It is an awesome opportunity. I’m super excited, and I am just glad to be here with my teammates, coaches and everyone supporting me. It truly means a lot to me.”
Full Name:
Caitlin Attfield
Birthplace:
Niagara Falls, NY
Pro Experience:
Draftee
College Experience
UAB
Throws:
R
Bats:
L
Position:
2B/SS



Carreer Highlights:
AS A SENIOR (2016)
- Voted to 2016 All-Conference USA team - Named a finalist for the 2016 Senior CLASS Award
- Led UAB in several categories including, batting average and on base percentage (min. 150 AB), runs, hits, triples and stolen bases
- Tied for fewest strikeouts in C-USA (min. 100 AB)
- Voted to 2016 Preseason All-Conference USA
- Had a career and team season high 4 RBI (March 26)
- Became the first UAB Blazer to be taken in the NPF Draft (9th overall pick)

AS A JUNIOR (2015)
- Ranked sixth in the nation with a .473 batting average
- Selected by league coaches as 2015 Conference USA Player of the Year, the first athlete in program history to receive the honor
- Selected to the 2015 NFCA Mideast All-Region First Team
- 2015 First Team All-Conference USA selection
- Earned selections to the 2015 C-USA All-Academic Team and to the 2015 C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Named C-USA Player of the Week on April 27 after finishing the Southern Miss series 7-for-10 (.700) with a home run, two doubles, three RBI and six runs scored
- Selected to the 2015 Preseason C-USA All-Conference Team
- UAB’s all-time career batting average (.417), on-base percentage (.470), slugging percentage (.523) and hits (237) leader
- Shattered her own single-season records in batting average (.425 in 2014) and on-base percentage (.511 this season, .473 in 2014)
- Tied for the third-highest doubles total (15) in a single season in program history
- Led the team with 28 multiple-hit games, including nine three-hit games and a four-hit game
- Recorded hits in 41 of 50 games in 2015
- Had two separate 14-game hit streaks in 2015
- Started at shortstop and in the leadoff spot for UAB in 49 games in 2015
- Slugged three home runs with 25 RBI
- Finished second in C-USA in batting average, hits (80) and doubles
- Placed fourth in C-USA in on-base percentage and runs scored (43)
- Defensively, ranked third in C-USA in assists (119) and tied for sixth in double plays turned (12)
- Led UAB in six categories, including batting average, hits, runs scored, doubles, total bases and stolen bases (7), while tying for the team lead in on-base percentage

AS A SOPHOMORE (2014)
- Named to the All-Conference USA Second Team
- Broke UAB's single-season records in batting average (.425), hits (88), total bases (120), on-base percentage (.473) and assists (140)
- Named to the C-USA All-Academic Team
- Named to the NFCA Mideast Region First Team
- Named to the Mardi Gras Invitational All-Tournament Team after hitting .462 with six hits in 13 at-bats at the opening tournament in Mobile
- Named to the College Sports Madness C-USA All-Conference First Team
- Had a career-high four hits in three different games for UAB
- Lifted the first home run of her UAB career in UAB's 6-1 win over Iowa at the Getterman Classic
- Led the team in multiple-hit games with 26 on the year, including eight three-hit games and three four-hit games
- Had a nine-game hitting streak and also a nine-game reached-base streak during the season
- Scored the game-winning run in UAB's 7-6 win against Ball State on March 12, a doubleheader where she finished 6-for-8 with three RBI, two runs and two stolen bases
- Named UAB's Student Athlete of the Week on Feb. 19
- Named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.

AS A FRESHMAN (2013)
- Named to the All-Conference USA First Team
- Earned the league's Freshman of the Year honor and named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team
- Finished the season with a .359 batting average, which ranks tied for third all-time at UAB in a single season
- Named a second-team NFCA Mideast Region honoree
- One of two Blazers to start in all of UAB's 58 games
- Recorded 19 multiple-hit games, a nine-game hitting streak, and a 12-game reached base streak during her freshman campaign
- Led the team with 69 hits which ranks third on the UAB single-season list
- Stole 25 bases in 35 tries, which ranks eighth in both the UAB single-season top 10 and UAB career top 10
- Drove in the game-tying run in the bottom of the 11th inning of UAB's 3-2 win over UCLA, which advanced the Blazers to face Florida in the Super Regionals
- Finished the year with 192 at-bats, 38 runs scored, 11 RBI, a .431 OBP, and .949 fielding percentage.

 

Bio:

 

High School:Niagara Wheatfield

 

Personal: - Full name is Caitlin Elizabeth Attfield
- Born June 20, 1994
- Daughter of Anne Oliveri and James Attfield
- Has one brother Matt
- Majoring in exercise science.

 


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