Texas Softball: Superstar Cat Osterman leaves summer team after controversy
A former member of the Texas softball program, superstar Cat Osterman, will no longer be playing for her summer pro tour team Scrap Yard Fast Pitch.
The controversy going around much of the Texas athletic department didn’t spare a former member of the standout softball program this week. A former superstar of the Texas softball program, Cat Osterman, will not be playing for her summer pro tour after a recent controversy regarding the national anthem.
Osterman’s summer pro tour team, Scrap Yard Fast Pitch, posted something on their Twitter timeline, which was later deleted. But the uproar that followed on social media included a number of the team’s players claiming they will not represent the team after what happened.
Osterman was included among that group. This controversy sucked in USA Softball on social media too.
This speaks volumes as well. I hope USA Softball makes a statement today about last night.
— Maren Angus-Coombs (@Maren_Angus) June 23, 2020
Connie May is also employed by USSSA and is their director for baseball in the Houston area. https://t.co/3cZ7iOJdzt
The post that Scrap Yard Fast Pitch had on social media pertaining to the national anthem did not catch a good reaction from their players. Scrap Yard’s owner/general manager Connie May had her name dropped multiple times in the center of this controversy.
Tonight we were misrepresented by Connie May who acted on behalf of @ScrapYardFP I’m appalled by the insentivity & will not represent Scrap Yard ever again. I’m so sorry to all my friends & teammates and the future softball players that are hurt by this. pic.twitter.com/39B1CaO9uh
— Aubree Munro Watson OLY (@Aubree_Munro1) June 23, 2020
Moreover, Scrap Yard was supposed to open up their 2020 season on June 22. But there were no subsequent posts on the team’s Twitter timeline since they were supposed to open up their 2020 season on Monday evening.
https://twitter.com/ScrapYardFP/status/1275051873024774148
https://twitter.com/natashawatley29/status/1275216596240183296
Osterman is keeping active on her Twitter timeline with plenty of follow-up retweets of other softball players and current/former teammates. She is getting plenty of support behind that message as time moves along on June 23.
I DO NOT support the comments made during our game by @scrapyardfp & I will not represent them. We as a people are working towards change, and THIS IS NOT IT. pic.twitter.com/ziSTiYxuzQ
— Cat Osterman OLY (@catosterman) June 23, 2020
Moreover, Osterman played for the Longhorn softball program from 2002-2006. She holds the program record for wins (136), earned run average (0.51), shutouts (85), and no-hitters (20). She’s also won an ESPY for Female Athlete of the Year (in 2006) and is a two-time Olympic Gold Medalist (2004 and 2008).
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At the NCAA level, Osterman is the lone three-time National Player of the Year award winner for college softball. She also holds the NCAA record for career ratio of strikeouts per seven innings (14.35). This is notable news and an ongoing storyline for the former Longhorn legend.