2022 Softball Roster
Roster
Caitie Ladd
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- High School:
- Los Alamitos
- Hometown:
- Los Alamitos, Calif.
JUNIOR (2020):  Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten selection ...  Owned the team's top GPA and earned the Scholar-Athlete Award a the SASS Academic Gala ... Led the Spartans in average (.323), hits (21) doubles (6), homers (2) walks (13) and sac hits (3), ranking second with 13 RBI ... Ranked 12th in the B1G in runs scored (14) and tied for sixth in walks ... Started all four games at the FIU Invitational (2/7-9), earning a spot on the All-Tournament Team with a .417 average (5-for-12), a double, two walks, and an RBI ... Had a pair of base hits and her first homer of the season at the B1G-ACC Challenge (2/14-16), walking a team-high five times on the weekend ... Led the Spartans with a .429 average at the FGCU Spring Break Invitational (2/21-23), with six base hits, a pair of doubles and four walks ... Had five hits (two doubles) and hit .357 at the Amy S. Harrison Tournament at UCR (2/28-3/1) ... Had a double, triple, and homer with seven RBI over the second weekend of spring break (3/5-7) ...
SOPHOMORE (2019): Second Team All-Big Ten ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Posted a .299 batting average, with a .686 slugging pct. (eighth, B1G), 14 doubles (ninth, B1G), and 11 homers (14th B1G) ... also added 21 walks, a team-best 38 RBI, and started 48 games in the middle infield ... Led MSU with eight multiple-RBI games and ended the season with a team-season-high 10-game reached base streak ... Appeared in four games at the FIU Invitational (2/8-9) ... Â Had a walk and pair of base hits - including a double - and two RBI at the ACC-B1G Challenge (2/15-16) ... Led the Spartans with a .417 average at the GCU Purple Classic (2/22-24), with two doubles, a triple, a home run and six RBI ... Started all four games at the Alabama Crimson Classic (3/1-2), scoring twice with a double in the opening game vs. Saint Francis ... Hit for a tournament cycle at the War Eagle Classic at Auburn (3/7-9), counting a single, double, triple, and homer and scoring a pair of runs and posting a pair of RBI ... Had three base hits - including a double and her fourth home run of the season - at the Miami Invitational (3/16-17) ... Hit .333 in the Penn State series (3/22-24) with a double, home run, and pair of walks ... Hit .333 in the Indiana series (3/29-31) with seven RBI, including tying the school record with two homers in the first game ... In the midweek game vs. Oakland (4/3), went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI ... Hit a team-best .545 in the Maryland series (4/5-7), with seven RBI and five of her six of her base hits going for extra bases (three doubles, one triple, one homer) ... Went 1-for-2 with a pair of walks vs. CMU (4/9) ... Hit .600 in the Ohio State series (4/19-21), with two doubles, two RBI and three walks ... Extended her team lead with her 14th double of the year in the Northwestern series (4/26-27) ... Hit .417 in the final series at Rutgers with five base hits, four of them homers ...Â
FRESHMAN (2018):Â Started 48 of the 50 games in which she appeared, mostly at shortstop ... Hit .273, recording 38 base hits, (seven doubles, three homers) and adding 16 RBI ..., Second on the team in assists (67) ... Got her first collegiate start vs. host FAU at the First Pitch Invitational (2/9-11), and picked up her first collegiate hit vs. Northern Illinois ... Started all four games at the Gamecock Invitational (2/16-18) at shortstop, compiling four hits and an RBI, which included a two-hit game vs. Georgetown ... Hit .333, smacking a pair of homers, a double, and recording three RBI at the FIU Classic (2/23-25) ... Hit .385 with an RBI and two walks in four games at Cal State Fullerton (3/3-6) ... Had a hit and a walk in the Louisville Slugger Invitational finale (3/8-10) ... Had a pair of hits in the Texas A&M Reveille Invitational (3/17-18) ... Hit .400 with a double and four RBI in the Nebraska series (3/23-25) ... Had three hits and three RBI in the Penn State series (4/13-14) ... Went a perfect 3-for-3 in the home win over Eastern Michigan (4/24) ... Went 2-for-4 with a double in a 9-1 victory over Central Michigan (4/26) ... Hit .286 in the Rutgers series (4/27-29), with a double, three sacrifice hits, and two RBI ... Hit .429 in the Big Ten Tournament with a double, homer, and a walk ...
HIGH SCHOOL:Â Four-time letterwinner at Los Alamitos High School ..Served as a team captain as a senior ... Team captured 2017 CIF Southern Section, State, and National Championships ... Earned First Team All-County honors ... Helped her team to the CIF quarterfinals as a sophomore (2014) and to the semifinals in 2015 as the starting second baseman... Los Alamitos won the Sunset League her final three years ... Named Rookie of the Year her sophomore season ... Was named to the All-Academic team all four years ...
CLUB:Â Played for the So Cal Breakers under Coach Brant Beddow in San Diego, California... Ranked No. 9 in the nation her final season... Finished 17th in PGF Nationals in 2016...
PERSONAL: Born February 9, 1999... Daughter of Keith and Gina Ladd... Has an older brother Kevin, who attends Arizona ... Also has a younger sister Sarah ... Mother, Gina, played softball at Oregon State, while dad attended UC-San Diego ... Cousin, Hannah Bailey, is a pitcher at Boise State… Member of the National Honor Society and the California Scholarship Federation.
