Franklin native Caroline Deem is known by many locally as a first base player recruited to D1 UMASS Amherst softball team. She was the starting DH at UMass freshman and sophomore year battling clean-up in college; hit .328 with 21 RBI’s and 18 runs scored in 30 games played. Coach Caroline graduated in 2023 and transferred to University of Pittsburgh in 2024, graduating with her MBA in 2025.
Prior to her college career, Coach Caroline was a stellar contributor to Bishop Feehan High School softball. A three-time Eastern Athletic Conference All-Star and the 2018 Boston Herald Player to Watch, she was also captain of her high school team and New England Phoenix Gold Club
team. She has the distinction of also being the Softball Factory Under Armour All-American.
Joining the Bluebirds league as an assistant coach with our 16u team, Coach Caroline also works as the Assistant Director of Softball Operations at Next9Up.
We are fortunate that Coach Caroline has joined us at Next9Up for coaching softball players in hitting and fielding.
