Texas is the only program in the NCAA with three USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year awards.

UT's Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-Americans

Nikki Cockrell

All - American Nikki Cockrell Second Base 1998, 1999.

inducted into the Hall of Honor in 2006.

NCAA Texas Woman of the Year

CoSIDA Academic All-American 1998 and 1999

Autumn Estes

Autumn Estes Outfield 1999

Blair Luna

Blaire Luna Pitcher 2010, 2011

Lindsay Gardner

Lindsay Gardner Second base 2000

Lindsay Gardner is an All American who holds The Texas Season Record For hits (85) and at bats (208). She is also selected to the All Decade team for the Big 12 Conference.

Jodi Reeves

Jodi Reeves Shortstop 1998. Jodie Reeves is a HOH inductee and All-American. She holds the Texas Career record for doubles (48)

Christa Williams- Olympian

Christa Williams Pitcher 1997, 1998, 1999

Christa Lee Williams-Yates is an American, former collegiate three-time All-American, two-time Gold Medal winning Olympian, retired three-time pro All-Star, right-handed hitting softball pitcher originally from Houston, Texas. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where she received a gold medal with the American team. Four years later at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, she won her second gold medal. Williams-Yates began her college career with the UCLA Bruins before transferring to play softball with the Texas Longhorns. Joining in its inaugural year, she played three years in the National Pro Fastpitch with the Texas Thunder and still ranks top-10 in career wins, strikeouts and ERA. In 2018, Williams-Yates was named to the USA National Softball Hall of Fame. Currently, Williams-Yates teaches high school softball in Houston.

Christa Williams

1996 and 2000 Olympic team

Christa Williams - Olympian

Cat Osterman - Olympian

Catherine Leigh Osterman is an American, former collegiate 4-time All-American and 2-time medal-winning Olympian, unretired 6-time pro All-Star, left-handed softball pitcher, and former softball Assistant Coach 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 at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Osterman holds the Big 12 pitching Triple Crown for leading in career wins, ERA, strikeouts, shutouts, no-hitters, WHIP, and perfect games, claiming the NCAA Division I record for strikeout ratio. In the National Pro Fastpitch, Osterman is the career leader in strikeout ratio and no-hitters. She owns numerous other records for the Longhorns and within the NCAA Division I, where she is also one of five pitchers to strike out 1,000 batters with 100 wins, an ERA of under 1.00, and averaging double-digit strikeouts. Osterman is currently a member of Team USA softball and has qualified for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics. In May 2020, she also signed to join a new softball pro league under Athletes Unlimited that will begin play in the fall. Osterman was also named #3 Greatest College Softball Player.

Cat Osterman Pitcher 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006
Cat Osterman 2003 Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
Cat Osterman 2005– Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
Honda Sports Award
Cat Osterman 2006 Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
Honda Sports Award

Texas softball pitcher cat Osterman struck out seven university of Nevada Las Vegas batters to become the NCAA career strikeout record holder. Osterman who passed the previous mark of 1773 strikeouts early in her senior season finish your Longhorn career with 2265 strikeouts. In her Texas career which finished at the 2006 women's College World Series Osterman one 136 games and struck out 2.04 batters per inning in 1105 2/3 innings pitched.

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