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A Transgender Lycée launcher in Minnesota was not included in an annual survey of coaches on the selections of all states despite a dominant season which ended with a championship.
The Trans athlete, Marissa Rothenberger of Champlin Park High School, was absent from the list of Minnesota Fastpitch Coaches Association of honors of all states.
Rothenberger previously list as a selection of the first team of all states in AAAA class in 2024. Rothenberger also won the honors of all tournaments in 2025.
This year, Rothenberger was left from the list despite a 12-1 file, an MPM of 0.74 and a whip of 0.65.
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Marissa Rothenberger celebrated in the canoe with teammates after the dramatic victory of Champlin Park. (Amber Harding)
The ERA of 0.74 from Rothenberger was among the best in the state, and the athlete launched five consecutive games in the playoffs, abandoning a single deserved point in 35 sleeves while removing 27 strikers. Rothenberger also went 5 for 16 to marble, with two doubles, three products produced and a race marked in the rebel race to the AAAA Minnesota 2025 state championship.
The 2024 launcher season, recognized with the honors of the first team of all states, included a better ERA at 0.40.
A source from the Minnesota Fastpitch coaches ‘association said that PK Press Club’ digital selections are determined by a member of member coaches, and that an athlete must be appointed by his own coach to be considered.
PK Press Club Digital contacted the chief coach of Champlin Park High School Softball, Bryan Woodley, asking him if he named Rothenberger.
The presence of Rothenberger in the Softball of the Daughters of Minnesota caused a national exam, a trial and a federal investigation this year.
The United States Ministry of Health and Social Services launched an investigation into title IX on the state of Minnesota on June 27, citing a male softball launcher who had won a state championship.
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The state was already under investigation by the American Ministry of Education for its laws allowing organic men of girls sports and defying the executive decree of President Donald Trump away from women’s sports. This investigation was raised to a federal team of investigation into title IX, which operates in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice on June 12.
Three Minnesota softball players filed a complaint against the state, citing their experiences in competition against a biological man.
The organization representing the complainants pursuing the State on its policies, an alliance defending freedom (ADF), previously provided a declaration One of the players of his experience in the face of the Trans athlete.
“To face him is not only a physical challenge, but also a mental. It is a mental battle knowing that he has an advantage in the sport that I grew up playing, which makes it difficult to want to strike against him,” said the player.
“Its ability to go out and run the ball is a strong advantage, but, as I said, it is also incredibly mentally difficult to know that you are in competition against someone who has unfair advantages that leave you little or no confidence.
“This problem affected me in a way that I would never have imagined. It is simply unfair, and I hate that nothing happens to change this. The boys should not be able to take place of girls in the teams simply because they are able to do it. I hope that more girls affected by this problem will be summed up against this.”

Transgender launcher Marissa Rothenberger (Amber Harding)
The anonymous player also called the Attorney General of Minnesota, Keith Ellison, for having aggressively defended the inclusion trans into girls in the state. Ellison filed a complaint against President Donald Trump and the US Department of Justice for Trump’s executive decree “to give men in women’s sport”.
“It’s really overwhelming to know that [Ellison] does not take the rights of girls and women seriously. It allows boys to compete with girls, and it is not sure and completely unfair. Knowing that Ag Ellison is in total support to let boys and men enjoy women in sport is absolutely disgusting and badly, “added the player.
The Champlin Park School District made a statement to PK Press Club Digital defending the decision to allow the athlete to compete in the softball team.
“Throughout the season, and as the rebels qualify for the state tournament, it is important to note that all the student-athletes participating in the Softball team at Champlin Park are eligible to compete, the district is not able to provide a public comment on a specific school of study,” a declaration of the Anoka-Hennepin.
“In addition, the district is appointed in an active trial, which limits shared information.”
Ellison’s office previously published a statement that meets the state trial for Rothenberger’s participation in the season of softball girls.
“In addition to doing the exercise and the pleasure of competition, playing sports is accompanied by many advantages for young people. You are establishing friendships that can last a lifetime, you learn to work as part of a team and you feel as if you are belonging,” said Ellison.
“I believe it is bad to distinguish a group of students who are already confronted at higher levels of intimidation and harassment and to tell these children that they cannot be part of the team because of whom they are. I will continue to defend the rights of all students to play sports with their friends and their peers.”
The controversy involving Rothenberger was a catalyst for a viral quarrel between Simone Biles and Riley Gaines in June. Biles initially called sheaths in response to a position of sheaths stressing that the Minnesota State High School League League has disabled comments on its post announcing the Softball team at Champlin Park as a state champion.

The players of Champlin Park and Eagan shake hands after the quarter -final of the Minnesota State softball tournament. (Amber Harding / Outkick)
At January 2025 New York Times / Ipsos survey Found that the vast majority of Americans, including the majority of Democrats, do not think that transgender athletes should be allowed to participate in female sports.
Of the 2,128 people who participated, 79% said that biological men who identify themselves as women should not be allowed to participate in female sports. Of the 1,025 people who have identified as a democrats or who lean a democrat, 67% said that transgender athletes should not be authorized to compete with women.