Caitlyn DeLong

Photo by: Brian Alden

Photo by: Brian Alden

Position:
OF
B/T:
R/R
Height:
5-7
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Bradley, Ill.
High School:
Bishop McNamara
Prev School:
Heartland C.C.

• Summit League Player of the Week (3/20/2017)
• 2014-2015 Summit League Academic Honor Roll

2017: Appeared in 46 games with 45 starts (42 games at center field and three games at left field) ... Recorded a .408 slugging percentage with 25 hits, seven doubles, and 21 RBIs … Led the team with five homes runs and 21 RBIs … Season-high performance vs Detroit Mercy (March 19) recording, four hits, six RBIs, one double, and two homeruns, earning Summit League Player of the Week honors.

2016: Started in 35 of 40 games played ... Averaged .223 on the season with 11 runs, a team leading 18 RBIs and team leading five home runs ... Recorded five multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games ... Season-best six RBI game against Omaha (April 3).

2015: Named to the Summit League Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2014: Started in 26 of her 33 total games for the ‘Dons … Picked up 15 hits in 77 trips to the plate … Hit three home runs and four doubles, collecting 13 RBI while scoring 10 runs … Knocked in three runs and homered in a 2-3 day at the plate in game one of a double-header against Eastern Michigan on April 29.

High School: Batted .368, starting 46 times during the year in the middle infield ... Hit eight doubles, four triples, and a pair of home runs, driving in 36 and scoring 44 times ... As a senior in 2013, she helped lead her Bishop McNamara H.S. team to an undefeated state title.

Personal: Daughter of Jim and Liz DeLong … Has one brother, Mason … Majoring in biology.