Biography
Honors
All-MVC: 2021 (1st Team), 2022 (2nd Team), 2023 (2nd Team), 2024 (1st Team)
NFCA All-Region: 2021 (2nd Team), 2023 (3rd Team)
Louisville Slugger/NFCA DI National Player of the Week: 4/23/24
MVC All-Tournament Team: 2022, 2024
MVC Player of the Week: 4/25/23, 2/13/24, 4/23/24
MVC Scholar-Athlete: 2021 (HM), 2022 (HM), 2023 (1st Team), 2024 (1st Team)
NFCA Scholar-Athlete: 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
MVC President's Council Academic Award: 2021-22
MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24
MVC Honor Roll: 2019-2020, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24
CSC Academic All-District Team: 2023, 2024
NFCA Leadoff Classic All-Tournament Team: 2024
MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024
Career Summary
Appeared in 208 games, earning 207 starts in her five-year career…Owned a career .317 batting average with 186 hits, 135 RBI, 107 walks, 46 doubles, 31 home runs and eight triples…Recorded a .582 slugging .424 on-base and .926 fielding percentage over five seasons…Stole 36 career bases in 43 attempts…Ended her tenure as the career leader in home runs (31), RBI (135), doubles (46), runs (129), total bases (341), slugging percentage (.582) and grand slams (4).
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2024 (Senior)
All-MVC First Team selection…MVC All-Tournament Team…MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team honoree…Named to the CSC Academic All-District Team…Started all 51 games at third base…Batted .331 with 52 hits, 36 runs, 32 RBI, 29 walks, 10 doubles and eight home runs in her final campaign…Led the Bears in runs, hits and walks…Ranked fourth in the MVC in home runs, fifth in runs scored, sixth in slugging percentage, OPS and walks, ninth in on-base percentage in doubles and 10th in RBI…Tallied 15 multiple-hit and seven multiple-RBI games…Recorded five hits, three walks, two RBI and a home run on opening weekend at the NFCA Leadoff Classic to land a spot on the all-tournament team (Feb. 8-10)…Opening weekend performance also earned her MVC Player of the Week on Feb. 13…Tallied four hits, scored five runs and drove in two runs in a series win against Illinois State (March 15-17)…Knocked two RBI singles on the road at Bradley (March 23)…Drew a walk, scored a run and singled at No. 8 Oklahoma State (March 26)…Smashed a double and scored a run in the series-clinching victory over Murray State (March 30)…Blasted a homer to lead off the game in a road loss at Tulsa (April 3)…Tied her career high with four hits which included a triple and two home runs at Northern Iowa (April 5)…Tallied a hit in each game of the series at Belmont, capping the series with a two-RBI double in the seventh as MSU attempted to make a comeback (April 14)…Etched her name in Missouri State softball history in the series opener against Valparaiso – breaking the MSU career home run record with a three-run homer in the second inning, marking her 30th career long ball (April 19)…Added another three-run homer later in the game against the Beacons to tie her career high in both RBI (6) and runs scored (3)…Became just the second Bear in program history to be named the NFCA DI National Player of the Week on April 23 for her performance against Kansas and Valparaiso…Also earned MVC Player of the Week after going a total of 7-for-11 with seven RBI, six runs, two doubles and two home runs in the series (April 17-21)…Launched a grand slam, breaking the MoState career grand slam record with the fourth of her career, in the victory against Indiana State in game one of the doubleheader (May 3)…Smacked a double in game two of the doubleheader to break the MSU career doubles record (May 3)…Went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a walk in the opening round of the MVC Tournament against the Sycamores (May 8)…Posted five RBI on two hits, including a three-run homer, in MSU’s quarterfinal victory against Belmont at the conference tournament (May 9)…Tallied a hit and a walk in her final game as Bear in the MVC Tournament semifinals against Northern Iowa (May 10)… Earned NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honors and was a recipient of the MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award in addition to securing a spot on the MVC Honor Roll…Named to the MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2023 and Spring 2024.
2023 (Senior)
NFCA All-Region Third Team selection…All-MVC Second Team member…MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team honoree…Appeared in all but one game for the Bears on the season, earning 49 starts…Led MSU with 45 hits, 34 RBI, 31 runs, 26 walks, 12 doubles and three triples…Second-leading hitter on the team with a .315 average…Logged a team-high 10 multiple-hit games to pair with four multiple-RBI games…Ends the 2023 season ranked second all-time in MSU history with 23 home runs and fourth in RBI, doubles and walks…Became just the third Bear in program history to hit at least three career grand slams after going 2-for-3 with six RBI, a double and the game-winning grand slam in the sixth, two runs scored and a walk vs. South Dakota State (Feb. 25)…Her six RBI against the Jackrabbits set a single-game career high…Went 3-for-4 with an RBI double and a stolen base in MSU’s 2-1 victory at No. 23 Wichita State…Batted .556 (5-for-9) with five runs scored, an RBI and two extra-base hits across the Drake series (March 17-19)…Set a single-game career high with four hits in the series finale against UIC, going a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate with four RBI, two runs, a stolen base, a double and two-run home run (April 16)…Named MVC Player of the Week on April 25 for her performance in the Belmont series…She batted .500 (4-for-8) against the Bruins with all of her hits going for extra bases (three home runs and a double), while scoring five runs, collecting seven RBI, drawing two walks and a hit by pitch, stealing two bases and owning a perfect fielding percentage (April 21-23)...Named to the CSC Academic All-District Team and to the MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2022 and Spring 2023.
