Biography
AT SOUTH ALABAMA
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2025)
• First-team all-Sun Belt Conference selection
• Started all 48 games in which she played at third base and was one of the best at the “hot corner”
• Ranked second on the club in batting average (.320), hits (40), doubles (7) and RBI (26)
• Walked 24 times and been hit by a pitch 11 times – which ranked fifth in the Sun Belt
• Had eight multi-hit games this season and seven multi-RBI games
• Twice this season she has reached base safely in 10+ games, including a team-high 18 straight games at one point
• Closed out the season on a 14-game reached base safely streak
• Held a .347 batting average with runners in scoring position and batted .857 with runners at third with less than two outs
• Of her 26 RBI, 11 came with two outs, which were the most of any Jag, and she also had three walk-off RBI
• Was even better in conference play as her .365 batting average and her .492 on-base percentage was 10th highest
• Was hit by pitch six times, which is tied for tops in the SBC
• Was 2-for-3 with three RBI vs. Northwestern State (2/8)
• Reached base all four of her plate appearances with a single and three walks vs. Lipscomb (2/21)
• Had run-rule, walk-off RBI in back-to-back games vs. Notre Dame and vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (2/22)
• Recorded a hit, drove in a run and scored three times vs. Nicholls (3/1)
• Posted back-to-back three-hit performances in the final two games of the series vs. Marshall (4/12-13)
• Drove in the game-winning run with a walk-off, RBI single to right in the bottom of the seventh to give South a 10-9 victory and clinch the series versus the Thundering Herd in the series finale
• Went 2-for-2 with a double and two RBI in the series finale vs. ULM (4/27)
• Tied a career-best with three runs driven in in game two of the SBC series at Troy (5/2)
FRESHMAN SEASON (2024)
• Named an Easton/National Fastpitch Coaches Association Academic All-America Scholar
• Started all 47 games she played in as a true freshman with all of those starts coming at third
• Batted .289 – which was third-best on the club – scoring 13 runs and driving in 19
• Of her 39 hits, 15 went for extra bases – 12 doubles, one triple and two home runs
• Her 12 doubles were second-most on the club
• Was 4-for-4 in her stolen base attempts
• Posted nine multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games
• Of her 19 RBI, 10 came with two outs, which was tied for second-most on the roster
• Led the club in SBC play with a team-best .340 batting average versus conference foes where she recorded seven of her 12 doubles
• Had at least one hit in each of her first six games and drove in a run seven of her first 11 outings
• Had multi-RBI games in each of her first two career games – vs. NC. Central and vs. Notre Dame – on the opening day of the season
• Had a pair of doubles versus St. John’s (2/10) and recorded her first career home run against her home state team – Missouri – in game two of the day
• Was 2-for-3 with three runs scored, a RBI and a stolen base in a road victory over Southeastern Louisiana (2/20)
• Had a pair of hits and scored a pair of runs in a road win at South Carolina (2/24)
• Was a perfect 3-for-3 with a double versus James Madison (2/25) at the Gamecock Invitational
• Returned from injury to post her second three-hit performance in the series finale at ULM (3/24)
• Was 3-for-5 with two walks, and hit the game-winning home run in extra innings versus the Warhawks, while driving in a pair of runs
• Reached base safely in all four of her plate appearances in game two of the series at Georgia State (4/20) where she was 3-for-3 as she finished just a home run shy of hitting for the cycle
• Starting with game one of the series versus the Panthers, she had at least one hit in 10 over the next 11 games, including four multi-hit efforts
• Closed out the regular season by hitting .556 in the Southern Miss series (5/2-4) where she had five hits, three doubles and five RBI
• Was 3-for-5 versus ULM (5/9) at the Sun Belt Conference Championship
AT LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL
• Lettered at Liberty High School in Liberty, Mo., where she helped the Blue Jays to 141 wins
• Earned all-state honors at three different positions – catcher, third base and shortstop – in 2022
• Ranked 22nd, 37th and 45th on the Extra Innings Elite 100 list over the course of her career
• Led the Blue Jays to a deep run in the Missouri Class 5 state playoffs as Liberty finished with a 27-9 record and third in the state during the 2022 season
• Ended career holding program record for innings played (772)
• Batted .608 with 41 runs scored, 54 hits and 45 RBI
• Of her 54 hits, 27 went for extra bases – 10 doubles, five triples and 12 home runs
• Nearly hit for the cycle in a game during her senior season as she had a home run, a triple and a double
• As a junior, had 41 hits in 93 at-bats for a .441 batting average, and had two doubles, five triples and three home runs, while driving in 28 and scoring 23 runs
• Earned second team Class 5 all-state honors from Missouri High School Fastpitch Coaches Association in 2020 after setting a single-season doubles record at Liberty with 16
• Member of the Extra Innings All Summer Team 14U in summer of 2020
• Played 12 years of travel ball with the last four coming for Aces Fastpitch
PERSONAL
• Full name is Olivia Isabella Branstetter
• Born in Kansas City, Mo.
• Daughter of Shawn and Heather Branstetter
• Has a twin brother, Jackson and a younger sister, Halle
• Majoring in biology
