Born: (1983-04-16) April 16, 1983 (age 41) Houston, Texas
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
NPF debut
May 29, 2007, for the Rockford Thunder
Last NPF appearance
August 17, 2015, for the USSSA Pride
NPF statistics
Win–loss record
95–24
Earned run average
0.91
Strikeouts
1,260
Saves
12
Teams
Rockford Thunder (2007–2009)
USSSA Pride (2010–2015)
Career highlights and awards
2× Honda Sports Award (2005, 2006)
4× Big 12 Pitcher of the Year (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006)
4× NPF Champion (2009,2010, 2013, 2014)
6× All-NPF (2009, 2011–2015)
USSSA Pride No. 8 retired
Medals
Women's softball
Representing United States
Olympic Games
2004 Athens
Team competition
2008 Beijing
Team competition
2020 Tokyo
Team competition
Catherine Leigh Osterman (born April 16, 1983) is a retired American softball player. Osterman pitched on the United States women's national softball team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver medal at the 2008 and 2020 Summer Olympics.
She was a collegiate four-time All-American and six-time professional All-Star. She completed her college eligibility in 2006 at the University of Texas at Austin, where she was a starting pitcher for the Longhorns since 2002. Osterman holds the Big 12 Conference pitching Triple Crown for her career wins, ERA, and strikeouts, as well as shutouts, no-hitters, WHIP, and perfect games; she also holds the NCAA Division I record for strikeout ratio (14.34).
In the National Pro Fastpitch, Osterman was drafted first overall and is the career leader in strikeout ratio (10.90) and no-hitters (6). She is also one of NCAA's five pitchers to strikeout 1,000 batters with 100 wins, an ERA of under 1.00, and averaging double digit strikeouts.[1] She was a member of the independent "This Is Us" team.[2] In May 2020, she joined and eventually won the inaugural championship in the Athletes Unlimited Softball league as the top individual points leader.[3][4] Osterman was also named No. 3 Greatest College Softball Player and the No. 1 pitcher in NCAA history.[5][6]
^"Cat Osterman: Bio". Texassports.com. 18 September 2006. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
^"This Is Us Athletes". Thisisussoftball.com. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
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Saturday games were pushed later into the evening. Monica Abbott and CatOsterman threw no-hitters during the championship weekend. In 2008, the league...
the Year". uclabruins.com. June 7, 2002. Retrieved August 31, 2020. "CatOsterman Named USA Softball Collegiate Player Of The Year". big12sports.com. May...
season. Don DeDonatis (-present) The Pride has retired two jerseys: CatOsterman 8 Caitlin Lowe 26 Jami Lobpries (29 May 2015). "Shelby Pendley Signs...
triggering the Olympics run-rule victory. The United States started veteran CatOsterman on the mound, who struck out the first two batters before hitting Emily...
her 1,641st batter on May 6, 2000, defeating the USF Bulls in relief. CatOsterman surpassed Courtney Blades' career strikeout total on 25 February 2006...
Regionals Austin: Alex Loeb & CatOsterman Norman: Roy Philpott & Jennie Ritter Knoxville: Eric Frede & Madison Shipman Gainesville: Alex Perlman & Nicole...
66 innings pitched surpassed the previous record of 64 innings set by CatOsterman in 2020. Ocasio has been a member of the Puerto Rico women's national...
use the rise ball in combination with other pitches. Monica Abbott and CatOsterman, are widely considered to be among the most dominant pitchers ever to...
26 vs. the Utah Valley Wolverines. On March 16, Lawrie combined with CatOsterman for 32 strikeouts in a regulation game, a top-10 NCAA record for a single...
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