2017 Softball Roster
Ferguson, Caitlin
Jersey Number 14
Caitlin Ferguson
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Woodford County
- Hometown:
- Versailles, Ky.
Bio
• NFCA All-Southeast Region Second Team (2018)
• 2017 All-ACC Freshman Team Selection
As a senior (2020): Started every game at shortstop... Posted a .215 batting average with two home runs, a triple, seven runs and seven RBIs in the shortened season... Went 2-for-2 with a triple and two RBIs in the 9-1 win over Evansville (3/8)... Had a hit and a run in the -3 win against No. 10/10 Oregon (2/29)... Went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs against Texas State (2/8)... Connected on a home run in the 4-2 win against Ole Miss (2/7).
As a junior (2019): Started every game at shortstop... Scored 33 runs and drove in 26... Tied for team lead with nine doubles... Belted out three triples and four home runs... Posted a .212 batting average...Hit a two-run homer in the 10-9 win over No. 3/3 Florida State (4/8)... Registered a pair of stolen bases in the win over Notre Dame (3/24)... Tied a school record (for the second time in her career) with four runs in the 21-1 win over Morehead State (3/12)... Went 2-for-3 with two RBIs in the 6-2 loss to No. 19/20 Auburn (3/9)... Went 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and a run in the 14-1 win over Michigan State (3/8)... Her RBI double proved to be the game-winning hit in the 1-0 win over Radford (3/8)... Drove in two runs via her second homer of the season in Louisville’s 3-0 victory over Indiana State (3/2)... In the 5-3 win over Missouri helped the Cards overcome a 3-0 deficit with an RBI triple in the fourth to put UofL on the scoreboard... Then scored the tying run in the sixth after connecting on a one-out double... Registered a double in the 5-3 loss at No. 7/8 Tennessee... Doubled and scored a run in the 9-8, nine inning loss to Northwestern (2/16)... Had a hit in the 2-1 win over No. 15/17 Michigan (2/16)... Blasted a three-run homer and drove in a career-high five RBIs in the 7-5 win over Utah State (2/10).
As a sophomore (2018): Named to the NFCA All-Southeast Region Team... Turned in a career-best season with a .317 batting average, 40 RBIs, 31 runs, four home runs and 10 doubles... Tied for first on the team with 12 multi-RBI games... Led team with 26 walks... Tied with a team-best three sacrifice flies... Played in 50 games with 49 starts at third base, shortstop, first base or right field... Hit a pair of home runs to help the Cards rally to tie the game after falling behind 7-1 against Pitt (5/4)... Put together a 16-game reached base streak (2/17-3/10)...Tied a school single game record with four runs and earned a career-high three walks in the 16-1 win against Virginia (4/7)... Went 3-for-4 with three runs and four RBIs in the 10-8 win against Bradley (3/9)... Went 3-for-4 with two runs and an RBI in the 6-5, nine inning loss to No. 21/22 Ohio State (2/17)... Went 2-for-4 with a double and a run in the 5-3 win over UCF (2/9)... All-ACC Academic Team selection... Named to ACC Academic Honor Roll.
As a freshman (2017): Named to the All-ACC Freshman Team... Played in 44 games with 40 starts at third base or shortstop... Registered a .274 batting average with nine doubles, 18 runs and 21 RBIs... Had an RBI double in the 4-3 eight-inning win at NC State (5/6)... Hit first collegiate home run in 5-4 loss to Notre Dame (4/1)... Went 3-for-5 with two RBIs in the series opener against Pitt (3/17)... Went 2-for-4 with a double, two runs and two RBIs in the 8-2 win over Pitt (3/19)... Her two-out RBI single in the eighth lifted the Cards to a 2-1 win over Ohio (3/10)... Went 2-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs in the 8-5 win over Northern Iowa (3/12)... Went 2-for-3 with a career-high three RBIs in the 8-0 win over Green Bay (3/3)... Had a career-high three hits and two doubles in the 9-1 win over Purdue... Scored the game-winning run in the ninth inning in the 1-0 victory against Indiana State (2/11)... Took over as the starting shortstop on Feb. 25 following a season-ending injury to Sidney Melton... Named to the ACC All-Academic Team and the ACC Academic Honor Roll... Named to the Athletic Director's honor roll in the fall and spring.
High School/Travel: Four-time varsity starter Woodford County High School… Named 2016 Female Athlete of the Year… Earned first team all-state and all-region honors (2016)… 2015 second team all-state selection… Selected to play in the East/West all-star game… Two-time all-district team member… Garnered her team's defensive and leadership awards as a junior and earned offensive honors as a sophomore… The two-sport athlete was a five-year letterwinner in basketball and earned all-region and all-district honors in 2015 and 2016… Academic all-state honorable mention her junior season and academic team honorable mention her freshman and sophomore seasons… Played for the Louisville Lady Sluggers travel ball club.
Personal: Full name is Caitlin Marie Ferguson… Nickname is Fergie or Ferg… Birthdate is Dec. 31, 1997… Daughter of Mike and Mari Jo Ferguson… Has one younger sister, Allison… Major is exercise science/pre-pharmacy...Post college ambition is to be a pharmacist… Her dad played baseball in college… Most people don’t know that she scored 1,000 points in her varsity basketball career… Chose UofL because of its amazing campus and the atmosphere is one she can be successful in… Hobbies include kayaking, hiking, going to the lake and water skiing.
