Piper Ritter

Piper Marten Ritter is an American, former collegiate right-handed softball pitcher, originally from Farmington, New Mexico. Ritter played for the Minnesota Gophers softball team from 2001-04, being named a 4-time All-Big Ten Conference honoree and the school career leader in WHIP.[1] She is the current Head Coach at Minnesota.[2]

Piper Ritter
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamMinnesota
ConferenceBig Ten
Record– (–)
Biographical details
Born (1983-04-07) April 7, 1983
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.)
2020–PresentMinnesota
Head coaching record
Overall– (–)
TournamentsNCAA: – (–)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
As an Assistant:

Big Ten Conference Regular Season Champions (2017)

4x Big Ten Softball Tournament Champions (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Awards
Minnesota Softball Hall of Fame (2008)

As a Player: All-Big Ten First Team (2003)
3x All-Big Ten Third Team (2001, 2002, 2004)
2x NFCA Mideast All-Regional First Team (2002, 2004)

NFCA Mideast All-Regional Second Team (2003)

Coaching career

Minnesota

Ritter served as an assistant coach at Minnesota for 13 seasons under 4 different head coaches.

On May 3, 2020, Piper Ritter was announced as the new head coach of the Minnesota softball program.[3][4][5]

Statistics

Minnesota Gophers
YEAR W L GP GS CG SH 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
Minnesota: – (–)– (–)
Total:– (–)

      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. "Archives". Gophersports.com. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  2. "PIPER RITTER". GopherSports.com. University of Minnesota Athletics. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. "Piper Ritter Announced as New Head Coach". GopherSports.com. University of Minnesota Athletics. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  4. "Gophers softball elevates long-time pitching guru Piper Ritter to head coach". TwinCities.com. MediaNews Group, Inc. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  5. "Gophers promote Piper Ritter to head softball coach". StarTribune.com. StarTribune. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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