Olivia Gilbert

Height:
5-10
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Johnston, R.I.
High School:
La Salle Academy

**2025 ALL-BIG EAST SECOND TEAM**
**2024 ALL-BIG EAST FIRST TEAM**
**2022, 2023, 2024 BIG EAST ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM**

2025: Second Team All-BIG EAST selection… was one of two Pirates to appear in and start all 52 games… Set new career highs in batting average, slugging, runs, hits, home runs and RBI… led the team in RBI (57), hits (56) and ended tied for the lead in batting average (.348)… broke the single-season program record for RBI… opened the season with two RBI in a win over Louisiana (2/6)… collected two hits, including a two-run home run, against Omaha (2/14)… hit a solo home run and drove in two more RBI in a victory over FGCU (2/14)… knocked a two-run home run against Virginia (3/1)… added four RBI on two hits, including a two-run home run, against Cornell (3/2)… named to BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (3/3)… drove in three runs over Georgetown (3/8)… collected a two-run home run at Penn (3/13)… mashed a three-run home run in a run-rule win over St. John’s (4/13)… amassed two runs scored, three hits and five RBI, including a two-run home run, against Drexel (4/15)… mashed two three-run home runs against Creighton (5/3).

2024: All-BIG EAST First Team… Started all 50 games… Second on the team in batting average with .319… Third on the team in home runs with 8… Second on the team in doubles with 12… Led the team in RBI with 37… Had a career day against North Dakota (3/1) tallying three hits, two of which were home runs, and six RBI… Recorded nine multi-RBI games this season.

2023: Started all 60 games at first base in 2023… Batted .291 with eight home runs, 37 RBI and a .473 slugging percentage… Posted 15 multi-hit performances… Named to BIG EAST All-Tournament Team… Hit her first home run of the season as part of a four-RBI game against Appalachian State (2/18)… Hit home runs in three consecutive games against Georgetown (3/17-18) and Creighton (3/24)… Home run against Creighton was a seventh-inning grand slam to help cap off the win… Hit the game-tying home run off the left field foul pole in the seventh-inning of the BIG EAST Tournament First Round game against DePaul (5/10)… Launched a home run in the BIG EAST Tournament clinching victory over Villanova (5/13).

2022: Appeared in 18 games during her freshman season, starting 16 of them… Hit .280 with five doubles, one home run and nine RBI… Went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, an RBI and a run scored against DePaul (4/9)… Hit her first home run as part of a 2-for-3 day in the win over St. John’s (5/8).

Before SHU: Played primarily first base at La Salle Academy in Providence, R.I. for four years... Named a First Team All-State selection all four years and part of the Rhode Island All-Decade Team... Led the state in home runs with 14 in 2019 and batting average her freshman (.576) and sophomore seasons (.605)... Won a Division 1 State Championship in 2019... Hit .630 with five home runs and six doubles her senior season... Played for the Rhode Island Thunder Gold from 2017-2021 in club softball... Part of the National Honor Society... Daughter of Jessie and Michael Gilbert... Has a sister, Samantha... Born Jan. 1, 2003.