D C Olsen

Cal State Fullerton senior first baseman D.C. Olsen is no stranger to Louisiana, Louisiana State and the Tigers' Alex Box baseball stadium. Olsen lived in nearby Mandeville, La., for three years before his family moved to Fullerton after his freshman year in high school. LSU, in fact, tried to recruit him for football. "I think they must have known about me from my high school coaches in Louisiana since I started on the varsity there as a freshman," Olsen recalled Thursday.

D.C. Olsen is kicking back inside his summer home, the Omaha Marriott, lecturing a writer on his academic field of expertise, "Cal State Fullerton and the College World Series in the 1990s." D.C. was there in '92, the year the Titans reached the World Series final by way of rowboat, life raft, inner tube and pontoon, floating past Miami in a stormy semifinal before hitting the rocks the next afternoon against Pepperdine. "I've never been through anything like that," he says. "Never.

D.C. Olsen is kicking back inside his summer home, the Omaha Marriott, lecturing a writer on his academic field of expertise, "Cal State Fullerton and the College World Series in the 1990s." D.C. was there in '92, the year the Titans reached the World Series final by way of rowboat, life raft, inner tube and pontoon, floating past Miami in a stormy semifinal before hitting the rocks the next afternoon against Pepperdine. "I've never been through anything like that," he says. "Never.

Cal State Fullerton teammates Mark Kotsay and D.C. Olsen were watching a late movie in their hotel room after midnight Monday. All of a sudden, Kotsay saw his roommate in agony. "I was sitting in bed, and I felt an excruciating pain in my side," Olsen said. "I started yelling at Kots to get someone. . . . I was real scared at that point." Kotsay first thought Olsen was kidding. But then he realized it was no joke.

Cal State Fullerton teammates Mark Kotsay and D.C. Olsen were watching a late movie in their hotel room after midnight Monday. All of a sudden, Kotsay saw his roommate in agony. "I was sitting in bed, and I felt an excruciating pain in my side," Olsen said. "I started yelling at Kots to get someone. . . . I was real scared at that point." Kotsay first thought Olsen was kidding. But then he realized it was no joke.

George Horton has seen balls hit longer, but the Titan associate head baseball coach said he had never seen a ball hit harder than the one Fullerton first baseman D.C. Olsen sent over the left-field wall at Texas Saturday. "It was phenomenal," Horton said. "It might have gone 500 feet if the wind wasn't blowing in. It probably would have went through the scoreboard if it hit it."

Fullerton High School catcher D.C. Olsen, the Times' Orange County player of the year in baseball last season, has signed a letter of intent with Cal State Fullerton, his father said Thursday. Olsen, who was also a Times' all-county linebacker in football, plans to play only baseball for the Titans, according to his father, Don Olsen. In January, Olsen made an oral commitment with Louisiana State to play baseball and football but wasn't offered a scholarship.

It wasn't a difficult decision choosing the most valuable player in the Anaheim Hilton & Towers Classic. Everyone fell a rung well below Cal State Fullerton first baseman D.C. Olsen. Olsen slammed two home runs, the last igniting a four-run seventh inning that lifted the Titans to a 14-6 victory over Texas Sunday night in front of 2,021. The game matched two of the nation's highly ranked college baseball teams. It was Olsen's fourth home run of the tournament and fifth of the season.

Steve Friedrich, a catcher for the Troy High School baseball team, has signed a letter of intent to play for Cal State Fullerton next season, Troy Coach Dane Ilertsen said Monday. Friedrich, who was a second-team Times' all-county wide receiver in football, leads the county in home runs this season with 10, which is three short of the county record set last year by Fullerton's D.C. Olsen.

Cal State Fullerton senior first baseman D.C. Olsen is no stranger to Louisiana, Louisiana State and the Tigers' Alex Box baseball stadium. Olsen lived in nearby Mandeville, La., for three years before his family moved to Fullerton after his freshman year in high school. LSU, in fact, tried to recruit him for football. "I think they must have known about me from my high school coaches in Louisiana since I started on the varsity there as a freshman," Olsen recalled Thursday.

It wasn't a difficult decision choosing the most valuable player in the Anaheim Hilton & Towers Classic. Everyone fell a rung well below Cal State Fullerton first baseman D.C. Olsen. Olsen slammed two home runs, the last igniting a four-run seventh inning that lifted the Titans to a 14-6 victory over Texas Sunday night in front of 2,021. The game matched two of the nation's highly ranked college baseball teams. It was Olsen's fourth home run of the tournament and fifth of the season.

George Horton has seen balls hit longer, but the Titan associate head baseball coach said he had never seen a ball hit harder than the one Fullerton first baseman D.C. Olsen sent over the left-field wall at Texas Saturday. "It was phenomenal," Horton said. "It might have gone 500 feet if the wind wasn't blowing in. It probably would have went through the scoreboard if it hit it."

Fullerton High School catcher D.C. Olsen, the Times' Orange County player of the year in baseball last season, has signed a letter of intent with Cal State Fullerton, his father said Thursday. Olsen, who was also a Times' all-county linebacker in football, plans to play only baseball for the Titans, according to his father, Don Olsen. In January, Olsen made an oral commitment with Louisiana State to play baseball and football but wasn't offered a scholarship.

BASEBALL Laguna Hills junior infielder Nick Harvey, with 12 home runs, takes another shot at the county single-season record (13 by Fullerton's D.C. Olsen in 1990) Friday when the Hawks travel to Costa Mesa. In a key Sunset League game Friday, Esperanza and Marina--in a battle with Fountain Valley for first place--play at Esperanza. Both games start at 3:15 p.m.

Five players have declined to play for the North team in the Orange County All-Star football game scheduled July 12 at Orange Coast College's LeBard Stadium. The players are running backs Adam Garcia of El Modena and Jarod Smith of Esperanza, wide receiver Steve Friedrich of Troy, fullback Geoff Grenier of Fullerton and linebacker D.C. Olsen, also of Fullerton.