
Lilli Piper
Akron, Ohio
Unanimous First Team All-Big Ten (2017, '18, '19).
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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.
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 13-of-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.
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