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Jennie Finch

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Jennie Finch
human
Ein sex anaa genderfemale Edit
Country wey e be citizenUnited States Edit
Country for sportUnited States Edit
Name wey dem give amJennie Edit
Family nameFinch Edit
Ein date of birth3 September 1980 Edit
Place dem born amLa Mirada Edit
SpouseCasey Daigle Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signEnglish Edit
Ein occupationsoftball player Edit
Position dem play for team top / specialitypitcher Edit
Educate forUniversity of Arizona, La Mirada High School Edit
Member give sports teamUnited States women's national softball team Edit
Sportbaseball Edit
Participant insyd2008 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics Edit
Award e receiveHonda Sports Award for Softball Edit
Dema official websitehttp://www.jenniefinch.com/ Edit

Jennie Lynn Finch Daigle (born September 3, 1980[1]) be American former softball player. She play give Arizona Wildcats softball team from 1999 go 2002, wey she win de 2001 Women's College World Series wey dem name am collegiate All-American. Later, she lead United States women's national softball team win gold medal for de 2004 Summer Olympics[2] den de silver medal for de 2008 Summer Olympics.[3] She still pitch for Chicago Bandits of de National Pro Fastpitch from 2005 go 2010.[4]

Finch get rank for chaw categories for both Wildcats for de Pac-12 Conference den NCAA Division I insyd, wey dem name am #2 Greatest College Softball Player.[5] She be de National Pro Fastpitch career leader for WHIP wey she be National Softball Hall of Fame. Tucson, Arizona sportswriters rank am as #1 Best Arizona Wildcats Softball Player; pick am as #5 Best NCAA Pitcher All-Time den Pac-12 choose am for de All-Century Team as pitcher.[6][7][8]

Time magazine talk say she be de most famous softball player for history insyd.[3] For 2010 insyd, Finch retire from softball so say she go fi focus ein family top. For August 2011 insy, she start work for ESPN as color commentator for National Pro Fastpitch den college softball games.[9][10]

Ein Early life den education

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Dem born Jennie for La Mirada, California. Finch get two older brothers, Shane den Landon Finch. Dem born all for California. She start cey play softball for age five[11] den pitching for age eight.[12] Na ein poppy be ein first pitching coach. As she dey grow up, na Finch be bat girl give University of California, Los Angeles.[13] For La Mirada High School, Finch letter four tyms for softball insyd den twice each for basketball den volleyball insyd.[14] As senior, na she be captain give all de three sports.[15] As sophomore, na she be All-California Interscholastic Federation Division II choice for softball[14] den All-Suburban League selection.[14] For 2016 insyd, La Mirada retire ein jersey number—de school ein first for softball player.[16]

University of Arizona

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Finch major for communications insyd.[17]

Freshman

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Finch start ein career for February 5, 1999 insyd, wey she win sam run-rule game against de UIC Flames.[18] She achieve sam career high for doubles insyd wey she throw ein first career no-hitter for de NCAA tournament tym insyd for May 22 vs. de Texas State Bobcats.[19] Though dem make de World Series, DePaul Blue Demons comot Finch den de Wildcats for May 29 insyd.[20]

Sophomore

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For ein sophomore year insyd, dem name Jennie Finch as 2000 National Fastpitch Coaches Association First Team All-American den First Team All-Pac-10.[21][22][23] She sana throw three no-hitters den lead de Wildcats for home runs den slugging percentage wey she achieve sam career best for hits den batting average. Finch start de year plus 21 consecutive game win streak; for 10–2 run-rule ova de Southern Miss Golden Eagles for February 6 insyd for sam shutout win ova Cal State Northridge Matadors April 13.[24] After say she suffer ein only losses for back-to-back games, Finch finish de year 8–0 starting sam new streak plus sam April 29 victory vs. de Oregon Ducks wey go span de next two seasons.[25] Na Finch ein 23rd den 29th winsbe ova de No. 1 Washington Huskies, de latter start sam 35 scoreless inning streak, after say she allow runs for de fourth inning she shutout de team de rest of de way for sam 4–2 margin for May 27 insyd.[26][27]

