Piper_Ritter

Piper Ritter

Piper Ritter

American softball coach and player

Piper Marten Ritter (born April 7, 1983) is an American, former collegiate softball pitcher and current head coach at Minnesota.[1] Ritter played college softball at Minnesota from 2001 to 2004, and was named a four-time All-Big Ten Conference honoree. She is the school's career leader in WHIP.[2][3] Ritter was undrafted and played one season in the National Pro Fastpitch in 2005 with the defunct Texas Thunder.[4]

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Early life

Ritter played at Farmington High School and led the Lady Scorpions to a state title and was named the 2000 Gatorade New Mexico Player of The Year. She also played as a third baseman.[5]

Coaching career

Minnesota

Ritter served as an assistant coach at Minnesota for 13 seasons under four different head coaches.

On May 3, 2020, Ritter was named the head coach of Minnesota.[6][7][8][9]

Statistics

Minnesota Gophers

YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
2001 23 11 49 29 20 7 4 226.2 123 43 26 65 249 0.80 0.83
2002 23 14 45 33 18 8 4 235.2 131 52 37 49 301 1.10 0.76
2003 21 13 43 32 21 11 2 239.1 142 58 48 42 311 1.40 0.77
2004 21 13 36 30 26 7 2 219.2 136 46 31 57 261 0.99 0.88
TOTALS 88 51 173 124 85 33 12 921.1 532 199 142 213 1122 1.08 0.81

Head coaching record

College

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References

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    "PIPER RITTER". GopherSports.com. University of Minnesota Athletics. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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    "Archives". Gophersports.com. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
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    "2020 Big Ten Softball Record Book" (PDF). Bigten.org. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
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    "HISTORICAL ROSTERS". Profastpitch.com. Archived from the original on June 21, 2018. Retrieved 2021-02-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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    "Farmington softball alumni Piper Ritter named University of Minnesota's softball coach". Profastpitch.com. 2020-05-05. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
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    "Piper Ritter Announced as New Head Coach". GopherSports.com. University of Minnesota Athletics. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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    "Gophers softball elevates long-time pitching guru Piper Ritter to head coach". TwinCities.com. MediaNews Group, Inc. 4 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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    "Gophers promote Piper Ritter to head softball coach". StarTribune.com. StarTribune. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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    "2021 SOFTBALL SCHEDULE". Gophersports.com. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
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