2025-26 Softball Roster

#27 Caroline O'Brien 2024-25 Softball Roster

Class Sophomore

Height 5-2

B/T R/R

Hometown Palos Heights, Ill.

High School Marist

Bio / Statistics

HONORS AND AWARDS

AS A SOPHOMORE (2026)

Appeared in 51 games with 50 starts, splitting time between second and third base
Recorded 45 hits and drew 13 walks
Logged eight doubles, three triples and a home run
Scored 26 runs and had 15 RBI
Stole 12 bases
Posted three hits and scored two runs in the win over NCCU (Feb. 7)
Logged a three-hit game against Rutgers (Feb. 8)
Scored a run, drove in a run and registered two hits at East Carolina (Feb. 14)
Had a double, triple and her first career home run to go along with three RBI at Georgia Tech (March 1)
Scored three runs and reached base four times in the win at San Diego (March 6)
Registered an RBI double and scored a run in the win at Syracuse (April 18)
Had a three hits, two RBI and stole two bases in the midweek win over Michigan State (April 22)

AS A FRESHMAN (2025)

Named Freshman All-ACC
Appeared in 52 games with 40 starts, all at third base
Hit .340 with a .429 on base percentage in ACC play
Was third on the team with a .268 batting average with 30 hits
Had a team-best 10-game hit streak during the season
Recorded five multi-RBI games, third-most on the team
Notched her first career hit against Kentucky with a 2-run single (Feb. 7)
Went 3-for-3 with two doubles and two walks in the 12-4 win over Pittsburgh (April 5)
Logged a triple in the 7-2 win over #22 Virginia (March 29)
Registered two hits and two RBI at #12 Virginia Tech (April 12)
Reached base three times and drove in a run in a 2-1 win over Western Michigan (March 19)
Drove in the leading run in the 8th inning at Louisville with a single to right field after a 10-pitch at bat (March 9)
Softball America Freshman Watch List

PREP AND PERSONAL

2023 Conference Player of the Year
Three-time All-State
Three-time All-Conference
2021, 2023 Softball State Champions
Daughter of Ann and Mike O’Brien
Has two brothers; Andy, who wrestles at Illinois, and Mike, who plays rugby at Ohio State, and one sister, Kaitlyn
Major is Finance