2021 Softball Roster
Olivia Narron
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- North Johnston
- Hometown:
- Kenly, N.C.
- Major:
- Kinesiology
2020 (Senior): One of four East Carolina position players to start all 23 games before the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 global pandemic … Was the Pirates’ everyday center fielder … Paced the team in stolen bases (13) and ranked second in the American Athletic Conference before the season was halted … Put together a .319 batting average with 26 hits and two doubles … Drew five walks … Batted in the leadoff spot in all 23 games … Posted six multi-hit efforts … Tallied a career-best 12-game hitting streak to begin the season … Reached base safely the first 17 games of the campaign … Went 1-for-4 with a run scored, RBI and a walk in the season opener versus Iowa (Feb. 7) … Notched two hits, a run scored and a walk against DePaul (Feb. 15) … Collected two hits, a run scored and a stolen base in ECU’s 2-0 victory over George Washington (Feb. 16) … Went 2-for-4 with a run scored and two stolen bases in the Pirates’ 4-3 win over Fairfield (Feb. 28) … Was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a stolen base in East Carolina’s 5-0 triumph over Yale (Feb. 28) … Compiled two hits, a run scored and a stolen base in ECU’s 5-1 win over Hofstra (March 1) … Rapped out a double as part of a two-hit performance as the Pirates knocked off BYU 10-4 for the program’s first-ever win over the national powerhouse Cougars (March 7) … Secured a hit and scored two runs in what turned out to be the season finale against North Dakota State (March 8) – an 8-6 East Carolina victory.
2019 (Junior): One of two East Carolina players to start all 54 games … Made 42 starts in right field and 12 in left field … Tallied three multi-hit performances and one multi-RBI effort … Recorded 24 hits and 17 runs scored … Went 11 for 12 in stolen base attempts … Committed just one error the entire season for a .985 fielding percentage … Notched a season-best three hits and stole a base in the Pirates’ 6-3 victory over Wagner (Feb. 17) … Chipped in with a pair of hits in contests against Columbia (March 1) and UCF (March 30) … Scored two runs in games versus Cleveland State (Feb. 15), Wagner (Feb. 17), Florida Atlantic (March 8) and Cornell (March 16) … Stole two bases at Wichita State (April 20) … Laced her first career triple down the right field line at Duke (April 23).
2018 (Sophomore): Assumed the every day left field role, playing and starting in 54 of the Pirates’ 55 games ... Paced the team in stolen bases, swiping 10 bags in 12 attempts ... Tallied multiple (2) hits in contests against Towson (Feb. 16), Campbell (April 2) and Connecticut (April 14).
2017 (Freshman): Played in 39 games her rookie season, mainly as a defensive replacement in left field ... Scored eight runs and stole her lone base of the season at Georgia (Feb. 12) ... Put together a six-game streak of scoring at least one run from Feb. 26 to March 8.
High School: Arrived in Greenville following a four-year prep career during which she led the Panthers to a 74-22 record while batting .433 and accumulating 136 hits, 115 runs scored and 67 stolen bases … Collected all-conference, all-district and all-state accolades each of her first three seasons as North Johnston won Eastern Plains 2A conference titles in 2013, 2014 and 2016 … Was sensational at the plate as a freshman on the varsity squad, batting .571 with 40 runs scored and 13 RBI … Followed that showing with .336 and .400 marks as a sophomore and junior before hitting .409 her senior year … Also compiled double-digit stolen bases all four seasons with a career-high 23 her sophomore campaign … In the classroom, earned high honors and was a member of the National Honors Society as well as garnering an ESPN Triangle Scholar Athlete of the Month award … In addition to softball, collected four varsity letters in both volleyball and basketball as a three-sport athlete.
