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17 Caden Bodine

  • Class Junior
  • Position C
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 200
  • B/T S/R
  • Hometown Haddon Heights, N.J.
  • High School Haddon Heights

Biography

Honors – Coastal Carolina
2025 Perfect Game Preseason All-American
2025 D1 Baseball Preseason All-American
2024 Selected to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp
2024 Selected to the All-Sun Belt second team
2023 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year
2023 D1 Baseball Freshman All-America First Team
2023 NCBWA Freshman All-America First Team
2023 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America Team
2023 Baseball American Freshman All-American Second Team
2023 Perfect Game Freshman All-American Second Team
Named to the 2023 Buster Posey Award Watch List


2024 (Sophomore Year)

  • Appeared in 60 games with 60 starts behind the plate
  • Hit .328 with 79 hits, 29 of which went for extra bases
  • Produced 71 RBI and scored 50 runs
  • Slugged .523 and earned a .411 on-base percentage
  • Showed his wheels with three stolen bases
  • Just 27 runners attempted to steal a base with him behind the plate while only 11 were successful in their efforts
  • Allowed the fewest stolen bases in SBC games last season
2023 (Freshman Year)
  • Appeared in 56 games while making 55 starts
  • Finished second on the team with a .367 batting average
  • Totaled 79 hits over 215 at-bats
  • Recorded 11 home runs, 17 doubles, one triple, 47 RBI, and 65 runs scored
  • Posted a .609 slugging percentage and a .456 on-base percentage
  • Tied program record for home runs in a season by a freshman
  • Recorded 26 multi-hit games
  • Registered an eight-game hitting streak in April (April 4-23)
  • Tied for team-lead with five sacrifice flies
  • Struck out just 21 times
  • Totaled 356 putouts and 45 assists, throwing out 16 base stealers
  • Batted .458 with two home runs, a triple, seven RBI, and eight runs scored and a .792 slugging percentage in the Conway Regional
  • Career-high five hits, including two doubles, and three runs scored against Georgia State (March 31)
  • Wen 3-for-5 with a home run, two runs scored, and a career-high three RBI in the season opener against Fairfield (February 17)
  • Season-high 16 putouts against Appalachian State (May 6)
  • Named to the 2023 Buster Posey Award watch list midway through the season
  • Ranked in the preseason as the No. 7 Impact Freshman for the Sun Belt Conference by D1Baseball
  • Earned a spot on the President's List (4.0 GPA) for the 2022 fall semester
High School
  • Rated the No. 1 catching prospect in the state of New Jersey for the Class of 2022 by Perfect Game and Prep Baseball Report
  • Rated as the ninth-best prospect in the state of New Jersey for the Class of 2022 by Prep Baseball Report
  • Ranked as the 18th-best prospect in the state of New Jersey for the Class of 2022 by Perfect Game
  • Ranked as the 13th-best catching prospect in the nation in the Class of 2022 by Prep Baseball Report
  • Named to the Top 500 for the Class of 2022 by Perfect Game
  • A 2022 Perfect Game Preseason All-America Northeast All-Region second team pick
  • Also, a 2021 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American Northeast All-Region second-team selection
  • A 2020 Perfect Game Preseason All-America Northeast Region honorable mention selection
  • Was a multi-sport letterwinner at Haddon Heights High School
  • Lettered in both baseball and wrestling
  • Named one of the top high school prospects for the 2022 MLB Draft by NJ Advance Media (NJ.com)
  • Was a four-year letterwinner in baseball for head coach Eric Newell
  • A three-time All-Colonial Conference first-team selection (the 2020 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
  • Was a two-time all-state second-team pick (2021 and 2022)
  • Was a two-time Group 2 first-team all-state selection (2021 and 2022)
  • Guided his team to a sectional championship title in 2022 and a conference championship in 2021
  • Helped to lead his team to the NJSIAA Group 2 state championship game his senior season, going 2-for-2 with a solo home run versus Ramsey
  • Hit safely in 27 of 30 games, including hitting streaks of 11 games to open the season and 10 games to finish the year his senior season
  • Batted .527 (49-for-93) with eight doubles, two triples, five home runs, 31 runs scored, and 20 walks in 2022
  • Finished fourth in the state with 42 RBIs and in the top 10 in hits his senior year
  • Set the school record for the most RBIs in a single season with 42 in his senior year
  • Was a member of the Dirtbags and SJ Young Guns travel teams
  • Part of the Dirtbags' championship teams that won the 2020 PG Underclass Coastal Fall Elite Championship and the 2020 PG 17U Coastal Elite Championship
  • Played on the East Coast Sandhogs team that won the 2020 WWBA Northeast Qualifier
  • Helped lead his SJ Young Guns team to the 2018 PGBA 15U Mid-Atlantic Summer Championship
  • Picked up all-tournament team honors at the 2019 WWBA 2022 Grads or 15U National Championships, the 2019 PG Super25 15U Mid-Atlantic Super Qualifier, the 2019 PG Super25 16U Northeast Super Qualifier, the 2019 PG Super25 16U Maryland Fall Super Qualifier, the 2019 PG Super25 16U Mid-Atlantic Super Qualifier, and the 2019 PG 16U Mid-Atlantic Fall Championships
  • Earned all-tournament team recognition at the 2020 PG Super25 16U Northeast Super Qualifier, the 2020 WWBA Northeast Qualifier, the 2020 PG 17U Northeast Fall Championships, and the 2020 WWBA Underclass World Championships
  • Four-year member of the Principal's List
Personal
  • Born Dec. 2, 2003
  • Son of Amy and Raymond Bodine
  • Dad, Raymond, played baseball alongside wrestling and football. Mom, Amy, played softball, tennis and basketball
  • Two siblings – Jacob, who played football at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Gabryelle, who played lacrosse at Butler
  • Originally from Haddon Heights, N.J.
  • Majoring in Reaction and Sport Management

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2023Freshman

    C
    5'10" 200 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2024Sophomore

    C
    5'10" 197 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2025Junior

    C
    5'10" 200 lbs
    17