Amanda "Tuta" Ramirez

Photo by: Justin Pondexter/Pitt Athletics

CAREER

2025

Played in 43 games with 36 starts split between catcher and the designated player.
Hit back-to-back homers with Shelby Frazier against No. 16 Duke (4/12) to give the Panthers a 5-0 lead.
Reached base in 10 consecutive games from April 6-22, batting .381 (8-for-21) with four walks and two home runs.
Also recorded a hit in seven consecutive games from April 12-22 … batted .412 (7-for-17) in that span.

2024

Started in 48 games with 34 starts as the designated player, nine starts at first base, and five starts at catcher
Gave the Panthers the lead against Syracuse (4/19) with a two-RBI single in the fifth inning
Went 1-for-2 with an RBI double against North Carolina (4/13)
Matched a career-high by going 3-for-4 with three RBI, a home run, and two runs scored at Akron (4/9)
Had first career multi-home run game and finished 2-for-2 with two home runs and a season-high three RBI against Miami (OH)
Recorded back-to-back multi-hit efforts during a doubleheader against ETSU and Kennesaw State (2/17)
Went 4-for-9 with two multi-hit efforts in five games at the Kennesaw State Tournament

2023

Appeared in 45 games with 32 starts at catcher and 10 starts as the designated player
Named the ACC Player of the Week (5/9) after batting .600 (6-for-10) with four runs scored with a double, a home run, and six RBI in three games against NC State
Hit a three-run homer to help the Panthers claim the come-from-behind victory in the opening game of the series
Recorded six multi-hits games, fourth most on the team
Ended the season on a four-game hitting streak, going 7-for-12 in that span
Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2022

Appeared in 34 games, starting in 31 at catcher
Batted .187 with 14 hits, a double, two home runs, 10 RBI and seven walks
Tallied her first career hit vs. Missouri State (2/18) with a 2-for-2 performance and an RBI
Followed that up with two hits, including her first career home run, and three RBI vs. Stephen F. Austin (2/18)
Went 1-for-3 with two RBI vs. Tennessee Tech (2/26)
Hit her second homer of the season vs. Bowling Green (3/13), driving in two runs
Back-to-back two hit games vs. Robert Morris (3/30) and at Syracuse (4/2)
Finished T-7^th in the ACC in runners caught stealing with 10.

High School

Attended Doral Academy Preparatory School in Doral, Fla.
Batted .397 with six homers and a .706 slugging percentage freshman year
Totaled a .364 batting average with seven home runs, 19 walks and a .742 slugging percentage as a sophomore
Recorded six homers, seven walks with a .524 batting average and 1.428 slugging percentage junior year before COVID-19 halted the season
Named Rookie of the Year and Second Team All-Miami Dade County freshman year, while receiving MVP, First Team All-Miami Dade County and First Team All-State Florida sophomore season.

Senior Year

Batted .364 with six home runs, 25 walks and a .662 slugging percentage and 1.000 fielding percentage
Named First Team All-Miami Dade County and helped lead Doral Academy Prep win a District, Regional and 6A State Championship
Earned the Team Leadership award
Doral Academy Prep finished No. 6 in the country and No. 2 in the state of Florida by seasons end
Graduated with Cum Laude honors.

Club

Played for the New Jersey Intensity 16u BOD and most recently the New Jersey Intensity 18u KOD Premier
Ranked #50 in Extra Inning Softball’s 2021 “Extra Elite 100” national ranking and #16 catcher in the nation by Extra Inning Softball’s 2021 position rankings.

Personal

Daughter of Lee Ramirez and Alyce Guerra
Has four brothers, Ethan, Aaron, Alec-Michael and Gabriel
Brother Aaron is a left handed pitcher at Miami-Dade College
Got the nickname “Tuta” after her brothers couldn’t pronounce her name when they were younger
Played in her first varsity softball game in sixth grade
Knows how to play the piano and guitar
Played one season of baseball in a boys league when she was 10, tallying three home runs and hitting the game-winning homer in the championship game.