Illinois Wesleyan senior third baseman Katie Caulfield (Chicago, Ill., Marist HS) has a .274 lifetime batting average and ranks No. 5 in IWU history with 27 sacrifice hits and No. 7 with 149 games started.
This spring, she was chosen as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin "Offensive Player of the Week" on April 25 for her play against Carthage, Carroll, and Wis.-Whitewater. She tied a school single-game record with five hits in game one of the doubleheader at Carthage on April 22.
As a freshman she was chosen as the team's "Most Improved Player".
A psychology major at Illinois Wesleyan, she is the daughter of Tom and Joyce Caulfield.
Why you chose to attend Illinois Wesleyan: I liked the small setting and the reputation of the softball program
IWU class you’re most qualified to teach: Napping 303
The hardest challenge about being a Division III student-athlete is: When coach buys snacks and puts them in the locker room but tells us they’re only for the game, not for pre- or post-practice snacking
Worst grade in a class you ever got – what and when? A ‘B’ in some history class about the Beatles. Sounds interesting. Sounds easy. It wasn’t.
I’m deathly afraid of ... : Any open body of water
Worst habit: Sleeping the entire bus ride to and from games (no matter how far) and not accomplishing ANY homework
Most expensive traffic ticket: $150 for speeding
Language I’d like to learn: Italian
The longest I could survive without my cell phone: 1 day, Joyce would get too worried
One word your mother or father would use to describe you: Better (than my sister)
Favorite sports figures: Moises Alou or Ben Zobrist
My greatest moment in sports was: Beating Luther and going to the World Series last year
The best player I ever faced was: Every single girl on Trine’s team
Worst dresser on my team: Delaney Groutfit Olinger or Sam Canada Berghoff
Thing that’s been in my fridge the longest: Frozen veggies
Person I’m dying to have dinner with: Anyone that’s buyin'
Favorite food: Rice with cheese melted on top
Vegetable I won’t eat: Brussels sprouts
Pepsi or Coke? Coke
Favorite TV show: "Friday Night Lights" or "House"
Favorite musical group: The Fray
Favorite movie: "Lone Survivor"
If a movie were made of my life, I would like the following person to play me: Anne Hathaway
If my life were on TV as a reality show, I’d call it: "Napping with KT and Emmy"
The people in history I would most like to meet is: The disciples
My dream job would be: Speech-Language Pathologist
Place I’d most like to live: Anywhere that there’s a Jimmy John's and Dunkin' within walking distance
If you come back in another life, what would you like to return as: Emmy (my favorite sister/dog)
Two things that are tops on my “bucket list”: 1. Go to Spain 2. Earn as many web gems as possible
My possession that would fetch the most on eBay: Any of my Chicago Cubs signed baseballs (new ‘fans’ wouldn’t even know who the players are)
Who is the luckiest person in the world? Mini Poni (for getting all the perks of an actual player)
What I miss most about being in the third grade: Not getting harassed by everyone for taking naps
