Concordia Career:
2015-16: All-NSIC Second Team ... CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team ... NSIC All-Academic ... played in and started all 29 games for the Golden Bears … led the team in scoring averaging 15.1 points per game which ranked 13th in the conference … finished second on the team in rebounds with 5.7 per game … tied for first on the team in blocks with 16 and also led the team in assists with 84 and steals with 54 … Finished his career as the program's third leading scorer with 1,484 points … Also surpassed the 1,000-point milestone in 89 career Northern Sun league games with 1,118 points … In Concordia's record books he ranks second in steals (178) and free throws made (336), third in three-pointers made (198) and rebounds (590), sixth in assists (250), eighth in free throw percentage (.802) and blocked shots (63) and 10th in three-point percentage (.387) … ranked 15th in the NSIC in three-pointers made (1.9/game), 19th in assists (2.9) and first in steals (1.9) for the season … In the NCAA Central Region (NSIC, MIAA & GAC), Olstad ranks 17th in free throws made (116), fifth in steals (1.9/game), fourth in total minutes (986), 23rd in total points (439), and second in total steals (54) … Scored in double-figures in 23 of 29 games with nine 20-plus games … scored a season-high 29 points and adding four assists against Northern State on Jan. 30 … drained a career-high six three-pointers at Minnesota Duluth on Jan. 2 in route to a 24 point performance … opened up the season scoring 26 points and pulling in nine rebounds against East Central on Nov. 13 … concluded his career as the programs all-time leader in games played (117), games started (103) and minutes (3627).
2014-15: All-NSIC Second Team ... CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team ... NSIC All-Academic ... shot 83.5% from the foul line, the ninth best single-season rate in program history while making the fifth most free throws in a season (111) in 133 attempts ... ranked 17th in the NSIC in scoring (13.4), 10th in rebounding (5.7), second in steals (1.7/game) and third in free throw percentage (.833) while leading the team in all four statistics ... ranked 80th in Division II in free throw percentage and 81st in total steals (52) while ranking 104th in steals per game ... also led the team in three-pointers made (51) while shooting 38.6% from the arc, was secondon the team in blocked shots (18) and third in assists (60) while averaging 30.3 minutes per game, second on the team ... played in all 30 games while making 28 starts and scoring in double figures 25 times with four 20-point games and three double-doubles ... the first two double-doubles occurred within a three game stretch starting with a 25 point, 11 rebound performance with four assists and four steals while shooting 7-11 in 38 minutes in a win at Wayne State (1/10) ... had 14 points and 11 rebounds in a win at Bemidji State (1/17) two games later ... also had 18 points and 10 rebounds with four assists and three steals while making 4-6 three-pointers in a win over Winona State (2/14), becoming the 17th member of Concordia's 1,000 point club in the win ... had multiple steals in a game 14 times with four games with four steals ... had 20 games with at least five rebounds and nine games with at least three assists ... made multiple three-pointers in a game 16 times including a pair of games making 4-of-6 from the arc.
2013-14: Named NSIC All-Academic ... awarded medical redshirt after missing 21 out of 27 team games, starting the first six of the season ... scored 17 points in three of the first four games of the season while scoring in double-figures in the first five contests before suffering the injury in the sixth game that forced him to miss the rest of the year ... was 17-18 (.944) at the stripe, 47.2% (25-53) from the floor and 38.5% (10-26) from the arc ... had at least four rebounds in five of the six games ... had four assists with 17 points against Ferris State (11/24/13) and five assists with 11 points against Minnesota State (11/30/13) ... had 10 points, four rebounds, three assists and three steals against Waldorf (11/16/13) ... knocked down three three-pointers in three straight games ... had a season-high six rebounds in his finale game against Winona State (12/6/13) ... registered at least 25 minutes in every game.
2012-13: Named to Division II Athletic Directors Association (D2ADA) Academic Achievement Award ... NSIC All-Academic ... during overall season (all games), ranked 10th in the NSIC in scoring (15.1) and steals (1.35), 11th in three-point percentage (.411), 14th in field goal percentage (.465), eighth in three-point field goals per game (1.96), 15th in free throw percentage (.802) and sixth in minutes (34.12) ... in 22 NSIC contests, Olstad ranked 10th in scoring (15.5), 11th in free throw percentage (.851), 12th in three-point percentage (.410), 10th in three-pointers made (1.95) and seventh in minutes (33.81) ... season minutes average ranked third in Concordia history ... led the team in rebounding (5.0) and steals (35) ... scored in double-figures in 20 out of 26 games ... had five-plus rebounds in 16 games and three-plus assists eight times ... had seven 20-plus point performances with a career-high 30 points along with seven rebounds, five assists and three steals at U-Mary (2/2/03), making 12-12 at the line and 4-9 from three-point range ... scored career-high point totals five different times throughout the season, starting with the season opener of 21 points, six rebounds and three assists against Clarke University (11/17/12) ... had 23 points, five rebounds and three assists at Southwest Minnesota State (12/15/12) ... had 26 points and five rebounds against Northern State (1/12/13) ... scored 28 points with six rebounds on 11-16 shooting including 4-6 from three-point range against Augustana (1/25/13) ... followed up 30-point game at U-Mary (2/2/13) with 28 points on 11-15 shooting including 4-6 three-point shooting the next game at home against Minnesota Crookston (2/8/13) ... two games later had 23 points on 9-16 shooting including 5-7 three-point shooting at Winona State (2/15/13) ... a starter in all 26 games played, made a three-pointer in 23 games and made at least three three-pointers in nine games with a career-high five three-pointers at Winona State (2/15/13) ... had career-high 10 rebounds along with eight points against Alaska-Fairbanks (11/24/12) ... had career-high six assists against Wayne State (1/26/13), adding seven points, four rebounds and three steals.
2011-12: Played in 26 games starting 14 ... ranked 13th in the conference, led the team in steals (1.15) ... scored in double figures in eight games including a 10-point 4-rebound effort adding one assist and a block in his first collegiate game against Judson University (11/15/11) ... scored a career-high 14 points adding six rebounds an assist and a block against Augustana (1/3/12) ... recorded four 10-plus point 5-plus rebound efforts including 13 points and six rebounds adding two assists and two steals against University of Mary (12/3/11) ... recorded 2-plus steals in 10 games including a career-high four steals against MSU Moorhead (1/20/12).
Plainview-Elgin-Millville High School:
Scored 3,055 career points for the Bulldogs, leaving P-E-M as the fourth leading scorer in MSHSL Boys Basketball history and the fifth player to reach 3,000 career points ... ranks second in MSHSL history with 456 career steals and is a school record ... led the Bulldogs to a 28-2 season as a senior while averaging over 30 points per game, scoring 934 points ... was an Associated Press All-State Second Team selection ... holds school records for rebounds (887) and is fourth in career assists (330) ... a four-time All-Three River Conference selection in basketball, also earning All-Conference honors twice in football as a quarterback for P-E-M ... a three-time All-State basketball player ... earned MSHSL All-State Tournament Team honors twice, leading Bulldogs to a pair of third place finishes at the state tournament ... earned over 10 letters in three sports adding baseball to his prep resume ... a 4.0 student in the classroom ... involved in National Honor Society and a Bulldog Ambassador.
