| Jennie Finch, Pitcher 6'0" R/R,
La Mirada, CA
International Career
College Career
High School Career
Personal Information
International
2004
Member of the 2004 Olympic Gold Medal Softball Team
2003
Selected to the 2004 US Olympic Team
Member of the USA Pan Am Team; Gold Medalist
2002
Member of World Championship Team
2001
Member of the USA Blue Team that won the gold medal at the Pan
Am Qualifier in Maracay, Venezuela.
Posted a 2-0 record, a perfect
game versus Guatemala, with a 0.00 ERA and 27 strikeouts.
Placed fifth with USA Blue at the Canada Cup in Surrey,
B.C., Canada.
1999
Silver
medal winner with USA Softball at Junior Womens World
Championship
Finished fourth with her club team at the Canada Cup
1998
Gold
medalist with USA Softball at Junior Superball
College
 Jennie's #27 Retired by the University of Arizona
No one will ever wear
#27 again as a Wildcat softball player. Jennie's number was officially retired
Friday, May 9, 2003 at Hillenbrand Stadium in a pre-game ceremony. (Read
article and see pictures here)
Attended the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Two-time winner of Honda Award for softball, presented to
nation's best player (2001& 2002)
UAs co-winner of the Ruby Award, presented to the
outstanding female senior student-athlete
Holds NCAA record for consecutive wins, with 60
2002
Top 3
finalist for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year
NFCA First-Team All-American
Helped team reach the NCAA Womens College World Series,
where it finished second
Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team
NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team
First-Team All-Pac-10 and All-Pacific Region
Two-time Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week
2001
Helped
her team win the NCAA Womens College World Series
Womens College World Series Most Outstanding Player
Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year
Finished the season 32-0, the NCAA record for wins in a
season without a defeat
NFCA First-Team All-American
First-Team All-Pac-10 and All-Pacific Region
NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team
Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week
2000
NFCA
First-Team All-American (29-2 with 0.79 ERA, 16 home runs and
.327 average)
First-Team All-Pac-10
NCAA Regional Most Outstanding Player (3-0, including
no-hitter, with 0.35 ERA)
Helped secure teams appearance at NCAA Womens College
World Series
1999
Honorable Mention All-Pac-10
Helped team advance to NCAA Women's College World Series
NCAA Regional Most Outstanding Player (3-0, including
no-hitter)
Arizona:
The dominant pitcher/player in collegiate softball, Finch
finished the 2001 season with a 32-0 pitching record to
establish the NCAA record... Earned the Honda Softball Award
as the national Player of the Year... Received Most
Outstanding Player honors after posting a 3-0 record in
Women's College World Series... Earned first-team All-America honors... 2001
Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year... Along with a number of other
Cats, Finch earned Louisville Slugger All-Pacific Region
honors and WCWS All-Tournament honors... First-team All-Pac-10
honors... Finch had an ERA of 0.54 and tossed her fifth career
no-hitter... Finch has a streak of 40 consecutive victories,
No. 2 in the NCAA record book, entering 2002 play... Struck
out a career-high 14 twice, against South Carolina and
Stanford, plus had back-to-back 13 K games against the
Cardinal... Struck out 10 or more in one seven-start
stretch... The first baseman or designated player when not
pitching, she had a batting average of .309... Hit three grand
slams and had 11 home runs... Finch drove in nine runs in one
game against Oregon, which tied for the second-best
single-game figure in NCAA history and matched former UA
slugger Laura Espinoza's record... Finch's 29-2 record in 2000
and her 0.79 ERA earned her first-team All-America honors as
an at-large selection... Her power at the plate tied her with
a team-high 16 home runs... Hit .327 for the season... As
first baseman she recorded a .983 fielding percentage in 287
chances... Finch tossed three no-hitters vs. Tennessee Tech,
Drake and Nebraska in the NCAA Regional Final... She also had
three one-hitters and four two-hitters... Went 3-0 with an
0.35 ERA in Regionals, earning her the Most Outstanding Player
award for the second straight year... Led the team at the
plate in Pac-10 play with a hitting average of .370... Finch
had a hitting streak of 14 games... Earned All-Pac-10
first-team honors...Finch's 24 pitching victories in 1999 is
second only to teammate Becky Lemke's 25 (1998) among Arizona
freshman performances... Led the team with 14 doubles and 21
extra-base hits... Led the team most of the year and finished
second with seven home runs... Turned in a .990 fielding
percentage in 192 chances at the bag... Threw a no-hitter vs.
Southwest Texas State in NCAA Regional play, plus had a
one-hitter vs. Kansas and a two-hitter vs. Maryland in the
same tournament, earning NCAA Region 2 Most Outstanding Player
honors... Also hit .353 with four doubles, a home run and six
RBI to help the Cats win the Regional... Multiple hits in 12
games... Honorable mention All-Pac-10 honors in 1999... ASA
background at the top levels member of National Championship
teams at 12 & under (1993), 14 & under (1995) and 18 & under
Gold (1997), plus a No. 2 finish in 1998 and a fourth-place in
92... Member of the Team USA for inaugural Junior Superball
international competition gold-medal winners over Australia
in June 1998...
High School
La Mirada High
School, La Mirada, CA
Career record of 50-12, with six perfect games, 13
no-hitters, 0.15 ERA and 784 strikeouts
Three-time First-Team All-Suburban League, All-CIF Division
II and team MVP
Four-time league champions
Two-time League MVP (1997-98)
Schools
Female Athlete of the Year 1998, as well as Athletics Directors
Female Athlete of the Year 1998
High School:
La Mirada High School, La Mirada, Calif., 1998... Earned four
softball letters for four different coaches, two in basketball
and two in volleyball... Pitcher, first baseman and shortstop
in softball... 1998 La Mirada Female Athlete of the Year...
Athletics Directors Association Female Athlete Award 98...
Team captain her senior year in softball, senior year in
volleyball and last two years in basketball... Basketball team
MVP final two years... Softball honors include three-year team
MVP award, Suburban League MVP final two seasons, first-team
All-Suburban League three years, All-CIF Division II, three
years, Whittier Daily News All-Area three years, Long Beach
Press-Telegram Softball Dream Team final two years and
Press-Telegram's Player of the Year in 1998... Her team was
Suburban League Champions all four years... Four-year record
of 50-12, with four saves, six perfect games, 13 no-hitters
and 14 one-hitters... Struck out 784 in 445 innings and
finished with a career earned run average of 0.15... Chosen by
Jump Magazine as the No. 1 high school recruit...
Personal
Birthday: September 3, 1980
Family:
Spouse: Casey
Children: Ace (born May 2006)
Parents: Doug and Bev
Siblings: Shane (married to Danielle, nephew Reshly), Landon (married to
Rachel, nephews Asher & Athen)
Dog: Prada (Yorkshire
terrier)
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