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47 - Lilli Piper
LILLI PIPER
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POSITION: Corner Infield HEIGHT: 5-10 BATS/THROWS: R/R HOMETOWN: Norton, Ohio COLLEGE: Ohio State piperswiper
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ATHLETE CAUSE: American Lung Association
ATHLETES UNLIMITED EXPERIENCE
2022 Championship Season: Member of 2022 Athletes Unlimited Softball All-Defensive Team and finalist for GEICO Defensive Player of the Year award … collected 986 leaderboard points during third AU campaign, including 830 win points … started 13of-15 games and hit .179 with seven hits, including a double … also drove in three runs and scored twice … went 3-for-3 with two RBI and a double against Team Jaquish on Aug. 13. 2022 AUX Season: Shared 27th place in the league standings after registering 808 points … starter in 11-of-12 games who batted .275 with 11 hits, including two doubles and a home run … also drove in seven runs while scoring four times … posted six-game hitting streak from June 15-23, going 7-for-20 with three runs scored, a home run and a double … closed season with two-hit performance against Team Fischer in 10-inning contest on June 25 … earned No. 6 spot on SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays with diving catch in foul territory against Team Fischer on June 25. 2021 Championship Season: Finished in 13th place with 1,364 leaderboard points … eighth in the league with 1,100 win points … one of 13 players to record a sacrifice fly. 2020 Championship Season: Collected 1,300 leaderboard points during inaugural season to finish in 22nd place … hit .414 while starting 5-of-13 games … tallied two home runs with six runs batted in … tied for fifth in the league with three doubles.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Selected by the Cleveland Comets in the 2019 NPF Draft with the No. 15 overall selection.
AT OHIO STATE
Transferred to Ohio State after playing softball and basketball as a freshman at Akron … one of two players in Ohio State softball history to earn NFCA All-America honors three times … claimed pair of Second-Team honors after receiving Third-Team All-America recognition in 2017 … three-time unanimous First-Team All-Big Ten Conference performer … finalist for 2019 Big Ten Medal of Honor … only Buckeye to finish each season of their career with a .400 batting average … one of only two players in Ohio State history with 50+ runs and 50+ runs batted in during the same season … ranks second in OSU history with .419 career batting average … ranks among Ohio State’s career leaders with 48 home runs, 153 runs scored, 144 runs batted in, 40 stolen bases and 211 hits … ranked eighth in NCAA Division I during 2018 season with school-record 20 home runs … also finished 11th in the nation with 18 homers in first season with the Buckeyes … boasted .876 slugging percentage during 2018 campaign, the third-highest single-season mark in Big Ten Conference history … hit .313 as a freshman with the Zips, posting 15 hits in 20 games … also scored 10 runs with a home run and six runs batted in.
PERSONAL
Currently serves as a volunteer assistant coach at Michigan State … aunt, Kay, was a two-sport athlete at Akron who played softball and volleyball from 1982-85.
PIPER’S TROPHY CASE
PIPER’S ATHLETES UNLIMITED CAREER STATISTICS
AUX
SEASON LPTS GP GS AVG OB% SLG% AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO TB SF SH SB SBA
2022 808 12 11 0.275 0.286 0.400 40 4 11 2 0 1 7 0 1 7 16 1 0 0 0
TOTAL 808 12 11 0.275 0.286 0.400 40 4 11 2 0 1 7 0 1 7 16 1 0 0 0
CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
SEASON LPTS GP GS AVG OB% SLG% AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO TB SF SH SB SBA
2020 1300 13 5 0.414 0.485 0.724 29 9 12 3 0 2 6 4 0 6 21 0 0 0 0 2021 1364 14 9 0.212 0.270 0.364 33 3 7 2 0 1 7 3 0 2 12 1 1 0 0 2022 986 15 13 0.179 0.220 0.205 39 2 7 1 0 0 3 2 0 6 8 0 0 0 0
