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BULLDOG CAREER:
2016 (Junior) Appeared in all but one set for the Bulldogs over 30 matches • earned All-NSIC second team honors • racked up 256 total kills while hitting .359 -- ranking second on UMD • was relied on as the Bulldogs' most effective blocker, leading the team with 110 total blocks • recorded double-digit kills on 12 occasions, including a career-high 14 against Wayne State (Neb.) in the NSIC Tournament • picked up 10 kills on 13 attacks against Minot State, hitting .692 • selected to NSIC All-Academic Team for second straight year.
2015 (Sophomore) Appeared in seven matches and 12 games including one start • knocked down a season-high six kills and 5.0 blocks against No. 1 Tampa on Sept. 5 • knocked down two kills against St. Cloud State on Sept. 22 and Upper Iowa on Oct. 31 • selected to NSIC All-Academic Team.
2014 (Freshman) Appeared in three matches and four games in her first official season with the Bulldogs • debuted in style with four kills on four swings against Lake Superior State on Sept. 6, also knocking back a pair of block assists for UMD • picked up her first conference kill against U-Mary on Oct. 17 • finished her season with five kills and two blocks in a reserve role.
2013 (Freshman) Was redshirted as a first-year freshman
Olley also has played for the UMD women's basketball team as a center since the 2015-16 season

BEFORE UMD: A 2013 graduate of St. Catherine’s High School • spent two years starting at middle blocker for St. Catherine’s H.S., earning all-conference and all-county first team nods and all-state honorable mention her final go-around • was a standout three-sport athlete for the Angels in volleyball, basketball and softball, earning the school’s Student Athlete of the Year award • lettered three times in basketball, claimed an all-state selection in the 2012-13 school year and was a three-time all-conference pick • dominated the mound, pitching her way to an all-Metro Classic Conference selection and all-county honorable mention all four seasons • also participated in the WBCA All-Star Game (basketball) • Named to the Academic All-Conference and All-State teams in all three sports.

PERSONAL: Born Allison Jane Olley in Woodbury, Minn. • daughter of Christopher and Jane Olley • has three younger siblings (Luke, Jackson and Katherine) • mother (Jane) played collegiate basketball at the University of St. Thomas)  • plans on graduating with a teaching mathematics major.