Cat Osterman

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Cat Osterman
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Olympic Games
Gold Athens 2004 Team Competition
Silver Beijing 2008 Team Competition

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. 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 win, an ERA of under 1.00, and averaging double digit strikeouts.

Early Years

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.

Osterman was born in Houston, Texas to parents Gary and Laura Osterman. Her younger brothers are Craig (born 1986) and Chris (born 1994). She attended Cypress Springs 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 16th on the strikeouts-in-a-single-game (extra innings) list, behind:

  • 61, Alicia Hollowell; Fairfield Middle 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; Salinas 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, Santa 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 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 a national record for strikeouts in a 14-inning game, breaking Michelle Granger's former record of 31 in 1985.

University of Texas

2002: Freshman Year

Osterman was named an National Fastpitch Coaches' Association Second Team All-American.[1] She was also named Big 12 First Team and "Pitcher of The Year." She broke and set UT single-season records for wins (36; led the NCAA), innings pitched (304.1), games started (40), shutouts (17), strikeouts (is the NCAA Freshman class record), strikeout ratio (led the NCAA) and appearances (51).[2] Currently she retains only the innings pitched distinction while her ERA was and is a top-5 school record. Osterman also set the UT single-game record for innings-pitched (14) and single game strikeouts. She also tied the UT single-season record for complete games (27).

In a March 20 loss against the Texas State Bobcats, she struck out 24 in 11-innings for a career best. That game also was and is a top-5 NCAA record for combined strikeouts at 34, which she shares with Nicole Neuerburg.

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. The first, a 3-0 win over the Utah Utes on February 13 and then a 4-0 win over the Texas State Bobcats on February 15.[3] They were only the third and fourth no-hitters by a UT freshman, and Osterman became only the second Longhorns pitcher to accomplish the feat, along with Natalie King's two in 2001. She also threw the first perfect game in UT history in a game against Stephen F. Austin State Lumberjacks on February 26; she proceeded to throw two more perfect games in her freshman season.[4]

2003: Sophomore Year

Osterman repeated honors as an All-American, now a First Team selection, as well as Big 12 "Pitcher" and "Female Athlete" of The Year.[5] She also earned her first USA Softball National Collegiate Player of The Year Award.[6] Osterman threw four no-hitters and a perfect game while breaking her own UT records for ERA, shutouts and strikeout ratio, which she also led the NCAA in except shutouts.[7] She also tied her own shared record for complete games (27) and posted career records in wins (68), shutouts (35), strikeouts (1,042), and opponents-batting-average (.105).

From April 22 - May 22, she pitched career-high and UT record 65 consecutive scoreless-innings. The streak began with an appearance in a win against the Corpus Christi Islanders and was broken in a 3-2 win over the ULL Ragin' Cajuns on May 22; the streak ran over 10 games and 9 wins. Osterman is so far the only pitcher in Big 12 history to strike out 1,000 batters in only two seasons and in that very same game during the Women's College World Series with the ULL Ragin' Cajuns, she struck out 11 to reach the milestone.[8]

With that win, Osterman and the Longhorns the next day advanced to meet the California Golden Bears, whom Osterman shutout and struck out 17 to tie Lisa Ishikawa's WCWS record for a single game performance.[9] In a doubleheader on the 25, the Longhorns failed to beat the UCLA Bruins in back-to-back losses and were eliminated. Osterman was named to the All-Tournament Team for her efforts.

2004: XXVIII Olympiad

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

Aiming for 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 and combined with Finch for a no-hitter. 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 and 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.

Olympic Games

Osterman picked up two wins and a save in the Olympiad. She followed Finch and Lori Harrigan of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas by striking out the final two batters in Team USA's 7-0 victory over Italy on August 14; she gave up one hit and struck out 11 batters over eight innings in Team USA's 3-0 victory over Japan on August 16; and she gave up one hit and 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 nabbed her second First Team All-American citation and repeated honors from the Big 12 and USA Softball.[10][11][12] The Longhorn added the Honda Sports Award for softball that year as well.[13][14] Osterman was named the 2005 Sportswoman of the Year (in the team category) by the Women's Sports Foundation.[15] She also topped her previous UT single-season records for ERA (career best), strikeouts, strikeout ratio, shutouts (22), opponents batting average and complete games (31). The opponents BA remains the school record and Osterman again led the NCAA in ERA and strikeout ratio in addition; the ratio was a new all-time record.[16] Finally, she set Big 12 records in ERA, strikeouts and opponents batting average, of which only the strikeouts has been surpassed. She finished the season at third place on the all-time NCAA single-season strikeout list with 593.

