Cat Osterman

About Cat Osterman

Catherine Leigh "Cat" Osterman (born April 16, 1983), is an American, former collegiate 4-time All-American, left-handed softball pitcher originally from Houston, Texas. 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 pitched 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. Osterman held the NCAA Division I career strikeout record and is still the NCAA all-time leader for strikeouts per 7-innings, 14.34, WHIP and perfect games (7). She owns numerous career records for the Longhorns and within the NCAA Division I, where she is also one of five pitchers to strikeout 1,000 batters with 100 wins, an ERA of under 1.00, and averaging double digit strikeouts.

Cat Osterman Achievements

2,265 career NCAA Division I strikeouts (2nd all-time)

14.34 NCAA strikeouts per 7 innings (1st all-time)

3 time NCAA Division I Player of the Year 2003,2005,2006 (1st all-time)

136 career NCAA Division I wins (6th all-time)

0.50 ERA NCAA NCAA Division I -1.00 ERAs

85 career NCAA Division I shutouts (third all-time)

25 career Big 12 Pitcher of the Week awards (1st all-time)

20 career NCAA Division I no-hitters (third all-time)

7 career NCAA Division I perfect games (1st all-time)

4 Big 12 Pitcher of the Year Awards (1st all-time)