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Piper Cavanaugh
- Position:
- Right-Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Traverse City Central HS
- Hometown:
- Traverse City, Mich.
HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked third nationally overall by Line Drive … Received a four-star, 95 rating from Softball America and was ranked as the No. 41 player overall … Also ranked 11th nationally among pitchers and was the top recruit from the state of Michigan according to Softball America … Extra Inning Softball tabbed her second nationally among pitchers and first in the Midwest region … Exceptional senior year saw her named the 2026 Gatorade Michigan Softball Player of the Year … Also named Michigan’s Player of the Year by MaxPreps … A first team all-State and all-Big North Conference honoree … Went 21-1 as a senior for Traverse City Central High School with a 0.44 ERA in the circle … Fanned 289 batters and walked just six over 127 innings … Allowed only eight earned runs on the season and only one extra base hit (a home run) … Threw two perfect games … Was also a force at the plate where she hit .585 with 57 RBI, 61 runs and nine home runs with a .636 on-base percentage … A 2025 PGF All-American … An all-region, all-district and all-conference performer as a junior … Was also the Big North Conference freshman of the year in 2023 … Lettered in volleyball for Traverse City … Played club softball for the Birmingham (Alabama) Thunderbolts and traveled to tournaments in Georgia, Florida, California and Colorado … Four-year member of the National Honor Society … Volunteered as a student athletic trainer at Traverse City Central High School, assisting the school’s athletic trainer … Provided pitching instruction to a 12U travel team.
PERSONAL
Born in Stanford, Calif. … Parents are Allison and Sean Cavanaugh … Both parents played varsity sports at Stanford … Mother, formerly Allison Higson, was an All-American on Stanford’s swimming and diving team and set the world record in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 1988 Canadian Olympic Trials … The two-time Olympian competed for Canada in the 1988 Seoul Olympics, where she won a bronze medal in the 4x100-meter relay and was fourth in the 100-meter breaststroke, as well as the 1992 Barcelona Games … Father Sean played football at Stanford.
Ranked third nationally overall by Line Drive … Received a four-star, 95 rating from Softball America and was ranked as the No. 41 player overall … Also ranked 11th nationally among pitchers and was the top recruit from the state of Michigan according to Softball America … Extra Inning Softball tabbed her second nationally among pitchers and first in the Midwest region … Exceptional senior year saw her named the 2026 Gatorade Michigan Softball Player of the Year … Also named Michigan’s Player of the Year by MaxPreps … A first team all-State and all-Big North Conference honoree … Went 21-1 as a senior for Traverse City Central High School with a 0.44 ERA in the circle … Fanned 289 batters and walked just six over 127 innings … Allowed only eight earned runs on the season and only one extra base hit (a home run) … Threw two perfect games … Was also a force at the plate where she hit .585 with 57 RBI, 61 runs and nine home runs with a .636 on-base percentage … A 2025 PGF All-American … An all-region, all-district and all-conference performer as a junior … Was also the Big North Conference freshman of the year in 2023 … Lettered in volleyball for Traverse City … Played club softball for the Birmingham (Alabama) Thunderbolts and traveled to tournaments in Georgia, Florida, California and Colorado … Four-year member of the National Honor Society … Volunteered as a student athletic trainer at Traverse City Central High School, assisting the school’s athletic trainer … Provided pitching instruction to a 12U travel team.
PERSONAL
Born in Stanford, Calif. … Parents are Allison and Sean Cavanaugh … Both parents played varsity sports at Stanford … Mother, formerly Allison Higson, was an All-American on Stanford’s swimming and diving team and set the world record in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 1988 Canadian Olympic Trials … The two-time Olympian competed for Canada in the 1988 Seoul Olympics, where she won a bronze medal in the 4x100-meter relay and was fourth in the 100-meter breaststroke, as well as the 1992 Barcelona Games … Father Sean played football at Stanford.
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