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Jersey Number 19
Olivia Rongo
- Year:
 - Senior
 
- Position:
 - Defender
 
- Height:
 - 5-11
 
- Hometown:
 - Westhampton, N.Y.
 
- High School:
 - Westhampton Beach
 
- Major:
 - General Psychology
 
As a Junior (2025):
- Started in four of 19 game appearances
 - Picked up 20 ground balls and 14 caused turnovers
 - One assist against Old Dominion (March 22)
 - One draw control against UConn (Feb. 15)
 - Five games with multiple ground balls and three games with multiple caused turnovers
 - President’s List (Fall 2024)
 - Dean's List (Spring 2025)
 - JMU Athletic Director’s Scholar-Athlete List (Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
 
2024 as a Sophomore:
- Appeared in 13 games on defense
 - Secured three ground balls and caused two turnovers on the season
 - Collected two ground balls at Furman (Mar. 2)
 - Caused two opponent turnovers against Vanderbilt (Apr. 20)
 - Recorded a ground ball against Temple in the AAC Championship semifinals (May 2)
 - Dean's List (Spring 2024)
 - JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2023, Spring 2024)
 
2023 as a Freshman:
- Made five appearances for the Dukes
 - Collected four total ground balls
 - Had two ground balls in her first career action against Johns Hopkins (Mar. 11)
 - Caused two turnovers at Vanderbilt (Apr. 8)
 - Dean's List (Fall 2022)
 - JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2023)
 
High School:
- 2022 All-American
 - Led her team to their first County Championship and Long Island Championship in 2022
 - 2021 All-County Team
 - 2019 and 2021 Under Armour All-American National Champion Team
 - 2020 All-League Team
 - 2019 Westhampton Beach High School Rookie of the Year
 - 2019 USA U15 National Combine participant
 - 2019 Women's Professional Lacrosse League Development Program Championship Team
 - Played for Long Island Top Guns Black
 - Three-sport athlete, was captain of the lacrosse, soccer, and basketball teams
 
Personal:
- Daughter of Tracie and John Rongo
 - Has a sister, Lindsay, who plays lacrosse at Stony Brook
 - Majoring in General Psychology
 
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