Osterman threw 6 more no-hitters and three more perfect games. She also struck out 20 or more batters in four separate games, one of which came on March 17 vs. the Arizona Wildcats; Osterman struck out 23 in a 10-inning shutout. The game tied her combination strikeouts record of 34, this time with Alicia Hollowell.[17]

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 and 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 to become the third member of the 1,400 Strikeout Club (along with Michele Granger and Courtney Blades). On May 12, she crested the 1,500 strikeout plateau; on June 3, she broke the 1,600 strikeout mark.

On June 2, Osterman opened her WCWS by matching her shared record with 17 strikeouts vs. the Alabama Crimson Tide.[18] The team eventually lost to the UCLA Bruins on June 5, who in turn lost to eventual champion the Michigan Wolverines, the Longhorns had lost to them earlier in the tournament.[19] Osterman and Alicia Hollowell set a new WCWS record for combined strikeouts at 30 in their 11-inning battle; Osterman was named All-Tournament.[20]

2006: Senior Year

Osterman earned honors for a final time from the NFCA, Big 12 and USA softball.[21][22][23][24][25] Again Osterman also collected her second Honda Award.[13][26] She broke and set her final set of Longhorn records in ERA, wins, strikeouts, shutouts and strikeout ratio, of which all except the ERA were career highs. The wins and strikeouts gave her the all-time school season pitching Triple Crown, along with her ERA from 2005. For a fourth time in her career, Osterman led the NCAA in ERA and strikeout ratio, setting a new all-time season record in the last category.

Osterman pitched 5 no-hitters and opened the season with 6 consecutive shutouts, including an opening day no-hitter and a 16-0 romp over Oklahoma Christian Eagles. On February 11 she won her 100th career game 3-0 against the Northwestern Wildcats in shutout fashion.[27] On February 16, she struck out 13 Oklahoma Christian Eagles batters to bring her career total to 1,708, making her just the second pitcher in NCAA history to reach the 1,700 plateau. Later she also struck out 20 batters in a 7-inning 5-1 win over the UTSA Roadrunners on February 21, which is tied second most in NCAA history and her career best at Texas for a regulation game.[28]

On February 25, Osterman struck out 6 Fresno State Bulldogs batters in a 7-2 win and then proceeded to strike out seven batters in a 4-0 victory over the UNLV Rebels, bringing her career strikeout total to 1,774 to surpass Courtney Blades as the all-time NCAA Division I leader.[29] On March 1, she struck out 15 batters in a 5-1 win over the UTA Mavericks to bring her career total to 1,807, making her the first pitcher in NCAA Division I history to reach the 1,800 watershed.[30]

On March 1, Osterman recorded her 109th career win over the UTA Mavericks to tie Jennie Finch and Jessica Sallinger for 16th on the NCAA all-time career wins. On March 3, she recorded her 110th career win over Ole Miss Rebels to pass Finch and Salinger and tie Jenny Voss for 15th place; the next day, she recorded her 111th career win over the Houston Cougars to pass Voss and tie Samantha Iuli at 14th place.

On March 17, Osterman 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.[31] On April 5, she struck out 5 Texas A&M Aggies batters to become the first pitcher to enter the 2,000 Strikeout Club; her milestone strikeout was against leadoff third-baseman Jamie Hinshaw.[32] On April 29, Cat struck out 16 Oklahoma State 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.[33]

On March 16, Osterman recorded her 114th career win to tie Shawn Andaya (Texas A&M Aggies for 13th place on the NCAA all-time list. On March 18, Osterman recorded her 115th career win over Notre Dame Fighting Irish to pass Andaya and tie Jennifer Stewart and Shelley Laird for 12th place; the next day, she recorded her 116th career win over the Arizona Wildcats to pass Stewart and Laird and tie Kristin Schmidt and Debby Day for 11th place.

On March 22, Osterman recorded her 118th career win—over Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets—to tie Jamie Southern for 10th place on the NCAA all-time list. On March 25, she recorded her 119th career win over the Nebraska Cornhuskers to pass Southern and tie Brooke Mitchell and Michele Granger for ninth place. On March 29, Osterman recorded her 120th career win to pass Mitchell and Granger and tie Britni Sneed and Sarah Dawson for eighth place on the all-time list.

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

On June 1 Osterman Cat recorded her 136th and final NCAA career win (15 wins behind Courtney Blades’s career record), finishing in sixth place on the all-time list. In the win, Osterman struck out 18 Arizona State Sun Devils in the 2-0 win to set a new WCWS 7-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. The win was also her 85th NCAA career shutout, tying her with Debbie Nichols (Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters) for second place behind Michele Granger's career record 94 shutouts.[34] Osterman'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 Bruins (who had ended the Longhorns run for a champion in 2005 as well).[35]

The Longhorn ended her career with records in wins, strikeouts, ERA, innings pitched, shutouts, strikeout ratio and opponents batting average. She continues to hold the crown for all categories.[36] Osterman claims the Big 12 records for all the same categories minus the innings pitched and opponents batting average.[37] Finally, she owns the ratio record for the NCAA Division I and is top-10 in wins (6th), strikeouts (2nd) and shutouts (3rd).[38]

Post-Collegiate Career

On July 2, 2006, Osterman threw a 12-0 no-hitter against the Arizona Heat in the USA Softball Exhibition, missing the perfect game by walking Kaleo Eldridge. She struck out 12 Heat batters, catching every batter at least once.

