Game-by-Game Stats 
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Career Stats Career Highlights
^ Two-time captain
^ Holds single-game school records in hits (4) and RBI (6)
^ Had only two errors during her junior season at shortstop and third base, one throwing error for a Summit League best .985 fielding percentage for infielders
^ Holds all-time school record with 55 sacrifice bunts
^ Ranks fourth all-time in RBI (66), fifth in games started (203) and hits (147), sixth in games played (206) and total bases (191) and seventh in doubles (20)
^ Three-time Academic All-Summit League selection (2006, '08-09)
^ Graduated in May 2009 with a degree in marketing
2009: Started in all 51 games, 37 at third base, 13 at shortstop and one as DP ... Ranked second on the squad with 23 RBIs and three home runs ... Finished fifth on the team with a .293 batting average ... Tallied five doubles and 17 runs scored ... Was 3-for-5 in the stolen base department ... Posted 10 multiple-hit games, third most by any OU player ... Drove in 11 runs and homered twice in 23 league games ... Tied a single-game school record with four hits at Central Michigan (4/1), finishing a perfect 4-for-4, with a home run ... In final two games at South Dakota State (5/1, 5/2), she finished 3-for-8, with two runs scored and three RBIs ... Went 2-for-3 versus Detroit (4/27), with one RBI and one stolen base ... Tabbed Academic All-Summit League.
2008: Had one of the most impressive defensive seasons of anyone in The Summit League, posting a league-best .985 fielding percentage for infielders ... She made just one fielding error and one throwing error in 133 chances, playing third base and shortstop ... Started in all 41 games for OU (33 at 3B, 6 at SS, 1 as DP) ... Had just as an impressive offensive season as defensively, batting .314, with a team-best seven doubles ... Tallied three triples, three home runs and drove in a team-best 24 runs, ranking eighth in the league with 0.59 per game ... Her RBI total is tied for eighth-best for any single season at Oakland ... Ranked seventh in The Summit League with a .500 slugging percentage ... Really turned it up over the final 10 games, hitting .364 (8-for-22), with seven RBIs, two triples, one home run and posted a .391 on base percentage ... Only fanned nine times in 118 at bats and led the squad with eight sacrifice bunts ... Had a season-long five-game hitting streak ... Tallied nine multiple-hit and five multi-RBI games ... Broke the school record with six RBIs in one game at Southern Utah (4/25), going 3-for-4, with a triple and home run ... Went 2-for-4, with two RBIs at IPFW (4/15) ... Named Academic All-Summit League and selected to the Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
2007: Oakland's starter at third for a second consecutive season ... one of the top defensive third basemen in the Mid-Con with just 10 errors at the hot corner ... put together a stretch of 17 consecutive errorless games at third ... third on the team in hitting and doubles ... broke her own school record for sacrifice hits ... also broke the school record for sacrifice hits in a career in just her second season ... once again finished among the national leaders in sacrifices per game, ranking 20th ... seven multi-hit games ... set new career highs in average, hits, doubles and RBI ... drove in her first run and picked up her first sacrifice of the season at Georgia Tech (2/27) ... 2-for-4 day at Chattanooga (3/4) with a pair of doubles and a run scored ... in the second game at Southern Utah (3/24) she went 2-for-4 and doubled in a pair of runs ... season-high five-game hitting streak in April ... went 6-for-15 (.400) in that stretch ... included in that streak was a 2-for-4 day at Western Illinois (4/13) with a pair of RBI and a run scored ... smacked a double in each game of the series with Centenary (4/20-21), going 4-for-9 in the three games with a pair of RBI ... four-game hitting streak in which she went 6-for-12 (.500).
2006: Turned into Oakland's starting third baseman as a freshman ... started in 56 of her 57 appearances, all at third ... one of the Mid-Con's top fielding third sackers, committing just nine errors ... at the plate she led Oakland with 18 sacrifices, finishing second in the Mid-Con and 21st in the nation in that category ... also shared the team lead with three sacrifice flies ... set a school record with three sac bunts in three plate appearances vs. Southern Utah (5/6) ... first collegiate hit came at UNC Pembroke (2/27) ... had nine multiple-hit games ... drove in three runs in a doubleheader at the College of Charleston (3/1) ... perfect 3-for-3 day with a double and a run at Valparaiso (4/1) ... had another 3-hit game vs. Detroit (4/11) ... longest hitting streak of the season was four games ... two hits and two runs vs. Southern Utah (5/6).
High School: A 2005 graduate of Campolindo High School in Pleasanton, California ...four-year letterwinner in softball for head coach Curt Hamm ... four-time all-league player ... earned her all-league honors as an shortstop, outfielder and catcher ... hit over .300 every season, including a .512 mark as a junior ... helped her team to a 2002 NCS championship and a runner-up spot in 2003 ... played summer ball for Sorcerer in San Ramon, California.
Personal: Born Caitlin Lynch in Worcester, Mass., on November 23, 1987 ... Parents are Rick and Kristi Lynch ... Favorite actor is Matt Damon ... Top sports hero is Ted Williams.
