A transgender Minnesota softball pitcher was omitted from all-state honors amid a Title IX investigation and a lawsuit challenging the state's transgender athlete policies.

Minnesota transgender pitcher Marissa Rothenberger was left out of All-State selection after leading her team to a state title in 2025. | Earl Ebensteiner, High School on SI ...

His daughter's team, which includes several Division I commits, faced Marissa Rothenberger's team twice in travel ball competitions, with the 6-foot-tall pitcher demonstrating exceptional ...

In total, Rothenberger pitched 21 innings in three games, giving up just two runs. “The male athlete’s participation was instrumental, leading the team to win the state title,” the HHS said ...

Marissa Rothenberger, a transgender athlete, tossed a shutout to continue a dominant postseason and give Champlin Park High School a state championship.

A biological male (transgender) athlete, Marissa Rothenberger dominated Wednesday morning by tossing a complete-game shutout in the Class 4A quarterfinals, leading No. 2-seeded Champlin Park to a ...

“Comments off lol. To be expected when your star player is a boy,” Gaines, 25, wrote, making a reference to Marissa Rothenberger, a transgender pitcher on the team, per Fox News.

On June 6, Gaines retweeted a picture of the Minnesota team, Champlin Park, celebrating the state high school title, which they won with transgender pitcher Marissa Rothenberger on the team.

Charlie “Marissa” Rothenberger, that star “trans-identifying” pitcher, is a male who is 6 feet tall. The irony in this is that Biles isn’t doing flips around Gaines.

But the offense dried up from there. White Bear Lake tallied single hits in numerous innings against Champlin Park ace Marissa Rothenberger, but couldn’t string anything else together.

The trans athlete, Marissa Rothenberger of Champlin Park High School, was absent from the Minnesota Fastpitch Coaches Association list of 2025 All-State honors.