On July 17, 2006, Osterman won the championship game of the 2006 World Cup by beating Team Japan 5-2, giving up two runs on two hits and a walk while striking out 11 batters. She recorded two wins in the tournament, striking out 21 batters in 14-innings of work over three games (including two complete games, and a 9-0 shutout against Team Australia).

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 and all-star games.

In 2007, 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.

Professional Career

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 them, making her officially a free agent on 30 September. On 19 December 2006, the Rockford Thunder of the NPF announced that they signed Osterman to a contract for the 2007 season. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

On 29 May 2007, Osterman pitched her professional debut, striking out 24 batters in a complete-game 12-inning 1-0 win over the Chicago Bandits. Opposing pitcher Jennie Finch struck out 17 to combine for an NPF record 41 strikeouts. In June 2007, Osterman went 3-2 with four complete games, striking out 69 batters in 36.2 innings, while giving up 5 runs on 16 hits and 8walks. In July, Osterman took a leave from the Thunder to travel with the US National Team, returning to the NPF following the Women's Pan-Am Games. In August, Osterman went 1-4 with two complete games, striking out 57 batters in 33.2 innings, while giving up 10 runs on 14 hits and 21 walks.

In her rookie professional season, Osterman struck out 126 batters while walking 29, and surrendered 15 runs (12 earned) on 30 hits. She did also have her first career no-hitter on August 26, 2007, over the New England Riptide, which got her team into the Cowles Cup Championship.[39]

In 2009, Osterman set a new season ERA record and won the Cowles Cup Championship in shutout fashion on August 23, 2009. She was named an All-Star and MVP for her efforts.[40]

After announcing her retirement, Osterman went on to have arguably her best season ever. She won the pitching Triple Crown (only the second pitcher ever to accomplish the feat) and simultaneously set new season records in both the wins and strikeouts categories. She also owns the league's ERA crown, set in 2009, to attain the all-time season pitching Triple Crown. The pitcher also was named All-NPF and tossed two no-hitters, the first coming on June 11, 2013 where struck out 14, giving up only three walks.[41]

Osterman pitched her team through to the Cowles Cup Championship on August 24, 2013. She got the save in the finale and threw a shutout and two wins en route to the title and an MVP award.[42][43][44] Osterman currently is tops in career strikeouts and second in ERA.

US National Team

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.

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 and struck out ten batters over five innings.

Osterman continued to pitch for USA Softball Women's National team in 2007. In the Canada's Cup, she struck out 18 batters in 8-innings over four games from July 1–7 and gave up 1 run on three hits and four walks. In the World Cup, she struck out 21 batters in two complete game wins on July 13 and July 16, giving up four hits, two walks, and no runs.

In the Women's Pan-Am Games, Osterman threw a 5-inning no-hitter against Cuba on July 26, giving up just one walk and striking out 15. In the Japan Cup, she struck out 20 batters in 9-innings over three games from November 16–18, giving up three hits, one walk, and one unearned run.

2008: XXIX Olympiad

Bound 4 Beijing

Osterman went undefeated in 28 appearances during the USA Softball National Team's 60-game tour, contributing 15 wins to Team USA's 59-and-1 record. She struck out 247 batters in 116.2 innings, giving up 9 runs on 37 hits and 18 walks, and throwing 9complete games.

On February 22, she struck out 7 batters in three perfect innings and combined with Abbott and Finch for a 9-0 no-hitter against the Palm Springs All-Stars.[45] The next afternoon, she struck out 5 batters in two perfect innings to close out another 9-0 combined no-hitter with Finch against Florida Atlantic University, the first of two combined no-hitters for Team USA in the February 23 double-header.[46]

On the 24th, Osterman struck out 7 batters in the final three innings of a combined perfect game; Abbott struck out 7 in the opening three innings of a 15-0 rout of Hawaii.[47] On May 16, Osterman struck out 14 batters in a complete-game 13-0 no-hit victory over the Visalia All-Stars, missing the perfect game by hitting Lindsey Herrin with a pitch.[48]

On July 10, Osterman struck out 22 batters in 9.1-innings, leading Team USA to a 31-0 victory over the Spokane All-Stars.[49] She struck out 10-or-more batters 11 times during the tour, and topped 15 strikeouts four times.

