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Jennie Finch
Medal record
Competitor for  United States
Women's Softball
Olympic Games
Gold Athens 2004 Team Competition
Silver Beijing 2008 Team Competition

Jennie Lynn Finch (born September 3, 1980), or occasionally using her husband's surname, Daigle, is an American softball player who pitched for the USA softball team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and is also pitching for USA softball in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Although she is listed on the roster as a pitcher, Finch sometimes plays first base. She is widely regarded as the most famous softball player of all time.1

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Early years

Born in La Mirada, California, Finch has been playing softball since she was five years old and has been pitching since she was eight. At La Mirada High School, Finch lettered four times in softball, and twice each in both basketball and volleyball (as a senior, she was the captain of all three sports). As a sophomore, she was an All-CIF Div. II choice in softball and an All-Suburban League selection. Her dad, Doug Finch, was her first pitching coach. He is also the inventor of the Finch Windmill, an arm conditioning device that has been selling successfully for over 15 years.

College career

Finch played softball for the University of Arizona. She was a three-time All-American pitcher and first-baseman and "Honda Award" winner for the Player of the Year as a member of the Wildcat softball team. Her jersey number—#27 (the date of her parents' first date)—was retired by the University of Arizona on May 9, 2003 at Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium. She recorded 24 wins in her freshman season; 29 wins in her sophomore season; 32 wins (and no losses) in her junior season to set an NCAA record; and 24 wins in her senior season, to amass a career total of 109 victories, which was the 12th most at the time. She has since been tied by Jessica Sallinger and passed by Alicia Hollowell, Monica Abbott, Cat Osterman, Tara Penney, Kristen Johnstone, Keira Goerl, Brooke Mitchell, Jamie Southern and Kristen Schmidt.

Finch struck out a total of 1,028 batters, the 23rd most at the time.

2004 Olympics

Finch had a 2–0 win–loss record in the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics, striking out 13 batters in eight innings while giving up only one hit, one walk and no runs. Her pitching helped lead the American team to the gold medal.

Career

Finch signing autographs

Finch received more votes than Anna Kournikova in an ESPN online poll as the most attractive female athlete. Like Kournikova, Finch has modeled swimwear for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition in 2005-06.

Finch has appeared on various talk shows promoting softball and the US Olympic Team, and also hosts a segment on the TV program This Week in Baseball. Her "This Week in Baseball" segment often features her pitching to major-league baseball players, using a softball and pitching from the same distance she would in a softball game. Finch usually strikes out the baseball players by using her 71 mph riseball that is equivalent to a fastball of nearly 100 mph in baseball, where the pitcher's rubber is 17.5 feet farther away than in softball.23

Finch was offered a lucrative contract to appear nude for Playboy magazine, but commented to the press on August 14, 2004, that the offer was not going to tempt her. She said that she would "rather be a role model for young girls." She also said that "muscles on women are beautiful, but my personal decision is to stay away from those things; to stay away from that." She once appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated wearing a revealing tank top and a mini skirt.

Finch pitches for the Chicago Bandits of the National Pro Fastpitch softball league.[1] She was named the NPF's Co-Pitcher of the Year in 2005, sharing the award with teammate Lauren Bay.

Finch appeared on season one of Pros vs Joes on Spike TV along with Bill Romanowski, Dan O'Brien, Muggsy Bogues and Bo Jackson. She was the first-ever woman to appear on the show.

Finch appeared on an episode of The Real Housewives of Orange County, which aired on December 18, 2007.

Finch was featured as a contestant on The Celebrity Apprentice in 2008. She was fired by Donald Trump on January 24, 2008.

Personal life

Finch married free agent pitcher Casey Daigle on January 15, 2005, at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California.

Finch and Daigle welcomed a son, Ace Shane Daigle, on May 4, 2006. He was born in Tucson, Arizona after an induction because Finch was overdue.

Career statistics

La Mirada High School

YEAR W L GP GS CG Sh SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA
TOTALS 50 12 4 445.0 784 0.15

United States National Team

YEAR W L GP GS CG Sh SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA
2001 2 0 5 2 2 2 0 17.0 1 1 1 0 23 0.41
2002 6 0 9 7 5 4 0 40.1 22 6 4 7 41 0.69
2003 7 1 11 8 5 3 1 47.2 11 4 2 6 78 0.29
2004 15 0 28 16 7 7 1 100.1 20 4 3 16 208 0.27
Olympics 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 8.0 1 0 0 1 13 0.00
2005 4 1 7 5 3 2 0 26.0 16 5 4 6 34 1.08
TOTALS 36 2 62 40 23 19 2 239.1 71 20 14 36 397 0.41

University of Arizona

YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA
1999 24 8 34 30 26 10 0 202.1 158 70 60 64 179 0.79
2000 29 2 31 24 24 13 0 194.0 102 28 22 53 204 0.79
2001 32 0 32 19 207.0 279 0.54
2002 34 6 43 39 36 22 1 273.1 136 46 38 82 366 0.97
TOTALS 119 16 140 64 876.2 1028

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Flag of Russia Anna Kournikova
ESPN Hottest Female Athlete
2003
Succeeded by
Flag of the United States Heather Mitts
 

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