Ein Career statistics

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United States National Team
YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
2001 2 0 5 2 2 2 0 17.0 1 1 1 0 23 0.41 0.06
2002 6 0 9 7 5 4 0 40.1 22 6 4 7 41 0.69 0.72
2003 7 1 11 8 5 3 1 47.2 11 4 2 6 78 0.29 0.36
2004 15 0 28 16 7 7 1 100.1 20 4 3 16 208 0.27 0.36
Olympics 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 8.0 1 0 0 1 13 0.00 0.25
2005 4 1 7 5 3 2 0 26.0 16 5 4 6 34 1.08 0.84
Olympics 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 11.0 2 0 0 3 14 0.00 0.45
TOTALS 38 2 65 42 24 20 2 250.1 73 20 14 39 411 0.39 0.45
Arizona Wildcats
YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
1999 24 8 34 30 26 11 0 202.1 158 70 60 64 179 2.08 1.10
2000 29 2 31 24 24 13 0 194.0 102 25 22 53 204 0.79 0.80
2001 32 0 32 29 27 19 0 207.0 102 19 16 45 279 0.54 0.71
2002 34 6 43 39 36 21 1 273.1 136 46 38 82 366 0.97 0.80
TOTALS 119 16 140 122 113 64 1 876.2 498 160 136 244 1,028 1.08 0.84
Arizona Wildcats
YEAR G AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB SBA
1999 68 192 16 47 .245 34 7 0 14 82 .427% 16 36 3 4
2000 68 188 38 63 .335 48 16 0 10 121 .643% 28 35 0 0
2001 67 198 37 62 .313 57 11 2 11 110 .555% 24 25 0 0
2002 67 190 43 59 .310 56 16 0 8 115 .605% 37 36 1 1
TOTALS 270 768 134 231 .301 195 50 2 43 428 .557% 105 132 4 5
NPF Chicago Bandits
YEAR W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
2005 14 0 15 15 8 5 1 95.0 46 17 12 20 114 0.88 0.69
2006 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 6.2 4 1 1 1 8 1.13 0.80
2007 7 2 9 8 7 5 0 66.2 16 4 1 10 119 0.10 0.39
2009 7 2 13 8 3 1 2 49.0 12 17 12 23 61 1.71 0.71
2010 6 4 28 13 8 4 0 66.0 42 22 19 18 80 1.82 0.91
TOTAL 35 8 97 46 26 15 3 283.1 120 61 45 72 382 1.11 0.68
NPF Chicago Bandits
YEAR AB R H BA RBI HR 3B 2B TB SLG BB SO SB
2005 81 14 25 .308 22 6 0 0 43 .531% 22 16 2
2006 10 1 3 .300 2 0 0 0 3 .300% 1 1 0
2007 42 1 6 .143 2 0 0 0 6 .143% 8 16 0
2009 33 5 7 .212 6 3 0 0 73 .485% 5 11 0
2010 75 6 20 .266 9 1 1 6 31 .413% 8 20 0
TOTALS 241 27 61 .253 41 10 1 6 99 .411% 44 64 2
La Mirada High School
YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA
TOTALS 50 12 4 445.0 784 0.15

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References

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  1. ↑ "Jennie Lynn Finch". California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Archived from the original on January 28, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  2. ↑ Jen Brown (May 12, 2008). "Gold medal moms prepare to storm Beijing". MSNBC. Archived from the original on May 10, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sean Gregory (August 21, 2008). "Jennie Finch Goes Out on a Losing Note". Time. Archived from the original on August 22, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
  4. ↑ Ted Cox (July 21, 2009). "Do Bandits have the upper hand in upcoming game with Flyers?". Daily Herald. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
  5. ↑ "DI Softball: Greatest Players". Ncaa.com. May 31, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Perfect 10: Finch Leads Impressive List of Softball Greats". Thisistucson.com. August 14, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
  7. ↑ "The 11 Best College Softball Pitchers of All Time". Ncaa.com. August 18, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Pac-12 Sports Report Announces All-Century Softball Squad". Pac-12.com. April 16, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Finch Set to Retire Next Month at Age 29". ESPN. July 20, 2010. Archived from the original on July 21, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2010.
  10. ↑ profastpitch.com: News
  11. ↑ Hoppert, Melissa (August 3, 2008). "Athlete Bio: Jennie Finch". The New York Times. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
  12. ↑ "Jenny Finch Biography". Archived from the original on July 21, 2010. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
  13. ↑ Brett Erickson (April 30, 2001). "Finch, softball players leave lasting impression". Arizona Daily Wildcat. Archived from the original on September 17, 2006. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "Player Bio: Jennie Finch". University of Arizona. Archived from the original on October 12, 2010. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
  15. ↑ "Jennie Finch". AskMen.com. Archived from the original on September 3, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
  16. ↑ Ramirez, Steve (March 26, 2016). "La Mirada Softball Retires Alum Jennie Finch's Number". High school softball. Whittier Daily News. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Extra Bases". JennieFinch.com. Archived from the original on May 9, 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
  18. ↑ "1999 Results". Arizonawildcats.com. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  19. ↑ "NCAA Region 2 Softball" (PDF). Ncaa.org. May 21, 1999. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  20. ↑ "1999 NCAA's Women's College World Series Arizona at DePaul" (PDF). Ncaa.org. May 29, 1999. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  21. ↑ "2000 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-America Teams". Nfca.org. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Five Wildcats Earn Softball All-America Honors". Arizonawildcats.com. May 25, 2000. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  23. ↑ "Candrea Named Pac-10 Softball Co-Coach of Year". Arizonawildcats.com. May 12, 2000. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  24. ↑ "Andrade Slams Southern Miss". Arizonawildcats.com. February 6, 2000. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  25. ↑ "Arizona Softball Defeats Oregon, 2-0". Arizonawildcats.com. April 29, 2000. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  26. ↑ "Cats Clip Top-Ranked Washington, 3-2, in Softball". Arizonawildcats.com. May 5, 2000. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  27. ↑ "Arizona Eliminates No. 1 Seed Washington, 4-2". Arizonawildcats.com. May 28, 2000. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
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