Hope Trautwein (born August 26, 1999) is a former American college softball pitcher and current assistant coach for Houston.
She previously played softball for North Texas, where she pitched the first perfect game in NCAA Division I history in which every out was a strikeout.
[6] During her sophomore year in 2019, 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 204+1⁄3 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.
[8] During her junior year in 2020, 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 COVID-19 pandemic.
[15] 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).
[17] During her redshirt senior in 2022 she posted a 16–0 record, with 135 strikeouts in 88 innings pitched, and led the nation with a 0.16 ERA during the regular season.