Piper Ritter

Piper Ritter
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamMinnesota
ConferenceBig Ten
Record96–58–1 (.623)
Biographical details
Born (1983-04-07) April 7, 1983 (age 41)
Farmington, New Mexico
Playing career
2001–2004Minnesota
Position(s)Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005North St. Paul HS (asst.)
2006Northern Colorado (asst.)
2008–2020Minnesota (asst.)
2021–presentMinnesota
Head coaching record
Overall96–58–1 (.623)
TournamentsNCAA: 2–2 (.500)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
As an Assistant:
Awards
  • Minnesota Softball Hall of Fame (2008)

As a Player:

  • All-Big Ten First Team (2003)
  • 3× All-Big Ten Third Team (2001, 2002, 2004)
  • 2× NFCA Mideast All-Regional First Team (2002, 2004)
  • NFCA Mideast All-Regional Second Team (2003)

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]

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

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Minnesota Golden Gophers (Big Ten Conference) (2021–present)
2021 Minnesota 31–13 29–11 2nd NCAA Regional
2022 Minnesota 27–26–1 11–12 9th NCAA Regional
2023 Minnesota 38–19 17–6 3rd NCAA Regional
Minnesota: 96–58–1 (.623) 57–29 (.663)
Total: 96–58–1 (.623)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ^ "PIPER RITTER". GopherSports.com. University of Minnesota Athletics. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "Archives". Gophersports.com. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "2020 Big Ten Softball Record Book" (PDF). Bigten.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 12, 2019. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  4. ^ "HISTORICAL ROSTERS". Profastpitch.com. Archived from the original on June 21, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "Farmington softball alumni Piper Ritter named University of Minnesota's softball coach". Profastpitch.com. May 5, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  6. ^ "Piper Ritter Announced as New Head Coach". GopherSports.com. University of Minnesota Athletics. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  7. ^ "Gophers softball elevates long-time pitching guru Piper Ritter to head coach". TwinCities.com. MediaNews Group, Inc. May 4, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  8. ^ "Gophers promote Piper Ritter to head softball coach". StarTribune.com. StarTribune. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  9. ^ "2021 SOFTBALL SCHEDULE". Gophersports.com. Retrieved February 21, 2021.