UNC Wilmington Athletics

2013: Saw playing time in 52 games and made 41 starts … Recorded 29 hits, highlighted by seven doubles … Paced team with 31 walks, the second highest single-season total in school history … Scored 22 runs and drove in 19 … Tied for team lead with nine stolen bases … Ranked third on squad with .403 on-base percentage.   

2012: Saw playing time in 38 games and made 23 starts ... Tallied 10 hits, highlighted by a pair of doubles ... Third on the team with 11 walks ... Posted .990 fielding percentage, committing one error in 101 total chances.

AT MOUNT OLIVE: Played two years for the Trojans before transferring to UNCW ... Started all 15 played games in 2011 for Mount Olive, batting .375 with just four strikeouts.

HIGH SCHOOL: All-State team as a senior ... Honored as the Central Carolina Conference Defensive Player-of-the-Year as a senior ... Three-time All-CCC honoree for the Panthers.

PERSONAL: Full Name: Olivia Hope Poplin ... Born June 9, 1991, in High Point, N.C. ... Daughter of Chris and Sherrie Poplin ... Majoring in Business Administration.