Olivia Pess

Gabby Lantier

/ Softball

Photo by: Lara Zuk

Photo by: Michael J. Okoniewski

Position:
Outfield
Height:
5-10
Class:
Junior
High School:
Nathan Hale
Hometown:
Seattle, Wash.
Club Team:
R/R

Senior Year (2024): Appeared in 33 games, making 23 starts, primiarly in left field ... Recorded career-highs in games started (23), at bats (62), hits (17) and stolen bases (3) ... Had a career-best six multi-hit performances ... Recorded back-to-back multi-hit contests against NORFOLK STATE (3/11) and QUINNIPIAC (3/12) ... Hit a home run versus LE MOYNE (4/24) ... Recorded a career-best seven putouts against No. 15 VIRGINIA TECH (4/27), the most by a Syracuse outfielder in 2024 ... Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored in the team's run-rule win against No. 14 FLORIDA STATE (5/4) ... Had a hit against BOSTON COLLEGE in the ACC Tournament First Round (5/8) ... President of the Syracuse Student-Athlete Advisory Committee ... Pess was named to the 2024 Softball All-ACC Academic Team (3.0 g.p.a. in the most recent semester, 3.0 cumulative g.p.a.) ... She was named to the 2023-24 ACC Academic Honor Roll (3.0-or-better cumulative grade-point-average for the full academic year) ... Pess earned Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0-or-better g.p.a.).

Junior Year (2023): Posted a career-high .292 batting average across 23 appearances and four starts … Recorded two hits and an RBI in 11-4 victory over IOWA (2/19) … Tallied a base hit against UC SAN DIEGO (3/12) … Hit a two-run RBI-single at NOTRE DAME (3/24) … Logged a single in the 5-3 win at NOTRE DAME (3/26) … Hit her first home run of the season against CORNELL (4/26) ... Member of ACC Student-Athlete Sport Advisory Group ... She was named to the 2022-23 ACC Academic Honor Roll ... Pess earned Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Sophomore Year (2022): She was a starter in 14 of the 31 games Pess played in ... Tallied a home run, one run, one hit, and one putout against NIAGARA (4/28) ... Recorded 1 run and 1 hit in the LOUISVILLE series (4/16-4/17) ... Tallied a run in the PITT series (4/2) ... Recorded 2 runs, 2 hits, and 3 putouts in GEORGIA TECH series (3/25-3/27) ... Tallied a hit and 2 putouts against HOFSTRA (3/18 and 3/20) ... Had 1 run, 2 hits, and a home run against IONA (3/18 and 3/20) ... Recorded 2 runs, 2 hits, and 2 putouts in COPPIN STATE series (3/16) ... Appeared in two games of the NC STATE series ... Scored first career home run against ALABAMA STATE (2/20) ... First start of the season against STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (2/13) ... Recorded one hit and scored one run against STEPHEN F. AUSTIN ... She was named to the 2022 Softball All-ACC Academic Team ... She was named to the 2021-22 ACC Academic Honor Roll ... Pess earned Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Freshman Year (2021): Pess participated in 20 contests ... She scored as a pinch runner in victories against CHARLOTTE (3/13) and at PITTSBURGH (3/27) ... Her first collegiate hit was a single against BUFFALO (4/6) ... She also scored in the win against the BULLS ... Pess came around and scored as a pinch runner in a matchup with FLORIDA STATE (4/18) ... Pess earned Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Nathan Hale High School: She was a four-year letter winner in softball at OF, P, and SS at Nathan Hale... Pess played in the outfield, at shortstop and pitched ... She was a captain as a junior and senior ... She accumulated a batting average of .475, 106 hits, 25 home runs, 20 steals and 105 RBI ... Pess earned 2017 All-Division (Utility), 2018 All-Division (Pitcher), 2019 All-Metro League (Utility) ... She was the Nathan Hale most valuable player in 2017 and 2018... She received a 2020 United States Army Reserve National Scholar/Athlete Award... Pess was a member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Olivia Pess was born February of 2002... She is the daughter of George and Susan Pess ... She has one sister, Samantha .... Pess is majoring in business management in the Martian J. Whitman School of Management and minoring in music industry studies ... Pess is the President of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).