![]() ![]() WATCH: LAWRIE BREAKS DOWN 3 TOP WCWS MOMENTS Courtney BladesĬourtney Blades from Southern Mississippi also makes this list. Lawrie also won USA Softball Player of the Year back-to-back and the Honda award twice in 20. Lawrie struck out 1860 batters, including 521 in 2009 on her way to Washington's first-ever national title. Danielle Lawrieĭanielle Lawrie is certainly one of the best NCAA softball pitchers, and her career at Washington shows it. But, she still dominated during this time. She broke the strikeout record at the time with 1,640 during her career and finished with a. When you look at names like Fernandez and Granger, you do have to take into account that it was a different time period. Granger still owns the NCAA record for most career no-hitters ever, with 25 no-nos. ![]() Next up on the list is Michele Granger. Granger might not have taken home those Honda awards, but she still proved herself to be one of the best. So yes, Lisa Fernandez is on this list.įERNANDEZ TOP MOMENTS: 1992 NATIONAL TITLE | 1993 TITLE GAME | FULL INTERVIEW Michele Granger On top of those four Honda Awards, she also won the Honda Broderick cup, for not just the best softball player in the country, but best female collegiate athlete. Fernandez took home two titles for the Bruins and finished with a. Lisa Fernandezĭon't worry, these pitchers are listed in no particular order, and we would never forget Lisa Fernandez. We are talking about an absolute legend, who won the Honda award not once and not twice, but all four years she played at UCLA. Here 124-8 career pitching record is still No.1 in NCAA softball history, and that sealed the deal for me. Nancy EvansĪnother Arizona pitcher makes the list. Evans, like Finch, also did something no one else on this list accomplished as a collegiate athlete, and that is winning three national championships. She too dominated her time, winning the 20 back-to-back Honda awards and setting the record for winning percentage and most consecutive wins in 2001. ![]() Finch is probably the most well-known softball player in the history of the game, and rightfully so. "A perfect ending to a perfect season," Finch said following the title game. Finch went 32-0 that year and won the national championship. There are a lot of nearly-immaculate pitchers on this list, but not one did what Jennie Finch accomplished in 2001. WATCH: Monica Abbott rewatches one of her 2007 WCWS games - and her reactions are golden Jennie Finch If you still need more, she also has the most victories and shutouts in the NCAA and certainly goes down as one the best pitchers of all time. With that, Abbott took home 2007 National Player of the Year and the Honda Award. She also still holds the record for most strikeouts in a single season with 724. Abbott is the NCAA strikeout king with 2,440 strikeouts. Next up is Monica Abbott, another pitcher on this list that I suspect won't be arguable. On top of that, Osterman had the most perfect games in her career with nine. Osterman tallied 2,265 strikeouts in her career, and still holds the record for the best strikeout ratio record in the NCAA. softball team. Osterman is a three-time National Player of the Year and back-to-back Honda Award winner for the best player in college softball. Osterman left an unbelievable legacy on Texas softball and she is still leaving her mark as a pitcher now for the U.S. The best college softball pitchers of all time Cat OstermanĬat Osterman is absolutely one of the best pitchers of all time. Here, in no particular order, are the college softball pitchers who did it the best. I included players on this last based on career statistics, national championships and postseason performance, awards won, and then, of course, their level of pure domination. We decided to take a look at a few that mastered it over the years. Have you ever heard that pitching is the art of instilling fear? Or how about “softball is a game of inches"? It certainly is, and pitching is certainly an art. ![]()
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