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Honors & Awards

  • One Letter (2019)
  • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2018; Spring 2019)
  • Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2019)

2018-19 (Freshman)
Olivia Keith recorded a stellar inaugural season for the Huskers. She earned six top-five finishes and three career-best times, with those coming in the 100 breast (1:04.62), 200 breast (2:18.61), and 200 IM (2:03.42). Keith also competed in several relays, with her best showing coming in the 200 medley (Lindsey Stalheim, Keith, Maggie Berning, Mira Rhodes) with a time of 1:52.33. Outside the pool, Keith was named to the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in both the fall and spring semesters of 2018-19. She also earned a place on the 2019 Tom Osborne Citizenship Team.

Previous
Keith came to Nebraska as the 2018 Arkansas State Swimmer of the Year. She was a member of the Razorback Aquatics program in Fayetteville, Ark. She helped lead her club team to the 2018 Region VIII Speedo Sectional Championship. The 2018 Wendy’s Arkansas High School Swimmer of the Year, Keith was a two-time Arkansas Class 7A state champion and a six-time Class 7A all-state selection at Fayetteville High School. She was also a seven-time district champion and seven-time all-district swimmer. Keith also won the Trey Heye Sportsmanship Award, was a Fayetteville High School Honors graduate, and a member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society.

Personal
The daughter of Amy and Kent Keith, Olivia was born May 3, 2000, in Fayetteville, Ark. She has one brother, Sawyer. Olivia is a nutrition and health sciences major and earned spots on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the fall and spring semesters of 2018-19. She was a member of the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team in 2019. She chose Nebraska over Kansas, Marshall, Saint Louis and UNO.

Career-Best Times

Event Time Meet (Date)
100 Breast 1:04.62 Last Chance (2019)
200 Breast 2:18.61 Last Chance (2019)
200 IM 2:03.42 Last Chance (2019)