JACOB OLSON
JUNIOR / KEARNEY, NEB. (KEARNEY)
2014 (Redshirt)
Jacob Olson redshirted after suffering an injury prior to the start of his junior season... earned spots on the Nebraska
Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the fall and spring semesters.
2013 (Sophomore)
Olson finished among Nebraska’s top-five runners in all six meets in 2013...closed the regular season with his
first career individual title at the Tim Young Invitational (25:01.31)...finished fourth in the University Division at the
season-opening Augustana Twilight...added a fifth-place overall finish as NU’s No. 2 runner at the Woody Greeno/
Nebraska Invitational...was Nebraska’s No. 2 finisher the following week at the Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis,
taking 81st overall...was NU’s No. 5 finisher at the Big Ten Championships, settling for 74th (25:50.7), before closing
the season as NU’s No. 4 runner (77th, 32:04.8) at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships in Ames, Iowa...earned
academic All-Big Ten honors while claiming a spot on the inaugural Tom Osborne Citizenship Team...captured a pair
of spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the fall and spring semesters of 2013-14.
2012 (Freshman)
Olson routinely finished among NU’s top five, including a trio of meets as the Huskers’ No. 2 finisher...after sitting
out the first meet of the season, was the second Husker to cross the finish line at the Woody Greeno/Nebraska
Invitational...took 47th overall in a time of 26:25.4...was Nebraska’s No. 2 runner at the KU Rim Rock Farm Classic,
finishing 46th in 25:09.00...was also the second Husker across the line at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational in a time
of 25:49...finished fourth among the Huskers at the 2012 Big Ten Championships and 72nd overall (25:41)...was NU’s
No. 3 runner at the NCAA Midwest Regional, finishing 132nd with a time of 33:29.92...earned spots on the Nebraska
Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the fall and spring semesters.
Personal
• Born March 14, 1994
• Parents are Jon and Sandi Olson
• Attended Kearney HS in Nebraska
• Major is chemical engineering
Before Nebraska
Olson was the Gatorade Nebraska State High School Cross Country Runner of the Year as both a junior and senior
at Kearney High School in 2010 and 2011...was a two-time Lincoln Journal Star Super-State selection...won the Class
A state cross country title in 2010 and was runner-up in 2011.
Career Honors
» Academic All-Big Ten (2013)
» Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
(Fall 2012, 2013, 2014; Spring 2013, 2014, 2015)
» Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2014, 2015)
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Personal
Jacob Olson was born March 14, 1994...son of Sandi and Jon Olson...majoring in chemical engineering...earned
academic All-Big Ten honors as a sophomore in 2013...is a six-time member of the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor
Roll...claimed spots on the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team in 2014 and 2015.
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