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Cornell University Athletics

2019 Softball Roster

18 Olivia Lam

  • Position Catcher
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • High School La Canada HS
  • Hometown La Canada, Calif.

Biography

As a senior (2019)

• Limited to just five games played due to injury with two starts.
• Hit .333 with a pair of runs scored and an RBI.
• Was 3-for-5 with a run scored and an RBI in two contests against Manhattan. 
 

As a junior (2018)

• Batted .157 in 29 contests (26 starts).
• Had a pair of doubles, two RBI and two runs scored.
• Fielded at a .992 clip, committing just one error in 118 chances behind the plate.
• Was 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles, an RBI and a run scored in the series-clinching win over Ivy champ Harvard.
• Had a 2-for-5 showing against Binghamton and also had two hits in the win at Delaware.
• Went 1-for-2 with an RBI against Syracuse.
 

As a sophomore (2017)

• Second-team All-Ivy League selection.
• Hit .302 with a .491 slugging percentage and a .368 on-base percentage in 38 contests (37 starts).
• Ranked second on the team with five home runs and 20 RBI.
• Posted a .986 fielding percentage at catcher.
• Her first collegiate hit was a three-run home run in a win over Bethune-Cookman.
• Notched seven multi-hit games.
• Was 3-for-3 with a home run and two RBI in a win at Columbia.
• Also homered against Dartmouth, Penn and Princeton.
• Drove in 16 runs in 19 Ivy League contests
• Went 3-for-3 with a walk, two doubles - including a walk-off ground rule double - and two RBI in a win over Brown.
• Was 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored in the win over Siena.
 

As a freshman (2016)

• Lam saw action in three contests as a defensive substitution, but did not make a plate appearance.
• Missed a significant portion of the season due to injury.
• Handled her only two fielding opportunities flawlessly.
• Saw time against Dartmouth, Albany and Columbia.
 

At La Canada HS

• Lam was a three-time first-team all-league selection at La Canada HS.
• Two-time all-area selection by the Pasadena Star News.
• Earned the school's Career Athlete Award and the Spring Athlete of the Year Award as a senior.
• Was a member of two sectional championship teams.
• Served as varsity captain as a senior.
 

Personal

• Olivia Waters Lam is the daughter of Jon and Merrill Lam and has a younger sister.
• She is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the SC Johnson College of Business.

 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2015-16Freshman

    Catcher
    5'4"
    18
  • 18

    2016-17Sophomore

    Catcher
    5'4"
    18
  • 18

    2017-18Junior

    Catcher
    5'4"
    18
  • 18

    2018-19Senior

    Catcher
    5'4"
    18