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Cat Osterman, Softball Player, - Biography,

USA Texan Softball player.

Height: 6-3

Born April 16, 1983, Houston, Texas,

Catherine Leigh ("Cat") Osterman is an American athlete & was one of the pitchers on the USA Women's Softball Team which won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

She started playing softball in first grade before quitting to play soccer, but she eventually found her way back to the diamond in fifth grade. 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 holds the NCAA Division I career strikeout record with 2,265 strikeouts over her four year career, as well as the Big 12 record with 25 Pitcher of the Week awards & the Big 12 record with four Pitcher of the Year awards. Osterman pitched a total of 20 NCAA career no-hitters & 10 NCAA career perfect games.

Early life & high school
Osterman was born in Houston, Texas to parents are Gary & Laura Osterman. Her younger brothers are Craig (born 1986) & Chris (born 1994). She attended Cypress Spring High School in Cypress, Texas from 1997 to 2001, where she set several records on the school's softball team.

In 2001, she struck out 33 batters in a 14-inning 1-0 shutout over Cy-Fair High School. The performance ranked 11th on the strikeouts-in-a-single-game (extra innings) list, behind:

61, Alicia Hollowell; Fairfield High School 0, Woodland High School 1; May 25 & 29, 2001; 30 innings
53, DeeDee Weiman; Cerritos Gahr 0, Lakewood St. Joseph 1; 1986; 29 innings
49, Jennifer Deering; Salinsa North Salinas 9, Gilroy 4; April 14 & May 8 1997; 34 innings
48, Lisa Fernandez; Lakewood St. Joseph 1, Cerritos Gahr 0; 1986; 29 innings
47, Kristen Sloubar; Van Nuys Montclair Prep 2, Sonta Monica Crossroads 1; May 8-9, 2005; 21 innings
44, Samantha Freeman; Pleasant Hill MO vs. Jefferson City Helias MO; October 20 2001; 21 innings
43, Terry Carpenter; Huntington Beach Edison 0, Burbank Burroughs 0; 19xx; 24 innings
43, Jenny Schachtner; Flintridge Prep 2, Westright Tigers 1; June 27-29, 2005; 26 innings
42, Kristy Goodrich; Warren Lordstown OH 6, Bristol OH 2; 1998; 21 innings
42, Tracy Tiensvold; Truman MO vs. Blue Springs MO; October 14 2000; 35 innings
40, Marissa Marzan; Fresno Bullard 0 vs. Clovis 1; 2000; 22 innings
40, Michele Granger; Placentia Valencia 1, La Mirada 0; 1988; 25 innings
40, Kayla Richardson; West Jefferson Ashe County NC vs. Mt. Airy North Surry NC; April 22, 25 & 27, 2005; 26 innings
35, Lucy Cezarez; Chula Vista Bonita Vista 1, La Mesa Helix 0; 1976; 29 innings
As such, she set a new national record for strikeouts in a game under 20 innings, beating Jenny Stallard's previous record of 31 in 19 innings in 1978; she also set the new national record for strikeouts in a 14-inning game, breaking Michelle Granger's former record of 31 in 1985.

University of Texas: Freshman & Sophomore years

2002: Freshman year
Osterman became the first UT freshman to be named Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Week, for the week of February 19, a week in which she threw two no-hitters (a 3-0 win over the University of Utah on February 13 & a 4-0 win over Southwest Texas on February 15); they were only the third & fourth no-hitters by a UT freshman, & Cat became only the second Longhorns pitcher to throw a no-hitter, along with Natalie King's two freshman no-hitters in 2001). Her February 13th no-hitter was the first of her NCAA career.

She also threw the first perfect game in UT history in a game against Stephen F. Austin State University on February 26; she proceeded to throw two more perfect games in her freshman season. She struck out 554 batters to set a new NCAA freshman record (which has since been eclipsed by Monica Abbott of the Tennessee Lady Volunteers with 582 in 2004).

She set new UT single-season records for wins (36), innings pitched (304.1), games started (40), shutouts (17), appearances (51), & consecutive innings without giving up an earned-run (79.2 from February 13 to March 13), as well as the UT single-game record for innings-pitched (14) & strikeouts-in-a-game (23) in a March 1 game against Mississippi State University. In a March 20 game against Texas State, she broke her own UT record for strikeouts-in-a-game with 24 in a 12-inning match. She also tied the UT single-season record for complete games (27)..