• 2017 All-ACC Freshman Team Selection
As a senior (2020): Started every game at shortstop... Posted a .215 batting average with two home runs, a triple, seven runs and seven RBIs in the shortened season... Went 2-for-2 with a triple and two RBIs in the 9-1 win over Evansville (3/8)... Had a hit and a run in the -3 win against No. 10/10 Oregon (2/29)... Went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs against Texas State (2/8)... Connected on a home run in the 4-2 win against Ole Miss (2/7).
As a junior (2019): Started every game at shortstop... Scored 33 runs and drove in 26... Tied for team lead with nine doubles... Belted out three triples and four home runs... Posted a .212 batting average...Hit a two-run homer in the 10-9 win over No. 3/3 Florida State (4/8)... Registered a pair of stolen bases in the win over Notre Dame (3/24)... Tied a school record (for the second time in her career) with four runs in the 21-1 win over Morehead State (3/12)... Went 2-for-3 with two RBIs in the 6-2 loss to No. 19/20 Auburn (3/9)... Went 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and a run in the 14-1 win over Michigan State (3/8)... Her RBI double proved to be the game-winning hit in the 1-0 win over Radford (3/8)... Drove in two runs via her second homer of the season in Louisville’s 3-0 victory over Indiana State (3/2)... In the 5-3 win over Missouri helped the Cards overcome a 3-0 deficit with an RBI triple in the fourth to put UofL on the scoreboard... Then scored the tying run in the sixth after connecting on a one-out double... Registered a double in the 5-3 loss at No. 7/8 Tennessee... Doubled and scored a run in the 9-8, nine inning loss to Northwestern (2/16)... Had a hit in the 2-1 win over No. 15/17 Michigan (2/16)... Blasted a three-run homer and drove in a career-high five RBIs in the 7-5 win over Utah State (2/10).
As a sophomore (2018): Named to the NFCA All-Southeast Region Team... Turned in a career-best season with a .317 batting average, 40 RBIs, 31 runs, four home runs and 10 doubles... Tied for first on the team with 12 multi-RBI games... Led team with 26 walks... Tied with a team-best three sacrifice flies... Played in 50 games with 49 starts at third base, shortstop, first base or right field... Hit a pair of home runs to help the Cards rally to tie the game after falling behind 7-1 against Pitt (5/4)... Put together a 16-game reached base streak (2/17-3/10)...Tied a school single game record with four runs and earned a career-high three walks in the 16-1 win against Virginia (4/7)... Went 3-for-4 with three runs and four RBIs in the 10-8 win against Bradley (3/9)... Went 3-for-4 with two runs and an RBI in the 6-5, nine inning loss to No. 21/22 Ohio State (2/17)... Went 2-for-4 with a double and a run in the 5-3 win over UCF (2/9)... All-ACC Academic Team selection... Named to ACC Academic Honor Roll.
As a freshman (2017): Named to the All-ACC Freshman Team... Played in 44 games with 40 starts at third base or shortstop... Registered a .274 batting average with nine doubles, 18 runs and 21 RBIs... Had an RBI double in the 4-3 eight-inning win at NC State (5/6)... Hit first collegiate home run in 5-4 loss to Notre Dame (4/1)... Went 3-for-5 with two RBIs in the series opener against Pitt (3/17)... Went 2-for-4 with a double, two runs and two RBIs in the 8-2 win over Pitt (3/19)... Her two-out RBI single in the eighth lifted the Cards to a 2-1 win over Ohio (3/10)... Went 2-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs in the 8-5 win over Northern Iowa (3/12)... Went 2-for-3 with a career-high three RBIs in the 8-0 win over Green Bay (3/3)... Had a career-high three hits and two doubles in the 9-1 win over Purdue... Scored the game-winning run in the ninth inning in the 1-0 victory against Indiana State (2/11)... Took over as the starting shortstop on Feb. 25 following a season-ending injury to Sidney Melton... Named to the ACC All-Academic Team and the ACC Academic Honor Roll... Named to the Athletic Director's honor roll in the fall and spring.
High School/Travel: Four-time varsity starter Woodford County High School… Named 2016 Female Athlete of the Year… Earned first team all-state and all-region honors (2016)… 2015 second team all-state selection… Selected to play in the East/West all-star game… Two-time all-district team member… Garnered her team's defensive and leadership awards as a junior and earned offensive honors as a sophomore… The two-sport athlete was a five-year letterwinner in basketball and earned all-region and all-district honors in 2015 and 2016… Academic all-state honorable mention her junior season and academic team honorable mention her freshman and sophomore seasons… Played for the Louisville Lady Sluggers travel ball club.
Personal: Full name is Caitlin Marie Ferguson… Nickname is Fergie or Ferg… Birthdate is Dec. 31, 1997… Daughter of Mike and Mari Jo Ferguson… Has one younger sister, Allison… Major is exercise science/pre-pharmacy...Post college ambition is to be a pharmacist… Her dad played baseball in college… Most people don’t know that she scored 1,000 points in her varsity basketball career… Chose UofL because of its amazing campus and the atmosphere is one she can be successful in… Hobbies include kayaking, hiking, going to the lake and water skiing.
Highlights: Louisville SB vs. No. 18 Florida State (Gm. 1)
Thursday, July 11
Highlights: Louisville SB at Boston College
Sunday, May 05
SB: Daisy Hess and Sam Booe Postgame vs. #22/21 Clemson
Saturday, April 27
Highlights: Louisville SB vs. No. 22/21 Clemson (Gm. 2)
Saturday, April 27
