Osterman stepped away from international softball after 2010 and finished her first professional career in 2015. Then softball returned to the Olympic program, and she accepted an invitation in 2018 to begin one of the sport’s most unlikely comebacks. Before Tokyo, she proved the stuff still worked by winning Athletes Unlimited’s inaugural individual championship in 2020, compiling 2,408 points with 95 strikeouts in 64 innings. At 38, she made her third Olympic team and helped the United States win silver in Tokyo, 17 years after earning gold in her Olympic debut.

Her latest act is not taking place in the pitching circle but in the front office. Osterman became general manager of the Volts for the AUSL’s inaugural 2025 season, helping construct the roster through the league’s allocation and college drafts. Now renamed the Texas Volts and based at Dell Diamond in Round Rock, the franchise enters 2026 with Osterman in her second season overseeing its competitive direction alongside head coach Ricci Woodard. The location carries particular meaning. After playing a professional exhibition in Round Rock in 2010, Osterman left behind a signed ball bearing a request: “Let’s get a team so I can come home!” Sixteen years later, she is helping build that team herself, selecting players, rebuilding the pitching staff and giving professional softball a permanent presence in the state where her career began.