Piper Ritter

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]

Piper Ritter

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Minnesota
Conference	Big Ten
Record	144–113–1 (.560)
Biographical details
Born	(1983-04-07) April 7, 1983 (age 42) Farmington, New Mexico, U.S.
Playing career
2001–2004	Minnesota
Position(s)	Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005	North St. Paul HS (asst.)
2006	Northern Colorado (asst.)
2008–2020	Minnesota (asst.)
2021–present	Minnesota
Head coaching record
Overall	144–113–1 (.560)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
As an Assistant: Big Ten Conference Regular Season Champions (2017) 4× 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) 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)

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
2024	Minnesota	28–25	13–10	5th
2025	Minnesota	20–30	5–17	15th
Minnesota:		144–113–1 (.560)	75–56 (.573)
Total:		144–113–1 (.560)
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