2022 (Junior)
All-MVC Second Team selection…MVC All-Tournament Team selection…Started all 48 games for the Bears at third base and tied for the team lead in home runs (11), RBI (31) and runs scored (32)…Led MSU with 23 walks and was fourth on the team with a .282 average on the season, while hitting .323 in MVC games…In conference games, Krehbiel led MSU with seven home runs, 19 RBI and 18 walks…Ranked fifth in the MVC in home runs, sixth in slugging percentage and OPS, ninth in doubles and triples and 10th in RBI and walks on the year…Ended the season on an 11-game reached base streak…Recorded a team-leading nine multiple-RBI games…Knocked her first home run of the season against Kansas City (March 5)…Logged a three-hit, two-RBI performance versus SEMO that included a triple and a home run (March 13)…Hit her first career grand slam at Evansville (April 16)…Logged a career-high five RBI and launched a her second grand slam of the season and a solo homer in the same inning at Loyola (April 23)…Became just the sixth Bear in program history to record multiple grand slams in a career…Launched a three-run home run in the MVC Tournament semifinal game against Illinois State (May 13)…Knocked in both of MSU’s runs with a two-run homer in the Bears’ NCAA Tournament victory over Illinois (May 21)…MVC Scholar-Athlete honorable mention and NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete…Named to the MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2021 and Spring 2022.
2021 (Sophomore)
All-MVC first-team selection … Earned NFCA All-Region second-team honors … Started all 40 games she appeared in at third base and led the Bears in RBI (30), extra-base hits (14) and walks (24) … Tied for the team lead in home runs (5) and finished second on the club in average (.342), hits (25) and doubles (8) … Against MVC opponents, she ranked fourth in the conference in RBI (24), fifth in slugging (.749) and on-base percentage (.519), and sixth in batting average (.418) … Closed out the regular season with a 12-game reached base streak (April 3-May 7) … Tallied three RBI in the season-opening tournament at Mississippi State (Feb. 21-22) … Smacked her first home run of the season in the first inning against SIU (March 24) … Drove in at least one run over a five-game stretch (May 1-7) where she posted a four-RBI outing against Indiana State (May 1) and plated three runs against Evansville (May 7) in the regular-season finale … Went 2-for-2 with three RBI, two walks and a stolen base against Drake (March 28) … Registered a three-hit performance against Loyola (April 25) … Named to MVC Scholar-Athlete Team as an honorable mention selection.
2020 (Freshman)
Had a spectacular 2020 campaign, starting all 19 games at third base as a redshirt freshman and sharing the team lead in hits (16) ... Also led MSU in doubles (6), two-out hits (8) and assists (41) and ranked 2nd on the squad in average (.314), total bases (25), slugging (.490) and on-base percentage (.368) ... Ranked 7th in the Valley and 125th nationally in doubles per game (0.32) ... Tied for 5th in the MVC in assists and finished 28th in batting average ... Drove in MSU's only 2 runs in extra-inning loss at No. 6 Oklahoma (March 7) with a double ... Went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and RBI in win over Murray State (March 6) .... Doubled and drove in a pair of runs in win over Jackson State (March 1) ... Posted team's best hitting streak of season with hits in 6 straight games (Feb. 28-March 6) ... Went 2-for-3 vs. Cal Baptist (Feb. 29) in Oxford ... Doubled, drove in a run and had a season-high 7 assists in win over UT Martin (Feb. 15) ... Cracked first college homer, a solo shot, against Abilene Christian (Feb. 14) ... Went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a walk in the win over Creighton (Feb. 14) to start a streak of 11 consecutive games reaching base safely (Feb. 14-March 6) … Earned MVC Honor Roll laurels ... Named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for fall 2019 and spring 2020 semesters.
2019 (Redshirt, Central Missouri)
Redshirted during the 2019 season as a freshman at Central Missouri ... Part of a 34-21 Jennies squad under coach Susan Anderson ... Earned NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete at UCM.
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High School
Was a two-time all-state performer for coach John Gage at Lee's Summit North High ... Broke the Lee's Summit North single-season home run record with 7 homers her senior year (2017-18) along with 32 RBI and 13 walks for 25-6 Broncos squad that won the district title ... Batted .529 her junior year with 44 hits, 10 doubles and .904 slugging percentage ... Earned All-Suburban Conference and all-region honors two years and all-district laurels three times ... Helped LSN to conference title in 2015 ... Hit 18 career home runs to break school record.
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Personal
Olivia Lee Krehbiel was born 5/30/00 in Shawnee Mission, Kan. ... Daughter of Brad and Drenda Krehbiel of Lee's Summit, Mo. ... Has a sister, Liz ... Graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Marketing in May 2022 and her MBA and a graduate certificate in Management in Dec. 2023...Currently pursuing a graduate certificate in Leadership.
