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Cat Osterman Profile |
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Birth Date: April 16, 1983
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Birth Place: Houston, Texas, USA
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Birth Name: Catherine Leigh Osterman
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Biography |
Cat Osterman is an American athlete and was one of the
pitchers on the USA Women's Softball Team which won the gold
medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the silver medal in
the 2008 Summer Olympics. She started playing softball in
first grade before quitting to play soccer and basketball.
Cat found her way back to the diamond in fifth grade, when
she was filling in as a backup pitcher for a little league
team. She completed her collegiate eligibility in 2006 at
the University of Texas at Austin, where she was a starting
pitcher for the Longhorns since 2002.
Osterman held the NCAA Division I career strikeout record
with 2,265 strikeouts over her four year career, surpassed
by Monica Abbott on May 6, 2007. Cat is still the NCAA
all-time leader for strikeouts per 7 innings, 14.34, as she
pitched far fewer innings than Abbott. Cat also holds the
Big 12 record with 25 Pitcher of the Week awards and the Big
12 record with four Pitcher of the Year awards. Osterman
pitched a total of 20 NCAA career no-hitters and 10 NCAA
career perfect games. |
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since May 15, 2009