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Jennie Finch Bio

Birth date: 09/03/80
Birthplace: La Mirada, CA
Height: 6'1"
Team: Team USA & Chicago Bandits
Position: Pitcher/1B
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Personal: Married to Casey Daigle who plays professional baseball and we have a two year old son Ace

A Few Accomplishments

  • Two-time Pan American Gold Medalist (2003 & 2007)
  • Two-time Pan American Gold Medalist (2003 & 2007)
  • World Cup Champion (2006 & 2007)
  • Two-time World Champion (2002 & 2006)
  • Olympic Gold medalist (2004)
  • Olympic Silver medalist (2008)
  • National Team Experience

  • 2008
    • Silver Medalist at 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China
  • 2007
    • Led team in appearances during the summer with eight and six starts for a 5-0 record and 0.23 ERA
    • Threw 49 strikeouts in a team-high 31.0 innings pitched, allowing only nine hits
    • Gold medalist at Pan American Games
    • Made one appearance, a combined no-hitter, at the Pan American Championships
    • Accounted for 11 of 12 outs in the 4.0 innings pitched, all strikeouts
    • World Cup Champion: Posted a 1-0 record; worked 11.0 innings with 18 strikeouts, allowing only four hits and one walk
  • 2006
    • Gold medalist at ISF World Championships: Made two appearances with one start and one win. Posted nine strikeouts in 9.0 innings pitched. Offensively hit .125 (2-for-16) with a double, RBI and two runs scored
    • World Cup Champion: Pitched three innings of relief where she recorded six strikeouts
    • Against the Houston Thunder in exhibition, recorded 12 strikeouts in 5.2 innings in first appearance after having son, Ace
  • 2005
    • Silver medalist at Japan Cup
    • Silver medalist at World Cup: Posted 0.88 ERA with one win and 11 strikeouts
  • 2004
    • Gold medalist at Olympic Games in Athens, Greece
  • 2003
    • Gold medalist at Pan American Games
  • 2002
    • Gold medalist at ISF World Championships
  • 2001
    • Gold Medalist at Pan Am Qualifier: 2-0 record and 0.00 ERA
  • At Arizona

  • Arizona’s co-winner of the Ruby Award, most outstanding female senior student athlete (2002)
  • Set NCAA record for consecutive wins with 60 (2002)
  • Three-time NFCA First-team All American
  • Three-time First-Team All Pac-10 and All-Pacific Region
  • Top three finalists for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year (2002)
  • Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year (2001 & 2002)
  • Led Arizona to NCAA Women’s College World Series title (2001)
  • Finished the season 32-0, NCAA record for wins in a season (2001)
  • Two-time Honda Award winner for softball at Nation’s top player
  • Other

  • Member of NPF Chicago Bandits (2005, 2006, 2007)
  • Named NPF Co-Pitcher of the Year (2005)
  • Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation Amateur Choice Award (2004)
  • Personal website is www.jenniefinch.net