2003: Sophomore year
Osterman threw four more no-hitters, including another perfect game -- on February 12, March 1, & March 20 -- while setting new UT career records for wins (68), shutouts (35), strikeouts (1,042), & opponents-batting-average (.105). She is so far the only pitcher in Big 12 Conference history to strike out 1,000 batters in only two seasons. She also broke the record for strikeouts-per-game with an average of 14.1 per seven-innings, beating the previous mark of 13.9 by Danielle Henderson of the University of Massachusetts in 1999; she surpassed her own UT single-season record for shutouts with 18, & tied her own shared record for complete games (27). From April 22 to May 22, she went a career-high & UT record 65 consecutive scoreless-innings.

On July 11, Osterman threw a no-hitter in the 2003 Canada Cup, striking out 10 batters to defeat Team Canada 8-0; on July 12, Osterman pitched her second no-hitter of the 2003 Canada Cup, striking out 16 of 24 batters to defeat the Stratford Brakettes 5-0.

On August 15, Osterman threw a perfect game to win the Gold-Medal game of the 2003 Pan American Games against Canada 4-0, securing Team USA's fifth consecutive PanAm Gold Medal. She struck out 14 batters in a game that was delayed three-and-a-half hours due to rain.

2004: XXVIII Olympiad
Osterman redshirted from UT to participate with fellow college softball pitcher Jennie Finch in the Olympic Games in Athens.

Osterman went undefeated in 24 appearances during the USA Softball National Team's 53-game schedule. On February 20, she struck out nine batters in four perfect innings & combined with Jennie Finch for a no-hitter when Finch hit Megan Bordelon of Stanford with a pitch in the late innings of a 9-0 victory. On May 17, she struck out seven of nine batters over three innings, after which Finch struck out the final six batters in a row to combine for a perfect game & defeat the Sonic Stars 10-0. On July 10, she struck out 13 batters over five innings for another no-hitter, this time missing perfection on a lone error by first-baseman Stacey Nuveman in a 16-0 win over the Fort Worth All-Stars.

Osterman picked up two wins & a save in the Olympiad. She followed Finch & Lori Harrigan of the University of Nevada by striking out the final two batters in Team USA's 7-0 victory over Italy on August 14; she gave up one hit & struck out 11 batters over eight innings in Team USA's 3-0 victory over Japan on August 16; & she gave up one hit & four walks while striking out 10 batters over six innings in Team USA's 3-0 victory over Chinese Taipei on August 20. Her 23 strikeouts led Team USA.

Return to the University of Texas

2005: Junior year
Osterman threw six more no-hitters including three more perfect games on February 16 (perfect), March 9 (perfect), March 11, May 12, May 20, & May 21 (perfect); she also struck out 20-or-more batters in four separate games on March 17 (23 in ten innings), March 19 (21 in eight innings), April 26 (24 in ten innings), & May 27 (20 in nine innings) in the process of leading the Longhorns to a third-place finish in the NCAA Women's Softball College World Series (they lost to the UCLA Bruins, who in turn lost to the Michigan Wolverines).

She also topped her previous UT single-season records for complete games (31) & shutouts (22), & broke her own NCAA single-season record for strikeouts-per-game with an average of 15.2 per seven innings. She tied her own UT records for strikeouts-in-a-game with 24 (April 26) & strikeouts-in-a-seven-inning-game with 19 (May 1), & finished the season at third place on the all-time NCAA single-season strikeout list with 593 (behind Courtney Blades's 663 in 2000, & Monica Abbott's 603 in 2005).

On June 12, Osterman picked up the win in Team USA's Gold-Medal 9-0 victory over Australia in the 2005 International Sports Invitational; she gave up one hit & struck out ten batters over five innings.

On August 28, Cat made her television broadcast debut when she was the color commentator for ESPN2’s broadcast of the National Pro Fastpitch championship & all-star games.

Milestones
On March 9, Osterman struck out her 1,200th batter to tie Lisa Ishikawa of Northwestern University for 10th place on the NCAA all-time strikeout list; on March 11, she moved past Ishikawa & passed Jocelyn Forest of the University of California, Berkeley to take ninth place. On March 15, she reached 1,229 to surpass Amanda Renfro of Texas Tech for eighth place; on March 17, she passed Shawn Andaya of Texas A&M to take seventh place. On March 23, she struck out her 1,291st batter, passing Sarah Dawson of the University of Louisiana at Monroe for sixth place.

