Jennie Finch

Jennie Finch

Finch in June 2008
Personal information
Birth name	Jennie Lynn Finch
National team	Team USA
Born	(1980-09-03) September 3, 1980 (age 36) La Mirada, California
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Spouse(s)	Casey Daigle
Sport
Sport	Softball
Position	Pitcher
University team	Arizona Wildcats
Medal record Women's softball Representing the  United States Olympic Games Athens 2004 Team competition Beijing 2008 Team competition

Jennie Lynn Finch (born September 3, 1980) is an American, former collegiate All-American, right-handed softball pitcher and first baseman originally from La Mirada, California. She pitched for the Arizona Wildcats, the USA national softball team and the Chicago Bandits. Finch won the 2001 Women's College World Series and helped lead Team USA to the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.Time magazine described her as the most famous softball player in history. In 2010, Finch retired from softball to focus on her family. In August 2011, she started work as a color analyst for ESPN doing National Pro Fastpitch and college softball games. Finch is ranked in several categories for both the Wildcats in the Pac-12 and the NCAA Division I.

Finch was born in La Mirada, California. Finch has two older brothers, Shane and Landon. She began playing softball at age five and pitching at age eight. Her father was her first pitching coach. Growing up, Finch was a bat girl for the University of California, Los Angeles. At La Mirada High School, Finch lettered four times in softball and twice each in basketball and volleyball. As a senior, she was the captain of all three sports. As a sophomore, she was an All-California Interscholastic Federation Division II choice in softball and All-Suburban League selection. In 2016, La Mirada retired her jersey number—the school's first for a softball player.