Caroline McLendon

Position:
Pitcher
Height:
5-11
Class:
4th Year
Bat/Throw:
L/L
Hometown:
Mobile, Ala.
High School:
St. Paul Episcopal School
Prev School:
UAB

2026 (JUNIOR — UAB): Appeared in 18 games with seven starts in the circle … Posted a 2-4 record with a 5.71 ERA … Pitched 41.2 innings and recorded 30 strikeouts … Earned her first win of the season with four scoreless innings of relief against Southern Illinois (Feb. 22), allowing three hits while striking out two … Held opponents to a .306 batting average … Recorded eight assists defensively. Her final 2026 pitching totals are confirmed by UAB’s cumulative statistics.

2025 (SOPHOMORE — UAB): Made 33 appearances with 26 starts in the circle … Posted a 10-9 record with a 3.95 ERA … Pitched 131.0 innings and recorded 74 strikeouts … Tossed nine complete games with two shutouts and one save … Held opponents to a .263 batting average … Led UAB in wins, innings pitched and strikeouts … Earned her 10th win of the season against West Georgia (April 23).

2024 (FRESHMAN — UAB): Appeared in two games during her freshman season … Pitched 3.1 innings … Posted a 2.10 ERA with one strikeout.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at St. Paul’s Episcopal School in Mobile, Alabama … Five-time Azalea City Kiwanis Softball Athlete of the Week … Earned First Team All-County honors in 2021 and 2022 … Named to the AL.com Best of the Rest Softball and Lagniappe All-Area Softball teams in 2022 … Also excelled in volleyball, earning AHSVCA First Team All-State honors and Area Tournament MVP honors in 2022 … Member of the National Honor Society and Headmaster’s List … Played travel softball for T-Bolts Premier.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Cindy and Mark McLendon … Has one sister, Makenzie … Lists Kathryn Sandercock as an athlete she looks up to … Enjoys music from the 1970s and 1980s.