On March 25, Osterman became the sixth NCAA Division I pitcher to strikeout 1,300 batters. On April 6, she passed Danielle Henderson for fifth place on the NCAA all-time strikeout list; on April 10, she struck out seven in 3.1 innings to surpass Britni Sneed for fourth place. On April 13, she passed Nicole Myers to take third place; on April 16, she struck out 13 in a 3-2 win over the University of Missouri–St. Louis to become the third member of the 1,400 Strikeout Club (along with Michelle Granger & Courtney Blades). On May 12, she crested the 1,500 strikeout plateau; on June 3, she broke the 1,600 strikeout mark.

2006: Senior year
Osterman pitched five more no-hitters, including three more perfect games, in her 2006 season on February 10 (perfect), February 11, February 17 (perfect), March 8 (perfect), & April 15; she also struck out 20 batters in a seven-inning 5-1 win over the University of Texas at San Antonio on February 21. She opened the season with six consecutive shut-outs, including an opening day perfect-game, a follow-up no-hitter, & a 16-0 romp over Oklahoma Christian University on February 16. Her February 10th no-hitter was also her 100th career NCAA win.

Her pursuit of the NCAA Division I career strikeout record continued in her season debut, a 3-0 perfect game against the Northwestern University Wildcats on February 10; she struck out 11 batters to bring her career total to 1,646, passing Michelle Granger for second place on the all-time list. On February 16, she struck out 13 Oklahoma Christian batters to bring her careet total to 1,708, making her just the second pitcher in NCAA history to reach the 1,700 plateau.

On February 25, Cat Osterman struck out six Fresno State batters in a 7-2 win & then proceeded to strike out seven batters in a 4-0 victory over the University of Nevada Lady Rebels, bringing her career strikeout total to 1,774 to surpass Courtney Blades as the all-time NCAA Division I leader. On March 1, she struck out 15 batters in a 5-1 win over the University of Texas at Arlington to bring her career total to 1,807, making her the first pitcher in NCAA Division I history to reach the 1,800 watershed.

On March 17, Cat struck out 13 Michigan Wolverines batters in her first loss of the season (following 17 consecutive wins) to become the first pitcher in NCAA Division I history to enter the 1,900 Strikeout Club. On April 5, she struck out five Texas A&M Aggie batters to become the first pitcher to enter the 2,000 Strikeout Club; her milestone strikeout was against leadoff third-baseman Jamie Hinshaw. On April 29, Cat struck out 16 OSU Cowgirls batters to become the first pitcher to enter the 2,100 Strikeout Club; on May 26, Cat struck out 16 Washington Huskies to become the first pitcher to enter the 2,200 Strikeout Club.

Cat was also awarded the Big 12 Player of the Week Award six of the first seven weeks of the 2006 season. She took a total of nine awards in her senior year, for the weeks of February 8 to 14, February 15 to 21, February 22 to 28, March 8 to 14, March 15 to 21, March 22 to 28, April 12 to 18, April 19 to 25, April 26 to May 1.

She lost the weekly award only four times; to Amie Ford of Iowa State University (March 1 to 7), Kassie Humphreys of Kansas State University (March 29 to April 2, April 5 to 11), & Ashley DeBuhr of the University of Nebraska (May 2 to 8). For the week of February 22 to 28, Cat also won the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I National Player of the Week Award & the USA Softball National Player of the Week award.

Chasing Blades
On March 1, Cat recorded her 109th career win over the University of Texas at Arlington to tie Jennie Finch (University of Arizona) & Jessica Sallinger (Georgia Tech) for 16th on the NCAA all-time career wins. On March 3, Cat recorded her 110th career win over Ole Miss to pass Finch & Salinger & tie Jenny Voss (University of Nebraska) for 15th place; the next day, she recorded her 111th career win over the University of Houston to pass Voss & tie Samantha Iuli (University of Illinois at Chicago) 14th place.

On March 16, Cat recorded her 114th career win to tie Shawn Andaya (Texas A&M for 13th place on the NCAA all-time list. On March 18, Cat recorded her 115th career win over Notre Dame to pass Andaya & tie Jennifer Stewart (University of Oklahoma) & Shelley Laird (University of Alabama) for 12th place; the next day, she recorded her 116th career win over the University of Arizona Wildcats to pass Stewart & Laird & tie Kristin Schmidt (Notre Dame/LSU) & Debby Day (UTA/Arizona) for 11th place.

