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8 Caitlin Bingham

  • Position RHP
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Tecumseh HS
  • Hometown Tecumseh, Okla.

Biography

SENIOR (2022)
Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team...Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Win No. 11 came in a run-rule win vs. Memphis (April 22) where she allowed just one run on six hits and striking out four... Came out of the bullpen in the finale at Houston (April 16) to record her 10th win of the season... Racked up another win in 6.0 innings of work at Houston (April 15)... She struck out six in the win vs. the Cougars... Earned win No. 8 in 5.1 innings of relief vs. Tulsa, allowing one earned run and striking out four... Recorded her sixth win of the season, giving up just two runs on four hits in 5.0 innings against Kansas City (March 18)... Allowed only one run in a complete game win vs. South Dakota State (March 5)... Threw 2.0 innings of scoreless relief to pick up the win vs. South Dakota State (March 4)... Was lights out in Wichita State's win at Charlotte (Feb. 26), throwing a complete game... Allowed only two runs on five hits in the win and struck out three... First relief appearance of the season vs. Houston Baptist (Feb. 12) and struck out two in an inning of work... Opening day starter vs. Dayton (Feb. 11)... Threw all 6.0 innings, allowing only one earned run on eight hits and struck out three.

JUNIOR (2021)
American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team... Received an extra year of eligibility after the 2020 season was cut short due to COVID-19... Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll... Named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll on April 19... Notched her third save in the AAC Tournament Championship game vs. UCF (May 15), striking out two batters in the final inning... Allowed only two hits in 4.0 innings in Game 2 vs. USF (April 24)... Threw a career-high 10.1 innings at No. 23 UCF (April 18) which ended in a 0-0 tie... Won her eighth game of the season in a complete game shutout at No. 23 UCF (April 17), allowing only two hits... Registered her seventh win of the season vs. Kansas City (April 13) behind four strikeouts... Threw 4.0 innings in relief vs. Houston (April 10), allowing only one hit to record the win... Pitched 6.0 solid innings before taking a no decision, while striking out a season-high six Pirates on March 27 vs. ECU... Picked up her third win of the season in a complete game vs. Kansas City (March 19), allowing just two earned runs on six hits with three strikeouts... Threw a complete game in Wichita State's 13-2 run-rule of Missouri State (March 11), allowing only two runs on three hits, while striking out three... Registered her second save of the season in 2.0 innings of work vs. South Dakota State (March 9)... Allowed only one hit and struck out two in 1.2 innings at UT Arlington (March 6) to pick up her first save... Gave up four runs in the first inning vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi (March 5), but shut the Islanders down the rest of the way to collect her first win of the season in 5.2 innings.

JUNIOR (2020)
Led the team with a 5-3 record in the circle and finished second on the team in appearances (17) and starts (10)... In 52.0 innings pitched, she totaled a 4.71 ERA and 22 strikeouts... Threw a season-high 7.0 innings vs. Nebraska on Feb. 29... In back-to-back games vs. Penn State, she struck out four batters in both contests... Won three straight decisions vs. Penn State (twice) and Nebraska.

SOPHOMORE (2019)
American All-Academic Team... Appeared in 31 games in the circle, making 23 starts... Finished with a 13-9 record, 3.60 ERA in 122.2 innings... Threw eight complete games to go with 90 strikeouts and a .216 opponent batting average... Was a three-time American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll selection... Struck out a career-high 10 batters twice and threw a career high 9.0 innings against Abilene Christian (Feb. 24)... Went the distance against Pitt (Feb. 9), allowing only three hits and two runs to go with 10 strikeouts... Seven games with five or more strikeouts... Allowed one earned run or fewer 16 times.

FRESHMAN (2018)
Served as a key two-way player as a pitcher and batter in her first season as a Shocker... Appeared in 25 games, starting 15 in the circle... Finished with a 2-6 record an a 5.72 ERA... Pitched 67.1 innings with 35 strikeouts... Held opponents to lowest batting average on the pitching staff (.242)... First college career win came on Feb. 17 against Seton Hall, where she only allowed three hits and struck out two batters... Career-high in strikeouts came on March 11 against Missouri State, having six in 4.1 innings pitched during Wichita State’s 7-6 victory... Threw a season-high 6.0 innings vs. Tulsa on April 8... First home run of her career came in just the fourth game of the season, hitting a solo shot on Feb. 10 against Furman... Had three games where she obtained two hits... Also hit .234 with three home runs and 11 RBI... Offensive highlight is a three-run home run at No. 4 Oklahoma... Had an on-base percentage of 324 while having a slugging percentage of .391... Started a total of 29 games... Finished with three games of two or more RBI... Went 2-for-3 with a home run and three runs batted in at No. 2 Oklahoma on April 11... Collected two hits in three at-bats with a pair of runs batted in vs. Virginia Tech on Feb. 25... In her second game of the season, tallied two hits, including a home run and two runs scored.

CLUB TEAM
Played with the St. Louis Chaos for head coach Rachel Gill.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played for the Tecumseh High School Savages under coach Chad Trohan…Named the 2014 Offensive Player of the Year, 2015 and 2016 Most Valuable Player, 2016 Offensive Player of the Year, two-time little All-City team, 2016 All-State team and four year All-Conference MVP... Four year Regional Champion, four year state qualifier and two-time state runner-up. 

PERSONAL
Born in Midwest City, Okla. to Perry and Lauren Bigham…Has one brother, Tyler, and one sister, Emily...Plans to major in Biomedical Engineering at Wichita State.

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2018Freshman

    RHP
    5'10"
    8
  • 8

    2019Sophomore

    RHP
    5'10"
    8
  • 8

    2020Junior

    RHP
    5'10"
    8
  • 8

    2021Junior

    RHP
    5'10"
    8
  • 8

    2022Senior

    RHP
    5'10"
    8