FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Evan O’Kelly Director of Communications O: (406) 657-2130 E: evan.okelly@msubillings.edu Monday, January 11, 2016 MSUB’s Janiel Olson to appear on GNAC Insider Tuesday
After a career-high 18 rebounds on Thursday and 14 more on Saturday, MSUB women’s basketball star Janiel Olson will appear as a live guest on GNAC Insider on Tuesday at 8 p.m. Mountain time. PORTLAND, Ore. – After a career-best 18 rebounds in a 64-49 win over Saint Martin’s University last Thursday, Montana State University Billings women’s basketball senior forward Janiel Olson will be featured as a live guest on GNAC Insider on Tuesday evening at 8 p.m. Mountain time. GNAC Insider is the weekly radio program of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, which airs on Tuesday evenings and is available as a free podcast on iTunes. To listen live to Tuesday’s program, click here. Olson will discuss the Yellowjackets’ 5-1 start to the conference season, as MSUB is currently in a three-way tie for first place in the conference standings. Totaling 32 rebounds in MSUB’s two games last week, Olson now ranks second in the school record books for career rebounds with 842. The career mark is held by Robyn Milne, who grabbed 957 boards as a Yellowjacket from 2002-05. Olson is leading the team with an average of 8.0 rebounds per game this season, and is chipping in 6.9 points offensively. She also ranks fourth in the GNAC in rebounding, a category she led the league in when she was picked as
the 2013-14 GNAC Defensive Player of the Year and first-team all-conference. The Billings West High School graduate was a 2015-16 preseason all-conference selection by the GNAC coaches. The ‘Jackets play on the road this week against Concordia University and Western Oregon University. Olson is the first guest from the women’s basketball team to appear on the conference’s radio program this season and fourth overall from MSUB. GNAC Insider is hosted by Central Washington University’s Rob Lowery, and is produced by the conference office. In addition to the free podcast on iTunes, all archived versions of the program are available for listening through the GNAC’s Stretch Internet portal under the ‘on-demand’ tab. --@MSUBSports | #JacketNation--