On March 22, Cat recorded her 118th career win over Georgia Tech to tie Jamie Southern (Fresno State) for 10th place on the NCAA all-time list. On March 25, Cat recorded her 119th career win over the University of Nebraska to pass Southern & tie Brooke Mitchell (Louisiana-Lafayette) & Michele Granger (University of California) for ninth place. On March 29, Cat recorded her 120th career win to pass Mitchell & Granger & tie Britni Sneed (LSU) & Sarah Dawson (Louisiana-Monroe) for eighth place on the all-time list.

On April 14 & April 15, Cat recorded her 124th & 125th career wins over the Oklahoma Sooners to tie & then pass Nancy Evans for sixth place on the all-time list. On April 29 & April 30, Cat recorded her 129th & 130th career win over the Oklahoma State University Cowgirls to tie UCLA Bruins pitcher Keira Goerl for fifth place on the all-time list.

On June 1, Cat recorded her 136th & final NCAA career win (15 wins behind Courtney Blades’s career record), finishing in sixth place on the all-time list (having been passed by University of Arizona Wildcats pitcher Alicia Hollowell -- in third place with 141 -- & University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers pitcher Monica Abbott -- in fifth place with 138 -- during the 2006 season).

Cat struck out 18 Arizona State Sun Devils in the 2-0 win to set a new Women's College World Series seven-inning-game record; she also brought her season total to 608, passing Monica Abbott’s 2005 strikeout total for second place on the single-season strikeouts list, 33 behind Courtney Blades’s all-time record (Osterman would likely have passed the record if the Longhorns had continued further into the postseason). The win was also Cat's 85th NCAA career shutout, tying her with Debbie Nichols (Louisiana Tech) for second place behind Michele Granger's career record 94 shutouts.

Cat’s NCAA career & hopes for a World Series championship ended on June 3; following a 2-0 loss to the Arizona Wildcats on June 2, she lost her second game in a row, 2-0 again, to Anjelica Selden of the UCLA Bruins (who had ended the Longhorns run for a champion in 2005 as well).

Post-Collegiate Career
On July 2, Osterman threw a 12-0 no-hitter against the Arizona Heat in the USA Softball Exhibition, missing the perfect game by walking Kaleo Eldridge. Cat struck out 12 Heat batters, catching every batter at least once.

On July 17, Cat won the championship game of the 2006 World Cup by beating Team Japan 5-2, giving up two runs on two hits & a walk while striking out eleven batters. She recorded two wins in the tournament, striking out 21 batters in 14 innings of work over three games (including two complete games, & a 9-0 shutout against Team Australia).

In 2007, Osterman appeared sparingly on ESPNU broadcasts as a color commentator for certain college softball games.

Going Pro
On February 15 2006, Osterman was the first overall pick in the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) softball league draft. She was chosen by the Connecticut Brakettes. The Brakettes were formerly known as the Stratford Brakettes of the Amateur Softball Association. However, even though Osterman had been on their amateur roster for the five seasons prior to being drafted, she chose not to sign with the them, making her officially a free agent on September 30.

