award was initiated in 2020-21 to honor an outstanding senior that exemplifies the attributes of the model NSIC student-athlete.
In the classroom, Olson has been honored multiple times on the NSIC All-Academic Team as well as the WGCA All-Scholar Team. She is a President's Scholarship recipient and Dean's List student as she is earning a Master of Arts in Special Education: Emotional Behavior Disorders during her final season of play. On the course, Olson has played in 18 rounds this season and holds an 87.83 stroke average with her top finish coming at the Tracy Lane Memorial where she was tied for 16th in a field of 57. She holds the 16th-ranked career scoring average (85.14) across 81 rounds.
When not on the course or in the classroom, Olson assisted with team fundraising and volunteered around campus throughout the years with various athletic activities.
