Pronunciation:Â SIG-nee dose
2026: Appeared in 17 games and started five for Northwestern … Posted a 3.65 ERA (24 ER/46 IP) with 33 strikeouts … Fired two complete games and racked up three wins … Limited opponents to a .237 batting average against … Tossed a complete game in a win over Texas State in her first appearance of the season, racking up seven strikeouts while allowing no earned runs at the Kajikawa Classic (2/7) … Tossed 0.2 scoreless innings to close out a Kajikawa Classic win over Memphis (2/8) … Threw a total of 8.1 innings at the Shriners Children’s Invitational without allowing an earned run while striking out five (2/12-15) … Became the only qualified Big 10 pitcher and one of only 19 pitchers nationally to hold a 0.00 ERA after the first two weekends of the season … Scattered two runs in six innings against No. 8 Arkansas (2/21) … At the plate, drove in two runs with a double in a win over SEMO (2/21) … Allowed no earned runs in three innings against Oregon, allowing one hit and striking out one (3/27) … Entered in relief during the first inning against Minnesota and fired 7.0 scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and striking out seven (5/2) … Struck out one in a scoreless inning of relief against Penn State at the Big Ten Tournament (5/6).
2025: Finished with a 3.57 ERA (24 ER/47.0 IP) in 18 appearances and five games started … Fired 2.2 scoreless innings and struck out two batters against No. 8 LSU in her first career pitching appearance (2/14) … Scattered two hits and one earned run over 5.0 innings, and picked up her first career win in a defeat of UT Arlington (2/15) … Tossed 5.0 innings against Seattle, allowing only one earned run and five hits while striking out two (2/21) … Threw 1.1 scoreless innings to close out a win over Penn State (3/13) … Struck out one in two perfect innings against Northern Illinois (3/26) … Racked up a career-high four strikeouts in 3.0 innings of work in a win at Minnesota (3/29) … Fired a career-high 4.2 scoreless innings vs. Illinois while allowing only one hit and striking out two to boost her record to 2-0 on the season (4/6) … Fired a scoreless inning of relief against Rutgers (4/18) … Tossed 3.1 scoreless innings of relief against Wisconsin, striking out one while holding the Badgers hitless (4/26) … Threw 4.1 innings against Kentucky in the NCAA, allowing just one run and four hits (5/17).
2024: Appeared in two games as a first-year … Collected her first career hit in her first at-bat in a win over Georgia Tech (2/17).
Career Highs
Innings Pitched............................................7.0 (2x), last vs. Minnesota (5/2/26)
Strikeouts........................................................7 (2x), last vs. Minnesota (5/2/26)
Fewest Hits Allowed (min. 5 IP)......................2 (2x), last vs. Minnesota (5/2/26)
Fewest Runs Allowed (min. 5 IP)....................0 (2x), last vs. Minnesota (5/2/26)
At Bats.............................................3, (2x), vs. Loyola Chicago (4/16/25)
Hits...........................................................1 (3x), last vs. SEMO (2/21/26)
Runs...............................................................1 (3x), last at UIC (4/22/25)
RBI…………………….............…….….….1 (2x), last vs. SEMO (2/21/26)
Doubles…………………………...…………...……..1, vs. SEMO (2/21/26)
Home Runs………….….............………...1, vs. Loyola Chicago (4/16/25)
Total Bases……………….…...............…4, vs. Loyola Chicago (4/16/25)
High School: Lettered five years in softball … Team captain senior year … Five time All-Conference … 2022 All-Metro … 2021 and 2022 Team MVP … 2022 All-State Tournament Team … Junior Olympic gymnast for 10 years before pursuing softball … Tallied a .462 batting average, 1.437 OPS and five home runs, along with a 1.83 ERA and 115 strikeouts in the circle in 2022 … Hit .523 with nine home runs, 22 RBI and a 1.665 OPS as a sophomore in 2021, also recorded 118 strikeouts and a .113 opponent batting average in the circle … Threw a no-hitter in section championships … Holds the Minnesota state record for triples in the state tournament … Threw a no hitter and hit three home runs in the section semifinals … Played three seasons for MN Renegades with head coach Maddie Muelken … Father, Dan, was a wrestler at UW-LaCrosse … Mother, Marit, ran cross-country and track at Luther College … Honor roll student.
Drohan on Dohse:Â "Signe can play all over the field while also being able to spin the ball really well from the mound. An excellent student of the game and in the classroom, we are honored Signe chose Northwestern."
