8  Cat Hosfield Class: Sophomore Hometown: Murfreesboro, Tenn. High School: Riverdale Height: 5-9 Position: Pitcher B/T: R/R

HOSFIELD'S CAREER HIGHS
Innings Pitched: 8.0 vs. BYU (2/7/09)
Strikeouts: 10 at Ole Miss (4/18/09)

AS A FRESHMAN (2009): Hosfield opened her UT career as the Lady Vols' workhorse in the circle, firing the second most innings in the Southeastern Conference in 2009 (257.1) while posting a 28-13 record with a 2.67 ERA on her way to earning SEC All-Freshman status...She tied for 12th in NCAA Division I in pitching victories and rated second in the SEC in victories, rated fourth in strikeouts (221) and 11th in opposing batting average (.222)...The 5-9 righty was honored as the SEC Freshman of the Week on Feb. 23rd after posting a 4-0 record with a 1.11 ERA and 27 K's in 25.1 innings at the prestigious Cathedral City Classic...During the event, Hosfield fired a complete-game, one-hit shutout over Loyola Marymount, two-hit #15 Massachusetts and relieved in wins over Hawai'i and Cal Poly...During the year she also beat No. 6 Oklahoma (twice), No. 18 LSU (twice including at the SEC Tournament), No. 25 Kansas and Auburn (three times)...With UT trailing #6 Oklahoma 5-0 after one frame, Hosfield entered in relief and shutout the dangerous Sooners the rest of the way on five hits as Tennessee rallied for a 6-5 (8 inn.) win...Garnered her first SEC victory by shutting out South Carolina over six innings with seven K's (3/15)...Posted a complete-game, three-hit blanking of North Florida (2/13)...Fired a career-high eight innings, allowing just two hits and striking out six in UT's 4-0 (10 inn.) win over BYU (2/7)...Combined with Ashton Ward to no-hit San Jose State (2/7) in St. George, Utah...Allowed only two runs on seven hits in a razor-thin, 2-1 defeat to eventual national champion Washington (2/6) and USA Softball National Player of the Year Danielle Lawrie in just her second start at UT...Picked up her first collegiate victory in a complete-game, four-hit shutout with seven K's in Tennessee's season-opening 10-0 (5 inn.) win against Northern Colorado (2/5).

HIGH SCHOOL: A local pitching product out of Riverdale High School in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Hosfield made a name for herself on both the local and national level for her amazing efforts from the circle...She was chosen as the National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) National High School Player of the Year in 2008 despite missing a majority of the year with an injury...During her senior campaign, Hosfield tallied a 9-1 record, a 0.26 ERA and 124 strikeouts in 54.2 innings with a K-per-seven inning ratio of 15.9...Was chosen as one of Sports Illustrated's "Faces in the Crowd" on September 8, 2008...During her junior year (2007), Hosfield set the national high school single-season record with 659 strikeouts in just 257 innings of work, posted a 44-5 mark with a 0.31 ERA, tossed seven no-hitters, three perfect games, 17 one-hitters and 31 solo shutouts and led her school to its initial state tournament berth...Her 44 victories and 31 shutouts rated third and fourth in a single campaign, respectively, in the national high school record book...The single-season strikeout mark broke the Tennessee state record held by former UT hurler Megan Rhodes...She wrapped up her career at Riverdale with 1,403 total K's...In 2006, she posted a 36-5 record with a 0.35 ERA and 497 K's while also hitting .373 with 23 RBIs...She drew a 2007 selection as a First-Team EA Sports All-American and was selected by The Tennessean as its 2007 Player of the Year...She reaped Tennessee Sports Writers Association (TSWA) All-State honors twice (2006, 2007) and All-Mid-State on four occasions (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)...Hosfield is a three-time All-District Most Valuable Player, two-time Daily News Journal MVP and Softball Athlete of the Year (2006, 2007) and was Rise Magazine's Under Armour "Top Softball Athlete to Watch in 2008"...Her high school squads won three district and regional titles (2005, 2006, 2007) and the 2007 sectional championship...A member of the Haning's Batbusters squad in ASA Gold as early as her sophomore year in high school, she contributed from the circle as the team earned a second-place finish at ASA Nationals in 2007...She previously played Gold ball with the Nashville Nighthawks and the Xtreme Edge.

PERSONAL: Majoring in communication studies...Was chosen by the U.S. Olympic Committee as one of the top 19-under pitchers in the nation and was invited to tryout for the U.S. Junior National Team...Hopes to go into sports marketing or advertising after her playing career...Former Gold teammates currently at other schools include Monica Harrison, Donna Kerr and Gionna DiSalvatore (UCLA), Aja Paculba (Florida) and Brittany Lastrapes (Arizona)...Has one sister, Ashley, 22...Cathleen Woodson Hosfield was born December 12, 1989, in Murfreesboro, Tenn....Her parents are David and Anne Hosfield.

Hosfield's Career Pitching Statistics