Biography
Sophomore Year (2025): Appeared in 30 games making 12 starts...Hit .152 with seven hits over 46 at-bats...Tallied two doubles, five RBI and scored three runs...Recorded a fielding percentage of .897 with 22 putouts and 13 assists.
Freshman Year (2024): Had a .148 batting average with a 27 AB… played 19 games and started 11 of them… had 4 hits and 6 runs… had one RBI and a .148 slugging average.
High School: Five-time letter winner at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa … team had a combined record of 38-92 in five seasons … as a junior batted .506 with a .585 on-base percentage, .910 slugging, 5 home runs, 45 hits, 20 stolen bases, .941 fielding percentage, named 4A IGHSAU First-Team, 4A All-District, First-Team All-Conference Heart of Iowa … hit for the cycle as a junior … as a sophomore batted .429 with a .486 on-base percentage, .626 slugging, 2 home runs, 39 hits, 30 stolen bases, .934 fielding percentage, named 4A IGHSAU Third-Team, 4A All-District, Second-Team All-Conference Raccoon River Conference … as a freshman batted .333 with a .413 on-base percentage and a .481 slugging percentage, with 1 home run, 18 hits, 13 stolen bases, and a .878 fielding percentage, named Second-Team All-Conference Raccoon River … as an eighth grader batted .405 with a .467 on-base percentage, .620 slugging percentage, 4 home runs, 32 hits, 11 stolen bases, .840 fielding percentage, named 4A IGHSAU Third-Team All-State, 4A All-District, First-Team All-Conference Raccoon River … also played club ball for the Iowa Premier in Des Moines, Iowa.
Personal: Born October 2004 … daughter of Jason and Tiffany Olejniczak … two siblings, Emma (24) and Kaleb (21) … Jason played football (1989-1993) and baseball (1989-1991) at the University of Iowa … Emma played softball at University of Northern Iowa from 2017-2019, at the University of Iowa from 2019-2021, and Murray State University from 2021-2022 … Kaleb has wrestled at the University of Northern Iowa since 2019 … Lydia intends to major in health sciences, and plans to continue a post-graduate education after softball in either pharmacy school or physician’s assistant school … chose Drake for its outstanding academics, phenomenal coaching staff, and winning culture.
