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Travis Olson
2008 GRAD
 |  C/3B
 |  Hiawatha, IA
UNCOMMITTED
Best PG Grade
6.5
ABOUT PG GRADES
NATIONAL RANKING IA STATE RANKING
NR NR
NR NR
OVERALL C OVERALL C
John F Kennedy
HIGH SCHOOL
5-11
  180

HEIGHT/WEIGHT
R/R
BATS/THROWS
34 and 2 mos
AGE
18 and 4 mos
Age at 2008 Draft
WANT VIDEO?
PG EVENT RESULTS
68 mph
FB VELO 4/16/2005
7.43 sec
60 YARD DASH 4/22/2006
71 mph
C VELO 4/21/2007
2.11 sec
C POP 12/28/2006
LATEST PG SHOWCASE REPORT
2007 Spring Top Prospect Showcase  
Travis Olson is a 2008 C/3B with a 5'11'', 180 lb. frame from Hiawatha, Iowa, who attends Kennedy High School. Olson has present strength in his body. Defensively he showed an accurate arm throwing to second base producing pop times of 2.29. Olson could cut down his pop times by shortening up his arm action on his throws. He handled the different pitchers well. At the plate he is a right handed hitter who hits from an upright and open stance with a simple and balanced approach. Olson likes the ball on the inner half and he likes to turn on the ball hitting to his pull side. Olson is a player that plays hard and will do the little things to help a team win. He is a good student as well.
PG CAREER PROGRESSION
-1.03 SEC
60 Time since 04/16/2005
+10 MPH
C Velo since 04/16/2005
-0.40 SEC
Pop Time since 04/16/2005
Best PG Grade: 6.5
PERCENTILE RANKINGS
CLASS OF 2008 in the recorded year
CATEGORY TOP RESULT CLASS AVG PERCENTILE
FB 68 mph 81 mph
0.66%
60 7.43 sec 7.44 sec
48.29%
C 71 mph 73 mph
29.11%
Pop 2.11 sec 2.07 sec
34.56%