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The United States women's national softball team is the national softball team of the United States. It is governed by USA Softball (formerly known as the Amateur Softball Association ) and takes part in international softball competitions.
The Australia women's national softball team, also known as the Aussie Spirit, [2] is the national softball team of Australia. It is governed by Softball Australia and takes part in international softball competitions. They are one of Australia's most successful women's sporting teams on the world stage, and they have achieved outstanding ...
The Tennessee Lady Volunteers softball team represents the University of Tennessee (UT) in Knoxville, Tennessee in NCAA Division I women's softball competition. Coached by Karen Weekly, the team has become a consistently top-tier team in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), appearing in every NCAA tournament since 2004, and qualifying for 8 Women's College World Series.
Catherine Leigh Osterman (born April 16, 1983) is a retired American softball player. Osterman pitched on the United States women's national softball team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver medal at the 2008 and 2020 Summer Olympics. She was a collegiate four-time All-American and six-time professional All-Star.
Oklahoma has won their conference title 15 times, has won the Big 12 Conference tournament nine times, has been to the NCAA tournament 30 times, has advanced to the NCAA Women's College World Series 17 times, and has won the NCAA championship 8 times. Oklahoma also appeared in the AIAW Women's College World Series four times.
Florida State has been one of the most successful softball programs in the history of collegiate softball. As of the end of the 2024 season, only nine teams in the history of the NCAA have made more WCWS appearances than FSU, and no school east of Arizona has been to more NCAA Tournaments than the Seminoles.
Laura Berg, with three gold and one silver medals, is the most successful Olympic athlete in softball. Australian player Natalie Ward won bronze in 1996, 2000, and 2008 and silver in 2004, one of four players to medal in four tournaments. United States athlete Lisa Fernandez won gold medals in the first three Olympic softball tournaments.
The 2000 University of Oklahoma team compiled a record of 66–8 and defeated UCLA three to one in the Women's College World Series to win the Sooners' first softball national championship. [ 10 ] Following the national championship in 2000, the University of Oklahoma gave Gasso "a significant salary hike," and her husband was able to return to ...