(1980-09-03) September 3, 1980 (age 43)[1] La Mirada, California, U.S.
Height
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Spouse
Casey Daigle
Sport
Sport
Softball
Position
Pitcher
University team
Arizona Wildcats
Medal record
Women's softball
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
2004 Athens
Team competition
2008 Beijing
Team competition
Jennie Lynn Finch Daigle (born September 3, 1980[1]) is an American former softball player. She played for the Arizona Wildcats softball team from 1999 to 2002, where she won the 2001 Women's College World Series and was named collegiate All-American. Later she led the United States women's national softball team to the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics[2] and the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[3] She also pitched for the Chicago Bandits of the National Pro Fastpitch from 2005 to 2010.[4]
Finch is ranked in several categories for both the Wildcats in the Pac-12 Conference and the NCAA Division I, where she was named #2 Greatest College Softball Player.[5] She is the National Pro Fastpitch career leader in WHIP and is a National Softball Hall of Fame inductee. She has been ranked by Tucson, Arizona sportswriters as the #1 Best Arizona Wildcats Softball Player; picked the #5 Best NCAA Pitcher All-Time and was chosen by the Pac-12 for the All-Century Team as a pitcher.[6][7][8]
Time magazine described her as the most famous softball player in history.[3] In 2010, Finch retired from softball to focus on her family. In August 2011, she started working at ESPN as a color commentator for National Pro Fastpitch and college softball games.[9][10]
^ ab"Jennie Lynn Finch". California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Archived from the original on January 28, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
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^ abSean 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.
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^"DI Softball: Greatest Players". Ncaa.com. May 31, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
^"Perfect 10: Finch Leads Impressive List of Softball Greats". Thisistucson.com. August 14, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
^"The 11 Best College Softball Pitchers of All Time". Ncaa.com. August 18, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
^"Pac-12 Sports Report Announces All-Century Softball Squad". Pac-12.com. April 16, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
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