Amanda Olender

Position:
P/Util.
B/T:
R/R
Height:
5-10
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Parlin, N.J.
High School:
Sayreville War Memorial

2010: Named to the girls got game/National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America Scholar Athlete Team...Named to the Summit League Winter/Spring Academic All-League Team...Named to the Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence...Etched her name into the IPFW record books by throwing the program's first no-hitter, holding Morgan State to just a single walk, striking out nine of the 15 batters she faced...Finished the season with a 3-5 overall record to go along with a 2.81 ERA...Struck out 37 batters in 42.1 innings of work, while allowing opponents to hit just .226...Struck out nine and gave up just two hits in her first outing after the no-hitter, topping Georgetown (Ky.)...Struck out five in six innings of work at Dayton on March 16.

2009: Named to the Summit League's Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence, and to the All-Academic Team...Finished the season with a 1-7 record in the circle, while batting .169 (10-of-59) at the plate...Started seven games in the circle, completing four of those...Struck out 27 batters in 38.1 innings of work, while walking just 16...Scored twice, while driving in three runs at the plate...Went 2-for-3 in her first game batting of the season on March 6 against Fairfield...Struck out two of the three batters she face against Maine on March 6...Started the March 7 game against Eastern Kentucky on March 7, striking out one, while allowing just four hits over five innings of work in picking up her first victory of the season...Struck out four against Bryant on March 9, while also going 1-for-3 at the plate...Struck out a career-high seven batters on March 24 at Detroit...Drove in a run in back-to-back games, on March 24 at Detroit and on March 27 at home against IUPUI...Struck out four batters in four innings against Eastern Michigan on April 1.

2008: Had her first collegiate hit on March 8 against Sacred Heart...Picked up her first collegiate victory in the circle on March 10, where she shut out Yale 3-0...Drove in a pair of runs on March 11 against Robert Morris...Recorded her first collegiate save on March 12 in a victory over Cleveland State, where she also went 2-for-5 at the plate with a pair of runs scored...Struck out four batters while giving up just one run in a 3-1 victory over Dayton...Struck out a season-high six batters at home against Valparaiso on April 9...Went 2-for-4 at the plate in the first game of a triple-header against IUPUI, driving in a career-high six runs, including her first collegiate home run...Hit the second home run ov her career two games later, also against IUPUI...Won five games in a six-game span, taking her record from 3-8 to 8-8 following a four-strikeout win over Wright State on April 30...Shut out Oakland on April 16, pitching seven innings and striking out five...Picked up two saves during a four-game span, getting the first against Centenary on May 2, and the second against Southern Utah on May 10 in the Summit League Tournament...Went 2-for-3 against Centenary on May 2...Had a career-high three hits while driving in two runs and knocking a pair of doubles in an elimination game in the Summit League tournament against Centenary.

HIGH SCHOOL: Was named First Team All-Area and First Team All-Red Division in 2006...Broke Sayre War Memorial High School's single-season strikeout record with 208 during her senior year, and was named to the All-White Division Second Team.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Richard and Rosemarie Olender...Has one sister, Lynnmarie...Majoring in elementary education.