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Osterman, Popovich Earn Sportswoman Awards

Monday, October 17, 2005 6:50:37 PM
By MELISSA MURPHY

 USA's Cat Osterman pitches against Japan in the first inning of the final game of the World Cup of Softball in Oklahoma City, in this July 18, 2005 photo. Osterman, an Athens gold medalist and national player of the year at Texas, was named Sportswoman of the Year by the Women's Sports Foundation Monday Oct. 17, 2005 in New York.   (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)NEW YORK (AP) - Olympic softball pitcher Cat Osterman, who led her team to a gold medal in Athens, is the Women's Sports Foundation's Sportswoman of the Year.

Paralympic gold-medal swimmer Erin Popovich won in the individual category Monday.

The U.S. softball team was so dominant that it outscored opponents 51-1 en route to its third straight Olympic gold in 2004. Then in July, the International Olympic Committee voted to drop softball and baseball from the Olympics after 2008.


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