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Cat Osterman honored at LLWS
- Updated: August 24, 2016
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — “Being here,” softball star Cat Osterman said from a practice field on the sprawling Little League International complex, “is almost a bucket list item.”
That’s quite high praise coming from a ballplayer who shattered pitching records at the collegiate level, played softball professionally for nearly a decade, and won gold and silver medals at the Olympics. Now, she can add another honor to her ledger: enshrinement in Little League’s Hall of Excellence.
The 33-year-old Osterman is just the fourth woman to be inducted — she’ll enter alongside Torii Hunter and Tom Coughlin this year — as well as the first to be recognized for a career in softball. But long before she earned Hall of Excellence-worthy accolades, Osterman got her start at age 10 in Houston’s Bear Creek Little League by following in the footsteps of an older neighbor who played the sport.
“She made the Little League All-Star team,” Osterman said. “I saw that hype, and that’s what really motivated me to start playing.
“They were cleaning out their house not long ago, and she found a letter from me that said, …
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