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2022 Baseball Roster

Tom Cawthon
Jim Pierce

18 JP Olson

  • Position C
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 200
  • Class Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown Stoughton, Mass.
  • Highschool Catholic Memorial

Biography

2022:
  • Played in 41 games this season starting in 38 of them
  • On the team, he was first in batting average (.270), 3rd on the team in OPS (.689), 2nd on the team in doubles (10), 3rd on the team in slugging percentage (.358), and tied for 3rd in stolen bases (14)
  • Led the team in catches (323), putouts (285), fielding percentage (.988), and caught stolen base runners (17) 
  • In the CAA, he was 11th in stolen bases, 8th in catches and putouts, 15th in fielding percentage and tied in first in caught stolen base runners 
  • Went 2 for 3 and stole a base against Holy Cross (3/18)
  • Recorded a 9 game hitting streak (4/27-5/14)
  • Hit a triple against Towson (4/30)
  • Put out 16 base runners against BC (3/22)
2021:
  • Recorded 19 hits and 18 RBIs in 26 games played
  • Went 3-for-4 with a stolen base, two RBIs and three runs scored in Northeastern's 18-1 win vs. UMass (3/26) 
  • Hit first career home run during Northeastern's 13-5 win at Hofstra (4/10)
  • Went 2-for-3 with a walk, sacrifice fly, run scored, and career high five RBIs in Northeastern's 14-8 win over Hofstra (5/8)
2020:
  • Did not play in any games before season shortened due to Coronavirus
Before Northeastern: Played four years of varsity baseball at Catholic Memorial with the final two being named captain ... Catholic Conference 2019 All-Star ... 2018 WWBA 17U Elite Round Robin All-Tournament Team ... 2019 Firecracker 4th of July Showcase Tournament MVP ... 2019 PG preseason All-American and All-Region Team .... Played in the MA North-South All-Star Game and the Harry Agganis All-Star Game ... Won the 2015 CABA World Series ... Also won the 2015, 2016 and 2017 New England Perfect Game Super 25 Regional Championship and the 2019 Firecracker 4th of July Showcase Tournament.

Personal: Son of Eric and Christine ... Eric is a Chief Financial Officer ... Christine works as a bank regulator and played basketball at Bentley University and also is in the New England Basketball Hall of Fame ... Has two siblings, Erin and Nikki ... Grandfather Lou Jennings played baseball at UMass Boston and is in the UMass Hall of Fame ... Was in National Honor Society and was awarded the Ronald Perry Senior Scholar Athlete Award ... Business administration major.

Why Northeastern? "They have a great baseball program ... There are a lot of different majors and great education and co-op ... it's close to home." Favorite Memory? Eight hits in eight straight at-bats in the 2019 Firecracker 4th of the July Showcase Tournament.
CAREER BATTING
SEASON GP-GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG BB HBP SO OBP SF SH SB
2020 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0
2021 26-22 .244 78 16 19 3 1 3 18 .423 4 2 15 .287 3 2 4-4
2022 43-38 .270 137 22 37 10 1 0 19 .358 11 3 17 .331 3 4 14-16
CAREER 69-60 .260 215 38 56 13 2 3 37 .381 15 5 32 .315 6 6 18-20
CAA BATTING
SEASON GP-GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG BB HBP SO OBP SF SH SB
2020 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0
2021 12-11 .268 41 9 11 1 1 3 13 .561 2 0 5 .289 2 1 1-1
2022 24-24 .200 80 10 16 3 1 0 6 .263 14 7 21 .366 0 1 1-1
CAREER 36-35 .223 121 19 27 4 2 3 19 .368 16 7 26 .343 2 2 2-2

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2020Freshman

    Catcher
    6'1" 200 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2021Redshirt Freshman

    C
    6'1" 200 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2022Redshirt Sophomore

    C
    6'1" 200 lbs
    18