University of South Alabama Athletics

AT SOUTH ALABAMA
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2025)  
• Started all 47 games she appeared in seeing time at both middle infield positions
• Batted .189 with 21 hits, including two doubles, a triple and a home run
• Scored 18 runs and drove in 13, and stole a pair of bases
• Walked 18 times and was hit by pitch five times
• Was 2-for-2 with a run scored and a RBI in the season opener vs. UAB (2/6)
• Blasted three-run home run vs. Northwestern State  (2/8) and then drove in a pair of runs with a pair of hits in the second game of the doubleheader vs. UIC
• Walked twice and scored twice at Auburn (3/19)
• Scored two runs in the series finale at Georgia State (3/23)

FRESHMAN SEASON (2024)
• Named Easton/National Fastpitch Coaches Association Academic All-America Scholar 
• Appeared in 35 games with all but one of those appearances coming as a pinch runner
• Scored 11 runs 
• Made first plate appearance as a pinch hitter at App State (4/7)
• Recorded first stolen base versus Southern Miss (5/4)

AT JAY HIGH SCHOOL
• A member of the varsity team at Jay High School in Jay, Fla., since seventh grade
• Helped the Lions to a state championship as a junior, while leading them to a Final Four appearance as a senior, and a pair of regional state championships
• Ended her senior season with a .395 batting average, a .466 OBP and .686 slugging percentage
• Drove in 31 runs with 34 hits and three home runs
• As a junior, posted a .372/.421/.546 slash line to go along with 32 hits and 17 RBI
• Of her 32 hits, 10 went for extra bases that season, including seven doubles and a pair of home runs
• Batted .423 with a .935 slugging percentage and 39 RBI in 29 games during the 2021 season where she helped Jay to a 24-6 record
• Of her 33 hits, 12 left the yard as a sophomore
• Was 5-for-5 with 6 RBI against Gulf Breeze and also drove in five in a postseason game against Holmes County
• Played seven years of travel ball for the Alabama Thunderbolts where since 2017, the club has compiled a 202-88 overall record
• Also lettered two years in volleyball at Jay

PERSONAL
• Full name is Caitlyn Grace Gavin
• Born in Pensacola, Fla.
• Daughter of Chris and Kathryn Gavin
• Has an older brother, Cody
• Majoring in exercise science