59 Facts About Cat Osterman

Catherine Leigh Osterman was born on April 16,1983 and is a retired American softball player.

Cat Osterman was a collegiate four-time All-American and six-time professional All-Star.

Cat Osterman completed her college eligibility in 2006 at the University of Texas at Austin, where she was a starting pitcher for the Longhorns since 2002.

Cat Osterman is one of NCAA's five pitchers to strikeout 1,000 batters with 100 wins, an ERA of under 1.

Cat Osterman was a member of the independent "This Is Us" team.

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Cat Osterman was named No 3 Greatest College Softball Player and the No 1 pitcher in NCAA history.

Cat Osterman started playing softball in first grade before quitting to play soccer and basketball.

Cat Osterman found her way back to the diamond in fifth grade, when she was filling in as a backup pitcher for a little league team.

Cat Osterman was born in Houston, Texas to parents Gary and Laura Cat Osterman.

Cat Osterman attended Cypress Springs High School in Cypress, Texas from 1997 to 2001, where she set several records on the school's softball team.

Cat Osterman was named a National Fastpitch Coaches' Association Second Team All-American.

Cat Osterman was named Big 12 Conference First Team, Big 12 Freshman of the Year and Big 12 Pitcher of the Year.

Cat Osterman broke and set UT single-season records for wins, innings pitched, games started, shutouts, strikeouts, strikeout ratio and appearances.

Cat Osterman's freshman ERA was and is a top-5 school record.

Cat Osterman set the UT single-game record for innings-pitched and single game strikeouts.

Cat Osterman tied the UT single-season record for complete games.

Cat Osterman proceeded to throw two more in her freshman season to match and set two all-time NCAA Freshman Class records for season no-hitters and perfect games, the latter record has since been surpassed.

Cat Osterman repeated honors as an All-American, now a First Team selection, as well as Big 12 "Pitcher" and "Female Athlete" of The Year.

Cat Osterman earned her first USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award.

Cat Osterman threw 4 no-hitters and a perfect game, while breaking her own UT records for ERA, shutouts and strikeout ratio, of which she led the NCAA in, except shutouts; the strikeout ratio was a new NCAA season record.

Cat Osterman is noted for just needing over 500 innings pitched to get into the club, the fewest of any NCAA Division I pitcher.

Cat Osterman was named to the All-Tournament Team for her efforts.

Cat Osterman redshirted from UT to participate with fellow college softball pitcher Jennie Finch in the Olympic Games in Athens.

Cat Osterman went undefeated in 24 appearances during the USA Softball National Team's 53-game schedule.

Cat Osterman received her second First Team All-American citation and repeated honors from the Big 12 and USA Softball.

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Cat Osterman added the Honda Sports Award for softball that year as well.

Cat Osterman topped her previous UT single-season records for ERA, strikeouts, strikeout ratio, shutouts, opponents batting average and complete games.

The opponents BA remains the school record and Cat Osterman again led the NCAA in ERA and strikeout ratio in addition; the ratio was another new all-time record.

Cat Osterman finished the season at third place on the all-time NCAA single-season strikeout list.

Cat Osterman threw 6 no-hitters and three more perfect games while setting a career best WHIP.

Cat Osterman was and is still the only pitcher to have two three perfect game seasons, including 2002.

Cat Osterman earned honors for a final time from the NFCA, Big 12 and USA softball.

Cat Osterman broke and set her final set of Longhorn records in wins, strikeouts, shutouts and strikeout ratio, all were career highs.

Cat Osterman became one of the first pitchers to have three 500-strikeout seasons to her credit.

The next day, Osterman defeated the No 1 Arizona Wildcats in an 18-strikeout, three-hit shutout to hand them their first loss.

Cat Osterman recorded her 109th career win over the UTA Mavericks to tie Jessica Sallinger for 16th on the NCAA all-time career wins.

Cat Osterman ended her career with school records in wins, strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, innings pitched, shutouts, strikeout ratio and opponents batting average.

Cat Osterman struck out 12 Heat batters, catching every batter at least once.

Cat Osterman recorded two wins in the tournament, striking out 21 batters in 14-innings of work over three games.

In 2007, Cat Osterman appeared sparingly on ESPNU broadcasts as a color commentator for certain college softball games, including the game in which Monica Abbott surpassed her own career strikeout record.

On February 15,2006, Cat Osterman was the first overall pick in the National Pro Fastpitch softball league draft.

Cat Osterman set a then league record with career best strikeout ratio of 12.

Cat Osterman had her first career no-hitter on August 26,2007, over the New England Riptide, which got her team into the Cowles Cup Championship.

Cat Osterman won the Cowles Cup Championship in shutout fashion on August 23,2009.

Cat Osterman won the pitching Triple Crown and simultaneously set then season records in both the wins and strikeouts categories.

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Cat Osterman pitched her team through to the Cowles Cup Championship on August 24,2013.

Cat Osterman got the save in the finale and threw a shutout and two wins en route to the title and an MVP award.

Cat Osterman opened the 2015 season with three wins for 21 consecutive victories dating back to 2013, a career highlight.

Cat Osterman currently is tops in career strikeout ratio and no-hitters, while ranking second in ERA and strikeouts overall; the first pitcher to reach 1,000 career strikeouts.

Cat Osterman struck out 14 batters in a game that was delayed three-and-a-half hours due to rain.

Cat Osterman continued to pitch for USA Softball Women's National team in 2007.

Cat Osterman struck out 10 or more batters 11 times during the tour, and topped 15 strikeouts four times.

Cat Osterman gave up two runs on three hits while striking out 9 batters; the runs and the loss was the first in her Olympic career.

Cat Osterman helped Team USA win a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Cat Osterman did not allow a run in 14 innings of work and won two games for Team USA.

Cat Osterman was the first softball player to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated, and made a second SI cover with the 2004 Olympic Gold Medal Softball team to become one of two softball players to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated twice.

Cat Osterman is a spokesperson for Under Armour as well as having an endorsement contract and signature glove with Wilson.

In 2009, Cat Osterman posed nude along with three of her Olympic teammates for the first annual The Body Issue of ESPN The Magazine.

In 2014 Cat Osterman signed on as an assistant softball coach at Texas State University.