#17 Caitlyn Early 2024-25 Softball Roster

AS A SOPHOMORE (2026)

• Saw action in 38 games and made 24 starts, 19 at first base
• Posted a .333 batting average on 24 hits, six for extra bases
• Hit three home runs and drove in 14
• Scored 15 runs and drew nine walks while stealing one base
• Hit her first career home run at San Diego, a three-run shot that gave the Irish the lead (March 6)
• Scored three runs, hit a homer and stole a base in the win over Boston College (April 26)
• Launched a solo home run and walked twice against Louisville (April 11)
• Logged her first career three-hit game against Cal (March 29)
• Had a pair of hits and runs in the win over Michigan State (April 22)
• Scored two runs and drove in another in a midweek win over Western Michigan (March 31)

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
• Three-time First Team All-Southern Section Division 4
• Three-time Team MVP
• Ranked 50th-best prospect in 2024 class by Extra Inning Softball
• Hit .490 with 149 hits, 112 RBI, 29 home runs, 40 doubles, one triple, 107 runs, and 12 stolen bases in her high school career
• 2023 First Team Cal-Hi All State after hitting 14 HRs as a junior
• 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