On December 19, 2006, the Rockford Thunder of National Pro Fastpitch & General Manager Aaron M. Moore announced that they signed Osterman to a contract for the 2007 season. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Awards
1999 ASA Third-team All-American
1999 Second-team All-Greater Houston
1999 District 16-5A Most Valuable Player
2000 ASA First-team All-American
2000 ASA Under-18 Gold Fastpitch National Champion
2001 ASA First-team All-American at the JO Gold National Championships
2001 ASA Second-team All-American at the Women's Major
2001 Gold Medalist at the U.S. Cup
2001 Gatorade National High School Player of the Year
2001 ASA Under-18 Gold Fastpitch National Champion
2001 First-team All-Greater Houston
2001 District 16-5A Most Valuable Player
2001 Texas Girls Coaches Association All-Star
2001 (Fall) Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
2001-02 UT Women's Athletics Jill A. Sterkel Leadership Award
2002 (Spring) Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
2002 Big 12 Freshman of the Year
2002 Big 12 Pitcher of the YEar
2002 Elite National Team member
2003 Third-team Academic All-American
2003 (Spring) Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
2003 Big 12 Pitcher of the Year
2003 Big 12 Female Athlete of the Year
2003 First-team Academic All-Big 12
2003 First-team All-American
2003 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
2003 Gold Medalist at the Pan-American Games
2003 NCAA Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team
2004 Gold Medalist at the Athens Olympic Games
2005 UT V. F. "Doc" Neuhaus Endowed Presidential Scholarship
2005 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
2005 Second-team Academic All-Big 12
2005 NCAA Honda Award Winner for Softball
2005 ESPY for Top Collegiate Female Athlete
2005 ESPY for Top Female Olympic Performance (USA Softball)
2005 Big 12 Female Athlete of the Year
2005 Big 12 Pitcher of the Year
2005 NCAA Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team
2005 Women's Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year
2006 UT V. F. "Doc" Neuhaus Endowed Presidential Scholarship
2006 UT women's Texas Exes Lifetime Award
2006 Big 12 Pitcher of the Year
2006 All-Big 12 First Team
2006 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
2006 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-American
2006 Easton-Bell Softball All-American
2006 NCAA Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team
2006 #1 pick, National Pro Fastpitch draft
2006 ESPY for Best Female College Athlete
Among her favorite athletes are fellow Texans Roger Clemens & Nolan Ryan, as well as NBA player Hakeem Olajuwon & actor/ director Kevin Costner. She was the first softball player to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated (the 7 October 2002 "America's Best Sports Colleges" issue), & made a second SI cover with the 2004 Olympic Gold Medal Softball team to become the only softball player to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated twice.

Career statistics

Cy-Fair Slammers
YEAR W L GP GS CG Sh SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA
1998 4 0 == == == 3 == 14 2 1 == == 22 ==

Katy streamliners
YEAR W L GP GS CG Sh SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA
1998 6 1 == == == == == == == == == == == ==

Cypress Springs High School
YEAR W L GP GS CG Sh SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA
1999 == == == == == == == 146 == == == == 312 ==
2000 == == == == == == == 176 == == == == 394 ==
2001 20 4 == == == 20 == 184 18 9 0 3 451 0.00
TOTALS == == == == == == == 507 == == 7 22 1,158 ==

Katy Cruisers
YEAR W L GP GS CG Sh SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA
1999 20 5 == == == == == 182 == == 2 == 299 =
2000 == == == == == == == 47 == == == == 106 ==

Stratford Brakettes
YEAR W L GP GS CG Sh SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA
2001 4 1 6 == 4 == 0 30 10 1 0 4 52 0.00
2002 6 0 6 == 6 == 0 38 8 3 3 1 85 0.55
TOTALS 10 1 12 == 10 == 0 68 18 4 3 5 137 0.31

USA National Team
YEAR W L GP GS CG Sh SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA
2001 7 2 14 8 5 5 2 68.2 33 13 7 20 111 0.64
2003 6 0 9 6 6 6 1 51.2 10 2 2 7 99 0.27
2004 16 0 24 15 3 3 0 74.2 16 1 0 7 170 0.00
Olympics 2 0 3 2 1 2 1 14.2 2 0 0 5 23 0.00
2005 2 1 3 3 2 1 0 19 1 3 2 3 32 0.74
2006 3 0 8 3 3 2 0 27.0 7 3 2 7 43 0.52
TOTALS
w/o 2006
33 3 53 34 17 17 4 224.1 62 19 11 42 435 0.34

University of Texas Longhorns
YEAR W L GP GS CG Sh SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA
2002 36 8 51 40 27 17 3 304.1 130 43 36 62 554 0.83
2003 32 6 40 36 27 18 0 242.2 72 18 13 39 488 0.38
2005 30 7 42 33 31 22 0 272.2 68 23 14 48 593 0.36
2006 38 4 47 39 36 28 2 286.0 78 19 17 43 630 0.31
TOTALS 136 25 180 148 121 85 5 1105.2 348 103 80 192 2,265 0.5065

Athletic accomplishments
2,265 career NCAA Division I strikeouts (1st all-time)
136 career NCAA Division I wins (6th all-time)
85 career NCAA Division I shutouts (tied-2nd all-time)
25 career Big 12 Pitcher of the Week awards (1st all-time)
20 career NCAA Division I no-hitters
10 career NCAA Division I perfect games
4 Big 12 Pitcher of the Year Awards (1st all-time)
In the bonus features of the "Bad News Bears" DVD, Billy Bob Thornton admits to having a crush on Cat Osterman.

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