Former collegiate standout and professional pitcher Kaitlyn Medlam is in her first season on the Georgia Southern softball staff, serving as the Eagles’ pitching coach.
Medlam comes to Statesboro after playing professionally in the Netherlands. She spent a year in Oosterhout, Netherlands, playing and coaching for the Oosterhout Twins Softball Club. She competed as a starting pitcher and also coordinated pitching clinics and camps for the Twins. She also served as the pitching coach for the junior teams in the club.
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Medlam played collegiately for Georgia State University, where she was a four-time all-conference pitcher as well as a 2013 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) all-region first-team selection. While the Panthers were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), she was named the CAA Rookie of the Year in 2011 and was named to the CAA All-Rookie Team. She also earned three CAA Pitcher of the Week awards and two CAA Rookie of the Week nods.
After the Panthers moved to the Sun Belt Conference prior to the 2014 season, Medlam earned two pitcher of the week awards. She finished her career first in program history in wins (62), fourth in strikeouts (444), fifth in innings pitched (601.1) and eighth in earned run average (2.28). In her final season as a Panther, Medlam finished first in appearances, third in starts, third in innings pitched, fourth in wins, fourth in ERA and tied for fourth in saves in the Sun Belt standings. That season, she also pitched four scoreless innings to earn the win over No. 13 Georgia.
Prior heading overseas the play professionally, Medlam spent the 2015 softball season as the assistant coach and pitching coach for Young Harris College. While with the Mountain Lions, she helped guide the team to a 31-18 record, including an impressive 21-3 mark at home and wins over perennial powerhouses Armstrong State and No. 7 North Georgia. Medlam was in charge of creating and implementing pitching workouts for the YHC pitching staff and assisted with all aspects of the program, including overseeing weight lifting and conditioning workouts as well as coordinating travel. She also coordinated several pitching clinics and camps during her time at Young Harris.
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Before she joined the Mountain Lions’ staff, Medlam spent time working with Apalachee High School (GA) as well as TPM Fastpitch.
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Medlam is a native of Bethlehem, Georgia. She earned her degree in hospitality administration from Georgia State in 2014.
