2025 Softball Roster
Roster
Olivia Bruno
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-10
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Topeka, Kan.
- High School:
- Washburn Rural High School
Single-Game Career Highs
- At Bats: 4 | 27 times, last vs. Baylor (5/7/25)
- Hits: 4 | vs. Marshall (3/2/25)
- Doubles: 2 | vs. Wichita State (3/12/25)
- Triples: 1 | 2 times, last vs. Utah (3/21/25)
- Home runs: 2 | 2 times, vs. NC State (2/10/23) ; at Texas (4/14/23)
- Total bases: 8 | vs. NC State (2/10/23) ; at Texas (4/14/23)
- RBI: 4 | 5Â times, last at Kansas City (4/23/25) ;
- Runs scored: 3 | 2 times, last vs. Kansas City (4/23/25)
- Walks: 2 | 11 times, last at Wichita State (4/30/25)
- Innings pitched: 8.0 | vs. Southern Ill. (2/24/25)
- Strikeouts: 8 | 2 times, last vs. Omaha (3/13/25)
- Batters faced: 34 | vs. Southern Ill. (2/24/25)
- Putouts: 12 | vs. Sacramento State (2/17/23) ; vs. Weber State (2/13/22)
- Assists: 4 | vs. Southern Ill. (2/24/25)
Earned Second Team All-Big 12 honors … Started and played in 46 games … Finished the season with 45 hits, bringing her career total to 153 … Hit 12 home runs, her most in a season since freshman year, and tallied 40 RBIs, five doubles, and one triple … Also contributed in the circle, appearing in 19 games with 11 starts … Led the team with a 2.91 ERA across 74.2 innings pitched … Recorded a career-high 49 strikeouts … Finished the season with a .985 fielding percentage.
2024Â (Junior)
First Team Academic All-Big 12 ... Played in 45 games, starting in 40 of those … Finished the season with 22 hits, three home runs and a double … Added 15 RBIs with four multi-RBI games and four multi-hit games … Made 11 appearances inside the circle and pitched 27.1 innings … Finished with a 3-1 record and an ERA of 3.33 … Produced 51 catches, 41 putouts and nine assists.
2023 (Sophomore)
Unanimous Preseason All-Big 12 Team selection … CSC Academic All-District Selection … Started all 52 games for KU … Led the Jayhawks in home runs (9), RBI (26) and walks drawn (30) … Produced two multi-home runs games, vs. NC State (Feb. 10) and at Texas (Apr. 14) … In 131 at-bats, Bruno produced 35 hits and eight doubles for a batting average of .267.
2022 (Freshman)
All-Big 12 Second Team … All-Big 12 Freshman Team … Played in 55 games, starting 54 of those … Led the team in home runs (13) and RBI’s (44) … Had 13 multi-hit games … First career-home run came vs. Fordham (Feb. 12) … Finished the season with a batting average of .353 … Started six games as a pitcher, playing 29 innings throughout the season … Finished with an ERA of 4.72
High School
Played for Washburn Rural High School under head coach Tricia Vogel … Two-time all-state honoree … Hit 11 home runs in 2019 … Helped the Junior Blues to back-to-back regional championships … Member of National Honor Society
Personal
Daughter of Tom and Shawna Bruno … Father, Tom played football and mother, Shawna, played volleyball, both at Washburn University … Has two sisters, Blake and Ava