Piper Ritter

Piper Marten Ritter (born April 7, 1983) is an American, former collegiate softball pitcher and former head coach at Minnesota. 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. Ritter was undrafted and played one season in the National Pro Fastpitch in 2005 with the defunct Texas Thunder.

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.

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.

On May 8, 2026, Minnesota parted ways with Ritter.

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

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