Team captain of the 2008 University of Washington softball team and one of the great pitchers in the storied history of the Huskies' program, Caitlin Noble is in her third season as the pitching coach for the Lady Demons.
Noble finished her playing career with the fourth-most strikeouts in UW history (757) in 616.2 innings pitched.
Noble ranked 35th on the all-time NCAA Division I strikeouts list with 9.1 strikeouts per seven innings.
She fired two no-hitters, getting the first one as a freshman with a 4-0 win over Kansas on Feb. 26, 2005. Her second came in her junior season against another of the nation's top programs, as Noble threw a no-no against 8th-ranked Texas on March 18, 2007.
That was not her most notable career win. That came in her freshman year, when she defeated No. 1-ranked Michigan on May 28, 2005 in the NCAA Super Regionals. That combined with a Pac 10 Conference regular-season triumph over eventual national champion UCLA and made her the only pitcher in the nation at season's end to have beaten both teams in the national championship game.
Noble was the No. 2 pitcher on Washington's 2007 team that finished 3rd at the Women's College World Series, going 11-5 that season. She had at least 11 wins all four years, with a career-high 15 wins and 7 shutouts as a freshman.
Noble was a three-time All-Academic Pac 10 selection, earning first-team honors as a senior and second-team recognition as a sophomore and junior.
She made the EPSN The Magazine CoSIDA All-District Academic Team and appeared on the Academic All-America ballot in 2007 and 2008. Those seasons, she was also the winner of the Huskies' Most Inspirational Award. In 2008, she won the prestigious 101 Club Scholar-Athlete Award at UW.
She had 19 career shutouts and an overall 51-31 record with a 2.32 ERA in 130 career appearances, 97 starts. She pitched 54 complete games. Opposing batters hit just .217 against Noble.
As a freshman in 2005, she set the school record with 16 strikeouts in a six-inning win over Williamette. Noble became only the third freshman at UW ever to throw a no-hitter in the win over Kansas.
A native of Sammamish, Wash., Noble played at Eastlake High School. At UW, she graduated with honors in history, posting a 3.46 grade point average. Born May 9, 1986, she is the daughter of John and Susan Noble, and has two sisters, Hayley Huson (28) and Lindsay Caranna (31), and a niece, Reese Caranna (4).
Noble enjoys boating, traveling and in keeping with her academic major, seeing some of Louisiana's historical attractions.
