Prep Sports and Awards: Four-year varsitymember … All-Region selection (freshman) … varsity track(freshman-senior) … All-State selection (freshman) …state champion 4x100m (freshman) … 4x100m runner up(sophomore) … All-Region (freshman, sophomore) … third atstate meet in high jump (sophomore) … seventh junior year,fifth place senior year … region champion (senior) …awarded Most Outstanding Senior Athlete … varsity softball(freshman, senior) … varsity basketball (freshman, sophomore,senior) … National Honor Society (sophomore-senior) …Junior Class Marshal … highest honor roll andHeadmaster’s list all four years.

Why Sewanee: Academic prestige, size, beautifulcampus.

Personal: Maria Patterson Olson was born inTallahassee, Florida … daughter of Charles and Lib Olson… two sisters, Anna Price (18), and Elizabeth (18), who is afreshman on the track team at Washington & Lee University… her mother, Lib, played tennis at Wesleyan College (1974-76)… her cousin, Christopher Lanigan, played basketball at YaleUniversity … major undecided.