Prior to a 17 year career in the majors, Olerud was named an All-American at three positions and the NCAA's player of the year.
John Olerud's credentials for his time at Washington State were already impressive enough but today, they got even better. The Pac-12 Network named the former WSU first-baseman and pitcher the Pac-12 Baseball Player of the Century.
Olerud spent his high school years at Interlake in Bellevue before he traveled east to play for Bobo Brayton on the Palouse. Olerud spent time on the mound, at first base, and as a utility player while he was at Washington State, culminating in an incredible 1988 season which still dots the WSU record book to this day.