FACTOIDS
Full Name: Catherine Anne Reddick
Nickname: Cat
Birthday: February 10, 1982
Height: 5’7”
Hometown: Richmond, Virginia
Sports: Soccer
PROFILE
Cat Osterman, 2003 USA Softball Player of the Year and youngest U.S. softball player at the Pan Ams, led Team USA to the gold medal in Santo Domingo by throwing a perfect game in the gold medal final. Osterman, a junior at Texas, was a finalist for the NCAA Woman of the Year honors as well. She red-shirted this year. usolympicteam.com got Osterman on the phone as our celebrity interviewer; she is participating in softball’s Olympic team workouts in Chula Vista, Calif.
Then we conferenced in Cat Reddick, a senior at North Carolina and the youngest member of the 2003 U.S. Women’s World Cup team. Soccer’s Cat was busy preparing for her first-ever World Cup match, leading the U.S. Under-21 team to a Nordic Cup title, while bouncing back to Chapel Hill in between National Team trips.
With Brandi Chastain out with an injury, Reddick will get to start in her first World Cup.
The two Cats chatted about a variety of issues, like what is soccer’s Cat going to do now that the WUSA has suspended operations. What’s it like on the road with her famous teammates? They talk about red-shirting, an issue more complicated than you’d think, as you watch your friends and teammates complete their eligibility ahead of you. And much, much more.
