Caroline Hudson

Class:
Junior
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Height:
5-7
Hometown:
Paris, Tenn.
Position:
C
Prev School:
Henry County HS

2022 (So.)

• Played in and started all 62 games, including 61 at catcher and one at designated player

• ASUN Player of the Year

• ASUN Defensive Player of the Year

• NFCA All-Southeast Region third team

• VaSID All-State first team

• ASUN All-Conference first team

• Named ASUN Player of the Week on Feb. 21

• Enters her junior season having started 132 straight games, a streak that began Feb. 23, 2020 vs. Michigan

• Batted .312 with 12 doubles, three triples, 17 homers, 53 RBI, 46 runs, a .363 on base percentage and .649 slugging percentage

• Recorded 19 multiple-hit games and a team-leading 19 multiple-RBI contests

• Ranked 25th nationally with 133 total bases while ranking fourth in the ASUN in both homers (17) and RBI (53); finished third nationally with 19 runners caught stealing (.365 success rate)

• Caught all three of Liberty’s no-hitters, the first Lady Flame since Cheryl Everly (1999) to catch three no-hitters in a season

• Her 17 homers tied Liberty’s program record for home runs by a catchers (Shannon Tanski, 1997); homered in back-to-back games on three occasions

• In ASUN play, batted .367 while leading all conference players with 10 homers and 32 RBI, setting program conference-only single-season records in home runs and RBI

• Went 3-for-4 with a double, homer and two RBI against South Alabama (Feb. 20)

• Homered and drove in three runs in back-to-back games at Eastern Kentucky (March 19-20)

• Tied a program single-game record with three extra-base hits (triple, two homers) against Kennesaw State on April 9, tying her career high with five RBI

• Batted 3-for-4 with a homer against Tennessee (April 27)• Hit a two-run homer off of Virginia Tech All-American Keely Rochard as the second batter of the game (May 3)

• Carried a 10-game hitting streak into the NCAA Durham Regional second round

• Hit the first homer of the 2022 NCAA Division I Softball Championship, a first-inning two-run blast off of Georgia’s Madison Kerpics; it was the fifth time this season that she hit a two-run homer as the second batter of a game

2021 (Fr.*)

• Played in and started all 59 games at catcher, the first Liberty player to start every game at catcher in program history

• ASUN All-Tournament Team

• Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete

• Batted .202 (33-for-163) with four doubles, two homers, 21 RBI and 16 runs scored

• Threw out 20 out of 59 (.339) would-be basestealers

• Went 4-for-5 with two runs scored in season opener against Pitt and added two hits versus Middle Tennessee (Feb. 12), becoming the first player in program history with six hits on the first day of a season

• Batted 3-for-4 with a career-high three runs scored against Longwood (March 6)

• Went 2-for-4 with two homers and a career-high five RBI against Virginia Tech, hitting a game-tying homer in the seventh and a game-winning homer in the ninth, both off of All-American pitcher Keely Rochard

• Her two homers and five RBI against Virginia Tech tied Amber Bishop-Riley’s program records against Top 25 teams

• Batted 2-for-4 with a game-tying two-run single in the seventh inning in ASUN quarterfinal series game two against Lipscomb

• Hit 2-for-4 with a two-run double against James Madison in NCAA Knoxville Regional opener

2020 (Fr.)

• Played in and started all 23 games (21 – C, 2 – DP)

• Batted .284 with two doubles, one triple, one homer, 10 RBI, 11 runs scored, seven walks and a .347 on-base percentage

• Posted five multiple-hit games, including two three-hit contests, and had three multiple-RBI games

• Opening-game starting catcher against No. 15 Kentucky, got a single in her first career at bat

• Went 3-for-4 with a homer, three RBI and two runs scored against No. 1 Washington

• Her three-run homer off of Washington All-American Gabbie Plain gave Liberty a 6-5 lead in the fifth inning and was Liberty’s first homer against a No. 1 team since Dawn Jeffs (March 26, 2007) homered off of Tennessee’s Monica Abbott

• Went 2-for-2 with a run scored in win over No. 6 Michigan (Feb. 23), her first of three straight two-hit games (2-for-4 against Elon and Hofstra)

• Caught the fifth perfect game in program history, Megan Johnson’s 39-pitch masterpiece against Texas Southern (March 6)

• Posted a .353 (8-for-18) batting average during the final 11 games, catching all 11 contests

• Batted 3-for-4 with a triple, one RBI and one run scored in season finale against New Mexico (March 8)

Prep

• Graduated from Henry County High School

• Four-time all-district selection

• Two-time all-state player

• Twice named to District All-Tournament Team

• Batted .529 with six homers as a sophomore

• During her junior year, hit .494 with 11 homers and a 1.025 slugging percentage

• As a senior, batted .610 with 10 homers and a 1.010 slugging percentage

• Also played basketball in high school

• Played club softball for Tennessee Fury and Birmingham Thunderbolts

Personal

• Daughter of John and Ginny Hudson

• Father, John Hudson, played football at Auburn before playing 10 years in the NFL for the Philadelphia Eagles (1990-95), New York Jets (1996-99) and Baltimore Ravens (2000), winning Super Bowl XXXV with the Ravens

• Mother, Ginny Hudson, competed in gymnastics at Auburn

• Sister, Celie Hudson, played softball at Chattanooga

• Grandfather, Richard Hudson, played football at Memphis before playing six years in the AFL with the San Diego Chargers (1962) and Buffalo Bills (1963-67), winning the AFL title with the Bills in 1964 and 1965

• Intends to major in chemistry, with the goal to become a pediatric anesthesiologist

• Birthday is June 3