2026: Appeared in 17 games and started five for Northwestern … Posted a 3.65 ERA (24 ER/46 IP) with 33 strikeouts … Fired two complete games and racked up three wins … Limited opponents to a .237 batting average against … Tossed a complete game in a win over Texas State in her first appearance of the season, racking up seven strikeouts while allowing no earned runs at the Kajikawa Classic (2/7) … Tossed 0.2 scoreless innings to close out a Kajikawa Classic win over Memphis (2/8) … Threw a total of 8.1 innings at the Shriners Children’s Invitational without allowing an earned run while striking out five (2/12-15) … Became the only qualified Big 10 pitcher and one of only 19 pitchers nationally to hold a 0.00 ERA after the first two weekends of the season … Scattered two runs in six innings against No. 8 Arkansas (2/21) … At the plate, drove in two runs with a double in a win over SEMO (2/21) … Allowed no earned runs in three innings against Oregon, allowing one hit and striking out one (3/27) … Entered in relief during the first inning against Minnesota and fired 7.0 scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and striking out seven (5/2) … Struck out one in a scoreless inning of relief against Penn State at the Big Ten Tournament (5/6).
2025: Finished with a 3.57 ERA (24 ER/47.0 IP) in 18 appearances and five games started … Fired 2.2 scoreless innings and struck out two batters against No. 8 LSU in her first career pitching appearance (2/14) … Scattered two hits and one earned run over 5.0 innings, and picked up her first career win in a defeat of UT Arlington (2/15) … Tossed 5.0 innings against Seattle, allowing only one earned run and five hits while striking out two (2/21) … Threw 1.1 scoreless innings to close out a win over Penn State (3/13) … Struck out one in two perfect innings against Northern Illinois (3/26) … Racked up a career-high four strikeouts in 3.0 innings of work in a win at Minnesota (3/29) … Fired a career-high 4.2 scoreless innings vs. Illinois while allowing only one hit and striking out two to boost her record to 2-0 on the season (4/6) … Fired a scoreless inning of relief against Rutgers (4/18) … Tossed 3.1 scoreless innings of relief against Wisconsin, striking out one while holding the Badgers hitless (4/26) … Threw 4.1 innings against Kentucky in the NCAA, allowing just one run and four hits (5/17).
2024: Appeared in two games as a first-year … Collected her first career hit in her first at-bat in a win over Georgia Tech (2/17).
Career Highs
Innings Pitched............................................7.0 (2x), last vs. Minnesota (5/2/26)
Strikeouts........................................................7 (2x), last vs. Minnesota (5/2/26)
Fewest Hits Allowed (min. 5 IP)......................2 (2x), last vs. Minnesota (5/2/26)
Fewest Runs Allowed (min. 5 IP)....................0 (2x), last vs. Minnesota (5/2/26)
At Bats.............................................3, (2x), vs. Loyola Chicago (4/16/25)
Hits...........................................................1 (3x), last vs. SEMO (2/21/26)
Runs...............................................................1 (3x), last at UIC (4/22/25)
RBI…………………….............…….….….1 (2x), last vs. SEMO (2/21/26)
Doubles…………………………...…………...……..1, vs. SEMO (2/21/26)
Home Runs………….….............………...1, vs. Loyola Chicago (4/16/25)
Total Bases……………….…...............…4, vs. Loyola Chicago (4/16/25)
High School: Lettered five years in softball … Team captain senior year … Five time All-Conference … 2022 All-Metro … 2021 and 2022 Team MVP … 2022 All-State Tournament Team … Junior Olympic gymnast for 10 years before pursuing softball … Tallied a .462 batting average, 1.437 OPS and five home runs, along with a 1.83 ERA and 115 strikeouts in the circle in 2022 … Hit .523 with nine home runs, 22 RBI and a 1.665 OPS as a sophomore in 2021, also recorded 118 strikeouts and a .113 opponent batting average in the circle … Threw a no-hitter in section championships … Holds the Minnesota state record for triples in the state tournament … Threw a no hitter and hit three home runs in the section semifinals … Played three seasons for MN Renegades with head coach Maddie Muelken … Father, Dan, was a wrestler at UW-LaCrosse … Mother, Marit, ran cross-country and track at Luther College … Honor roll student.
Drohan on Dohse:Â "Signe can play all over the field while also being able to spin the ball really well from the mound. An excellent student of the game and in the classroom, we are honored Signe chose Northwestern."