Karly Olson returns for her 17th season as an assistant coach of the Thunder women's tennis team in 2025-26. Olson played four years of tennis at Wheaton and was inducted into the Wheaton Athletics Hall of Honor in September 2023.
Karly Olson capped a tremendous playing career with the Thunder women's tennis program as a Division III All-American as selected by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). She and teammate Jordan Hook earned doubles All-American accolades in 2007 as they advanced to the semifinals of the doubles tournament at the 2007 NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Championships in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The duo became Wheaton's first NCAA doubles semifinalists since 1982.
Olson helped lead Wheaton to CCIW Championships in 2005, 2006 and 2007. In doing so, she was recognized as the Conference Championship MVP in both 2005 and 2006.
Olson earned a pair of CCIW Singles Championships in her career and two CCIW Doubles Championships. As a freshman in 2004, she won the CCIW title at No. 6 singles, and in 2005, she won the conference championship at No. 3 singles.
One of the great doubles players in program history, Olson twice won conference championships in doubles play. She teamed with Brooke Parrish for the CCIW Championship at No. 2 doubles in 2005. She and Hook won the conference title at No. 1 doubles at the 2006 CCIW Championships.
