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Shawn Olmstead Season 2000

#15
PositionOutside Hitter/Libero
Weight195 lbs
Height6-2
ClassMedical Redshirt
HometownCarpinteria
ProvinceCalifornia

Personal

Born in Carpinteria, California...parents are Richard and Trudy...only boy in a family with six sisters...served an LDS Church mission to Mendoza, Argentina (1997-99)...sister Laci played volleyball at BYU ('94-'95)...sister Heather plays volleyball at Utah State...father played volleyball at BYU-Hawai'i and played on the pro beach tour...lists his mother as his hero for her perseverance in battling cancer for several years...married to the former Farrah Hofheins...majoring in Spanish teaching.

Before BYU

Attended Carpinteria HS...named to the honor roll as a senior...named Most Valuable Player as a junior and senior...a first-team All-Frontier League selection as a junior...Frontier League MVP as a senior...Named First-Team All-CIF as a junior and Second-Team All-CIF as a senior...holds school record with 47 kills in one game during his senior season.

Summary

Olmstead became the starting libero as a senior after waiting in the wings for three seasons ... split time with Fernando Pessoa as a junior ... member of the 2001 and 2004 National Championship teams ... had 302 digs for his career including 230 as a senior ... prepped at Carpinteria High School where he earned several league honors.

Stats

 

YearMPGPKK/GETAPCTASASEREDBSBATBB/GBEBHE
2001^2331.00031.000101020000.0000
2003194900.00000.000140410700000.0000
2004^3312520.02250.0003800362300000.0001

C areer Match Highs
Kills: 2 vs. George Mason, 3/27/04
Attempts: 3 vs. George Mason, 3/27/04
Hitting Percentage: .667 (2-1-3) vs. George Mason, 3/27/04
Digs: 12 (three times)
Assists: 3 (four times) 
Year-by-Year Statistics

 2004 Match-by-Match Statistics |-------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |-------BLOCK------| GEN Date Opponent GP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Jan 10, 2004 at Pepperdine.......... 3 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 Jan 09, 2004 at Pepperdine.......... 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 Jan 16, 2004 NO. 5 CS NORTHRIDGE.... 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0.0 1 Jan 17, 2004 NO. 5 CS NORTHRIDGE.... 5 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0.0 0 Jan 23, 2004 at No. 12 Ohio State... 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 0.0 0 Jan 24, 2004 at No. 12 Ohio State... 4 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0.0 0 Jan 28, 2004 at No. 2 Long Beach St. 5 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 4 7 0 0 0 0.0 0 Jan 30, 2004 at No. 2 Long Beach St. 5 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 2 10 0 0 0 0.0 0 Feb 06, 2004 NO. 12 PACIFIC......... 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 Feb 07, 2004 NO. 12 PACIFIC......... 3 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 Feb 20, 2004 NO. 11 STANFORD........ 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0.0 0 Feb 21, 2004 NO. 11 STANFORD........ 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 0.0 0 Feb 26, 2004 at No. 9 UC Irvine..... 4 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 0.0 0 Feb 28, 2004 at No. 9 UC Irvine..... 4 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0.0 0 Mar 05, 2004 NO. 6 SANTA BARBARA.... 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 Mar 06, 2004 NO. 6 SANTA BARBARA.... 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 Mar 12, 2004 NO. 5 PEPPERDINE....... 4 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0.0 0 Mar 13, 2004 NO. 5 PEPPERDINE....... 4 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 2 10 0 0 0 0.0 0 Mar 18, 2004 at No. 5 Hawai`i....... 4 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0.0 0 Mar 20, 2004 at No. 5 Hawai`i....... 5 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 Mar 26, 2004 LEWIS.................. 4 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 Mar 27, 2004 GEORGE MASON........... 3 2 1 3 .333 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 Apr 02, 2004 at UC San Diego........ 4 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0.0 0 Apr 03, 2004 at UC San Diego........ 3 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0.0 0 Apr 08, 2004 at No. 3 UCLA.......... 4 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 0.0 0 Apr 09, 2004 at No. 3 UCLA.......... 5 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 3 10 0 0 0 0.0 0 Apr 15, 2004 USC.................... 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0.0 0 Apr 17, 2004 USC.................... 5 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0.0 0 Apr 24, 2004 NO. 8 UC IRVINE........ 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0.0 0 Apr 29, 2004 NO. 4 PEPPERDINE....... 5 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 1 12 0 0 0 0.0 0 May 01, 2004 NO. 2 LONG BEACH ST.... 4 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 5 11 0 0 0 0.0 0 May 06, 2004 vs No. 4 Lewis......... 3 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0.0 0 May 08, 2004 vs No. 2 Long Beach St. 5 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0.0 0 Totals..............................125 2 2 5 .000 38 0 0 36 230 0 0 0 0.0 1 Games played: 125Kills per game: 0.02Assists per game: 0.30Digs per game: 1.842003 Match-by-Match Statistics |-------ATTACK------| SET |-SERVE-| PASS DEF |-------BLOCK------| GEN Date Opponent GP K E TA Pct A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE  Jan 17, 2003 at No. 12 Stanford..... 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 Jan 20, 2003 at No. 15 Pacific...... 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 Jan 21, 2003 at No. 15 Pacific...... 5 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 2 12 0 0 0 0.0 0 Jan 31, 2003 NO. 7 UCLA............. 3 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0.0 0 Feb 01, 2003 NO. 7 UCLA............. 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0.0 0 Feb 07, 2003 UC SAN DIEGO........... 2 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0Feb 08, 2003 UC SAN DIEGO........... 4 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3 7 0 0 0 0.0 0 Feb 14, 2003 at No 13 UCSB.......... 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 Feb 15, 2003 at No. 13 UCSB......... 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 Feb 20, 2003 NO. 2 HAWAII........... 3 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0.0 0Feb 21, 2003 NO. 2 HAWAII........... 4 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0.0 0Feb 28, 2003 at USC................. 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 Mar 07, 2003 NO. 10 PENN STATE...... 3 0 0 0 .000 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 Mar 15, 2003 NO. 7 UC IRVINE........ 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 Mar 21, 2003 at No. 10 CS Northridge 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 Mar 22, 2003 at No. 10 CS Northridge 3 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 Mar 28, 2003 NO.4 LONG BEACH ST..... 2 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 Apr 12, 2003 at No. 1 Pepperdine.... 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 Apr 19, 2003 NO. 10 CS NORTHRIDGE... 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0Totals.............................. 49 0 0 0 .000 14 0 4 10 70 0 0 0 0.0 0 Games played: 49Assists per game: 0.29Digs per game: 1.43
Shawn-Olmstead

Senior
2004

Outside Hitter/Libero
6-2 / 195 lbs
Shawn-Olmstead

Junior
2003

Outside Hitter/Libero
6-2 / 195 lbs
Shawn-Olmstead

Sophomore
2002

Outside Hitter/Libero
6-2 / 195 lbs
Shawn-Olmstead

Freshman
2001

Outside Hitter/Libero
6-2 / 195 lbs
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