2025-26 Softball Roster

#17 Caitlyn Early 2024-25 Softball Roster

Infielder


Class Sophomore
Height 5-7
B/T R/R
Hometown Santa Barbara, Calif.
High School San Marcos
Caitlyn Early - Softball - Notre Dame Fighting Irish

AS A FRESHMAN (2025)

  • Played in 29 games with one start in her rookie season
  • Recorded five hits and drove in two
  • Was 3-for-3 stealing bases and scored six runs
  • Primarily used to pinch hit and pinch run
  • Made first career start in the 1-0 win over Bethune Cookman, notching her first career hit and scoring the lone run (Feb.9)
  • Drove in two runs with two hits in the 8-0 win over Maine (Feb. 22)
  • Scored three times and logged two base hits in the 15-4 win over Lipscomb (Feb. 23)
  • Scored a run in the 5-4 win over #23 San Diego State (Feb. 28)

PREP AND PERSONAL

  • 2024 Santa Barbara Athletic Roundtable Softball Player of the Year
  • Four-time First Team All-Channel League
  • Two-time First Team All-Southern Section Division 4
  • Three-time Team MVP
  • 2021 Team Rookie of the Year
  • Daughter of Lynne and Sean Early
  • Has one sister, Claire, who played softball at Cal Poly, and one brother, Connor
  • Major is Science Pre-Professional