Lucy Olsen
{{Short description|American basketball player (born 2003)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Lucy Olsen
| image = Lucy Olsen (cropped).jpg
| caption = Olsen with Iowa in 2025
| number = 33
| league = WNBA
| team = Washington Mystics
| position = Point guard
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|5|26}}
| birth_place = Collegeville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb =
| high_school = Spring-Ford
(Montgomery County, Pennsylvania)
| college =
| draft_league = WNBA
| draft_year = 2025
| draft_round = 2
| draft_pick = 23
| draft_team = Washington Mystics
| career_start =
| years1 = {{WNBA Year|2025}}–present
| team1 = Washington Mystics
| highlights =
- First-team All-Big Ten (2025)
- Big East Most Improved Player (2024)
- First-team All-Big East (2024)
- Second-team All-Big East (2023)
- Miss Pennsylvania Basketball (2021)
| medal_templates = {{MedalSport|Women's basketball}}
{{MedalCountry|the {{bkw|USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIBA 3x3 U23 Nations League Final}}
{{MedalGold|2023 Ulaanbaatar|}}
}}
Lucy Anne Olsen (born May 26, 2003) is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Iowa Hawkeyes and previously played for the Villanova Wildcats. Olsen was selected 23rd overall by the Mystics in the 2025 WNBA draft.
Early life and high school career
Olsen played high school basketball for Spring-Ford Area School District in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, where she set the school record for career points and assists and was named first-team all-state two times.{{cite web |title=Lucy Olsen |url=https://villanova.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/lucy-olsen/13541 |access-date=2024-10-17 |publisher=Villanova}} She was named the Miss Pennsylvania Basketball in 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.pabball.com/voting-results-2021|title=2021 Miss PA Basketball Winner |publisher = pabball.com|access-date=2024-10-19}}
Olsen was also a member of her high school tennis team. She was the PIAA state champion in tennis in the fall of 2020.
College career
= Villanova =
Olsen was named to the Big East All-Rookie Team in her freshman season at Villanova.{{cite web|url=https://hawkeyesports.com/sports/wbball/roster/season/2024-25/player/lucy-olsen/|title=Lucy Olsen|date=8 July 2024 |publisher=University of Iowa Athletics|access-date=2024-10-17}} In her sophomore season, she was named to the All-Big East Second Team and earned first team All-Big 5 accolades.
In her junior season, Olsen was ranked third in the country in scoring at 23.3 points per game.{{cite web| url=https://www.espn.in/womens-college-basketball/stats/player| title=All Conferences Women's Basketball Player Stats 2023-24|publisher=ESPN|access-date=2024-10-17}} She was also named unanimous first team All-Big East selection{{cite web|url=https://www.bigeast.com/news/2024/3/7/womens-basketball-bueckers-voted-big-east-player-of-the-year.aspx |title=Bueckers Voted BIG EAST Player of the Year|date=7 March 2024 |access-date=2024-10-17}} and voted the Big East Most Improved Player.{{cite web|url=https://www.bigeast.com/news/2024/3/7/womens-basketball-bueckers-voted-big-east-player-of-the-year.aspx |title=Bueckers Voted BIG EAST Player of the Year|date=7 March 2024 |access-date=2024-10-17}} She was an Honorable Mention All-American honoree by both the WBCA and the Associated Press. She was the 2024 Philadelphia Big 5 Player of the Year.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-30 |title=Big 5 Announces 2023-24 Women's Basketball Award Winners |url=https://villanova.com/news/2024/4/30/womens-basketball-big-5-announces-2023-24-womens-basketball-award-winners.aspx |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=Villanova University |language=en}}
= Iowa =
On April 18, 2024, Olsen transferred to Iowa for the 2024–25 season.{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/iowa-hawkeyes-lucy-olsen-82371bb061f4a96efd1779db5cb00def | title=Scoring sensation Lucy Olsen transfers to Iowa. Ex-Villanova player helps fill void of Caitlin Clark| website=Associated Press News| date=18 April 2024|access-date=2024-10-17}}
Professional career
=Washington Mystics (2025–present)=
On April 14, 2025, Olsen was selected 23rd overall by the Washington Mystics in the 2025 WNBA draft.{{Cite web |last=Leistikow |first=Chad |title=Leisitkow: What Iowa's Lucy Olsen brings to the WNBA, Washington Mystics |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/iowa/basketball-women/2025/04/15/lucy-olsen-wnba-draft-washington-mystics-iowa-womens-basketball-hawkeyes/83080163007/ |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=The Des Moines Register |language=en-US}}
National team career
Olsen helped the USA U21 squad to first place at the 2023 FIBA 3x3 U23 Nations League Final in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.{{cite web|url=https://www.usab.com/players/lucy-olsen| title=Lucy Olsen|publisher= USA Basketball|access-date=2024-10-19}} She won the gold medal with team USA in the 2023 FIBA 3x3 U23 Nations League Final. On July 5, 2024, she was selected to the USA U23 Nations League roster to compete at the 2024 FIBA 3x3 Nations League Americas Conference in Mexico City.
Career statistics
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}
=College=
Updated as of game on December 20, 2024
{{WNBA player statistics start|caption=NCAA Statistics{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/lucy-olsen-1.html|title=Lucy Olsen College Stats|publisher=Sports-Reference|accessdate=October 17, 2024}}}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22
| style="text-align:left;"| Villanova
| 33 || 33 || 29.6 || .372 || .307 || .595 || 2.7 || 2.7 || 1.1 || 0.5 || 1.2 || 7.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23
| style="text-align:left;"| Villanova
|37||37||33.1||.411||.356||.763||4.1||4.4||1.4||0.2||1.6||12.4
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24
| style="text-align:left;"| Villanova
|35||35||36.2||.438||.294||.807||4.8||3.8||1.9||0.6||2.5||23.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2024–25
| style="text-align:left;"| Iowa
|10||10||35.0||.446||.273||.810||4.0||5.1||0.8||0.1||2.8||18.6
|- class="sortbottom"
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
|115||115||33.2||.421||.314||.770||3.9||3.8||1.4||0.4||1.9||14.7
{{S-end}}
References
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External links
- [https://villanova.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/lucy-olsen/13541 Villanova Wildcats bio]
- [https://hawkeyesports.com/sports/wbball/roster/season/2024-25/player/lucy-olsen/ Iowa Hawkeyes bio]
{{Washington Mystics current roster}}
{{2025 WNBA draft}}
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Category:American women's basketball players
Category:Basketball players from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Category:People from Collegeville, Pennsylvania
Category:Villanova Wildcats women's basketball players
Category:Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball players
Category:Villanova University alumni