Olympic Games

On August 13, Osterman struck out 13 batters in a no-hitter against the Australian national team.[50] She issued three walks in the 3-0 victory, which was Team USA's 16th consecutive Olympic win.[51] The 7-inning no-hitter was just the second in U.S. Olympic history, following Lori Harrigan's 6-0 perfect game against Canada on September 17, 2000,[52] and was Osterman's 100th game-played with the U.S. Women's National Team.

On August 15, following Team USA's 7-0 victory over Japan, Osterman pitched the final 4-innings of the suspended match against Canada, postponed from the previous day due to rain and lightning. Osterman struck out 8 batters and allowed one hit, enabling the line-up to mount a comeback for an 8-1 win, Team's USA's 18th consecutive victory and Osterman's second of the 2008 Games.[53]

On August 18, Osterman pitched the first three innings of a 5-inning 9-0 win over China, giving up a hit, a walk, and hitting a batter, while striking out three. Osterman's third win of the tournament was Team USA's 21st consecutive Olympic victory.

On August 20, Osterman earned a save — her first for Team USA since the Athens Olympics — in a 9-inning 4-1 win over Japan. She inherited a runner from Abbott before retiring three batters for a perfect ninth to preserve the victory and advance to the Gold Medal Match, where Team USA faced Japan once again following Japan's 12-inning 4-3 win over Australia in the Bronze Medal Match.

On August 21, Osterman pitched the first 5 innings of a 3-1 loss to Japan in the Gold Medal Match, ending Team USA's winning streak at 22 consecutive games and clinching the silver medal of the 2008 Summer Games. The loss was Team USA's first since a 2-1 loss to Australia on 21 September 2000, and marks the first time in four Olympiads that the US National Team has failed to win the gold. Osterman gave up two runs on three hits while striking out 9 batters; the runs and the loss were the first in her Olympic career.[54]

Miscellaneous

Among her favorite athletes are fellow Texans Roger Clemens and Nolan Ryan, as well as NBA player Hakeem Olajuwon and 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), 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.

In the bonus features of the "Bad News Bears" DVD, Billy Bob Thornton admits to having a crush on Cat Osterman.

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

Osterman and her team "Sorry for Partying" won the 2013 spring intramural dodgeball championship for Austin Sports & Social, defeating "I Hit You, Quit Cheating!" by a score of 5-2.

Career Statistics

  • Cy-Fair Slammers
YEAR W L GP GS CG Sh SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA
1998 4 0 == == == 3 == 14.0 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 == == == == == == == 146.0 == == == == 312 ==
2000 == == == == == == == 176.0 == == == == 394 ==
2001 20 4 == == == 20 == 184.0 18 9 0 3 451 0.00
TOTALS == == == == == == == 507.0 == == 7 22 1158 ==
  • 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 ==
YEAR W L GP GS CG Sh SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA
2001 4 1 6 == 4 == 0 30.0 10 1 0 4 52 0.00
2002 6 0 6 == 6 == 0 38.0 8 3 3 1 85 0.55
TOTALS 10 1 12 == 10 == 0 68.0 18 4 3 5 137 0.31
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 0.71
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 19.0 1 3 2 3 32 0.74
2006 3 0 8 3 3 2 0 27.0 7 3 2 7 43 0.52
2007 5 0 10 4 3 5 0 34.0 10 2 1 8 74 0.21
2008 15 0 28 16 9 14 0 116.1 37 9 7 18 247 0.42
Olympics 3 1 5 3 1 2 1 19.2 5 2 2 4 33 0.71
TOTALS 59 4 104 60 33 40 5 425.2 121 35 23 79 832 0.38
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 0.37
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 0.41
TOTALS 136 25 180 148 121 85 5 1105.2 348 103 80 192 2265 0.50
YEAR W L GP GS CG Sh SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA
2007 4 6 12 10 6 2 0 70.1 30 15 12 29 126 1.20
2009 11 1 == 11 10 == 2 84.1 37 5 5 16 148 0.41
2010 4 1 10 5 3 1 4 39.1 19 8 7 6 54 1.25
2011 15 2 18 14 11 4 0 103.1 51 25 16 33 166 1.08
2012 10 6 22 15 12 5 2 114.0 59 23 17 30 152 1.04
2013 19 4 25 21 17 9 2 155.2 77 25 21 53 255 0.94
TOTAL 63 20 +87 76 59 +21 10 567.0 273 101 78 167 901 0.96

Athletic Accomplishments

  • 2,265 career NCAA Division I strikeouts (2nd all-time)
  • 14.34 NCAA strikeouts per 7 innings (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
  • 7 career NCAA Division I perfect games (1st all-time)
  • 4 Big 12 Pitcher of the Year Awards (1st all-time)

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