Hope Trautwein (born August 26, 1999) is a former American college softball pitcher and current graduate assistant coach for the

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. She previously played softball for

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, where she pitched the first

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history in which every out was a strikeout.

High school career

Trautwein attended

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. As a senior, she led Hendrickson to a 27–3 record and a trip to the regional quarterfinals of the 2017 6A State Championship. She was subsequently named District 13-6A Pitcher of the Year in 2017.

College career

Trautwein began her collegiate career at

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. She made her collegiate debut on February 9, 2018, where she recorded five strikeouts in innings allowing two runs in the win. During her freshman year she appeared in 41 games, including 29 starts, and posted a 15–12 record, with a 2.48 ERA and 168 strikeouts in innings. She ranked third in Conference USA in strikeouts and batters struck out looking and fourth in the conference in wins and innings pitched. On April 7, 2018, she pitched her first career no-hitter, and the first in program history since Ashley Kirk on April 29, 2013. Following the season she was named to the All-Conference USA Second Team and Conference USA All-Freshman Team. During her sophomore year in

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, she appeared in 44 games, including 28 starts, and posted a 22–7 record, with a 2.82 ERA and 169 strikeouts in a career-high innings. She led the team in wins, ERA, strikeouts, and held opponents to a team-best .187 batting average while pitching a career-high 17 complete games. On April 3, 2019, she pitched her second career no-hitter in a game against

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. Following the season she was named to the All-Conference USA First Team. During her junior year in

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, she appeared in 15 games, including 11 starts, and posted an 11–1 record, with a 1.64 ERA and 121 strikeouts in 81 innings, in a season that was cancelled due to the

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. On February 21, 2020, she set the single game program and Conference USA records with 21 strikeouts in a game against Texas A&M–Corpus Christi. She became just the third pitcher in Division I history to strike out 21 hitters in a seven-inning. She was subsequently named the Conference USA Co-Pitcher of the Week for the week ending February 24, 2020. During her senior year in

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, she appeared in a team-high 30 games, including 21 starts, and posted an 13–4 record, with a 1.46 ERA and 235 strikeouts in innings. She set the single-season program records for ERA (1.46), strikeouts (235), opponent batting average (.172), strikeouts per seven innings (12.73) and saves (7). During conference play, she posted a 74 0 with a 1.04 ERA and 110 strikeouts. On April 11, 2021, in a game against Arkansas–Pine Bluff, she made

history when she pitched the first

in which she registered all 21 outs by strikeout. This was the first perfect game in North Texas program history, and the second in Conference USA history. She struck out 17 batters swinging, including the first 10 batters she faced, and four looking. Following an outstanding season she was named to the All-Conference USA First Team and Conference USA Pitcher of the Year. On June 18, 2021, Trautwein announced she would transfer to Oklahoma. She finished her career at North Texas as the program leader in ERA (2.05), wins (61), saves (15), opponent batting average (.197) and strikeouts per seven innings (8.11). She also ranks second in strikeouts (693), fourth in complete games (40), and fifth in starts (68) and innings pitched (469.0). Trautwein made her debut for Oklahoma on February 10, 2022, in a game against

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. She struck out three batters she faced in two innings. Sophomore Nicole May and freshman

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combined to finish the perfect game for the Sooners. On May 27, 2022, she pitched her fourth career no-hitter in an 8–0 run-rule victory over UCF. During her redshirt senior in

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she posted a 16–0, with 135 strikeouts in 88 innings pitched, and led the nation with a 0.16 ERA during the regular season. Following an outstanding season she was named a first-team All-Big 12 selection.

Coaching career

Following the conclusion of her collegiate career, Trautwein announced she would stay at Oklahoma as a graduate assistant coach in

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References

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