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  Lann Olson
Lann Olson
Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Chehalis, WA

High School:
W.F. West

Height / Weight:
6-0 / 215

Position:
MLB

Age:
23

COLLEGE: Team co-captain … Started all 10 games last season … First-team D2football.com West Region all-star and unanimous first-team Great Northwest Athletic Conference all-star … Named Western’s Defensive Player of the Year … Ranked No.31 nationally in forced fumbles (0.30) … Second on team in tackles with 88, including team-high 11.5 for losses of minus-24 yards … Also recovered 3 fumble and forced 3 fumbles … Had career-high 19 tackles against Saint Mary’s CA … Played in nine games in 2001, starting the last eight after missing first two with knee injury … Credited with 41 tackles, 4 for losses of 20 yards, including 1.0 quarterback sack for minus-13 yards, 2 passes defensed and 1 forced fumble … Honorable mention Columbia Football Association all-star in 2000 … Started all 10 games … Tied for second in team tackles with 61, including 6 for losses of 9 yards … Also intercepted 1 pass, forced 1 fumble and defensed 3 passes … Received medical hardship in 1999 after suffering season-ending ruptured spleen in second game … Credited with 3 tackles … Redshirt in 1998 … Three letters.

HIGH SCHOOL: Defensive Player of the Year for Southern Division of Three Rivers League as senior at W.F. West High School ... Also first-team Daily Olympian and Centralia Chronicle all-Area choice ... Team co-captain and MVP ... Credited with 49 unassisted tackles, 30 assists, 1 fumble recovery and 5 forced fumbles ... Ran for 979 yards (8.7 apc) and school-record 15 touchdowns as halfback on offense ... Set Bearcat record with 4 touchdowns in one game ... Earned first-team all-league honors as junior ... Lettered three years and started two ... Also earned three letters in wrestling.

PERSONAL: Major is psychology ... His brother, Andy, is member of Western football team; and his sister, Karen, was 1998 Washington State Dairy Princess.



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