Instructors Credentials for Garrett Olsen :

Major League Baseball

  • Selected in the 4th round of the 2006 MLB Draft 126th overall by the Minnesota Twins
  • 2006 Elizabethton Twins, Third in organization and eighth in Appy League in batting (.313)
    Fourth on team in hits (55) and third in runs (31).
    Drove in 20 runs in 49 games for Rookie-level Elizabethton
  • 2007 Class A Beloit, Hit .219 with six homers and 50 RBIs in 123 games
    Hit a homer and drove in three runs on July 5
    Went 4-for-4 with two doubles, two runs scored and an RBI on July 28.
  • 2008 Class A Beloit, Was named a Midwest League midseason All-Star.
    Hit a combined seven homers, 59 RBIs and 16 steals in 126 games.
  • 2008 Class A Advanced Fort Myers,
    Homered and drove in four runs against Quad Cities on June 1.
    Went 4-for-5 with a homer, triple, four RBIs and three runs scored in final appearance with Snappers against Quad Cities on June 14.
    Drove in four runs against Class A Advanced Sarasota on Aug. 17.
    Batted .300 (15-for-50) as a shortstop with Miracle.
  • Rated the twins 34 overall prospect in 2006.

Franklin Pierce University and College Years

  • 2004-06 Played three Years for Franklin Pierce University
  • Olson finished his college career among leaders in several categories at Franklin Pierce. He is second all-time in runs scored (166) and home runs (28), third in batting average (.359), fourth in triples (8), RBI (126) and stolen bases (44), fifth in hits (228), sixth in games played (160) and seventh in doubles (38). In his last season at FPU, Olson set program records for hits and runs scored, while his home run total was just one shy of the program record
  • Rated the number two prospect for Division II in 2006 by Baseball America.
  • Two-time All-American, for both (ABCA) American Baseball coaches Association and (NCBWA) National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.
  • Named Division II Northeast and Conference 2006 player of the year by the NE10/ABCA/Rawlings Northeast region
  • Seven Time NE10 Player of the week
  • 2004-2005 Keene Swamp Bats (New England Collegiate Baseball League), Two time first team all NECBL for OF and SS. 2005 NECBL All-Star SS.