Katherine Burkhart was born on February 24,1986 and is an American, former collegiate All-American, retired professional All-Star softball pitcher and softball coach.
18 Facts About Katie Burkhart
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Katie Burkhart played college softball at Arizona State, and won a national championship with the team in 2008 and was named Most Outstanding Player.
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Katie Burkhart holds the career records in wins, strikeouts, perfect games, WHIP, innings pitched and strikeout ratio for the school.
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Katie Burkhart helped remove snakes from a plane that was bound from Hawaii to Phoenix in 2023.
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Katie Burkhart began her freshman year with a top-5 season strikeouts record and throwing a no-hitter on March 4,2005, vs the San Diego State Aztecs.
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Katie Burkhart threw a no-hitter and set new school records in strikeouts, shutouts, innings pitched and strikeout ratio.
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Katie Burkhart's wins were good for second all-time; all of her marks remain top-10 for the Sun Devils.
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Katie Burkhart set the season strikeouts and innings record with career bests, while breaking her own wins and strikeout ratio marks and tying the shutout record again.
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Katie Burkhart joined an exclusive list of NCAA Division I pitchers to accomplish the feat in three season or less.
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Katie Burkhart achieved the conference pitching Triple Crown for her strikeouts, wins and ERA.
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Katie Burkhart pitched back-to-back shutouts against Aggies with 13 strikeouts in the final game to clinch the title.
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Katie Burkhart matched the finale game record for strikeouts with the 13 in the game.
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Katie Burkhart is top-10 in the newly named Pac-12 for the same records.
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On February 18,2008, before her final season at Arizona State, Katie Burkhart was selected first overall in the National Pro Fastpitch Draft.
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Katie Burkhart has been inducted into the ASA Hall of Fame and her high school, San Luis Obispo as a Hall of Fame Athlete.
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In 2006, Katie Burkhart was part of an American team of college players that won gold at the 2006 World University Games in Taiwan.
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Katie Burkhart was first named to the USA Softball national team on June 15,2009.
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In 2012, Katie Burkhart was pitching coach at Central Connecticut, helping the program to its first 30-win season.