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Is Jennie Finch a leader? Where and when was Jennie Finch born?

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Jennie Lynn Finch Daigle was born on September 3, 1980, and is an American former softball player.

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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 and the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

She also pitched for the Chicago Bandits of the National Pro Fastpitch from 2005 to 2010.

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National Fastpitch Coaches Association

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.

She is the National Pro Fastpitch career leader in WHIP and is a National Softball Hall of Fame, inductee.

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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.

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 working at ESPN as a color commentator for National Pro Fastpitch and college softball games.

Is Jennie Finch a leader?

Jennie Finch is more than just an Olympic softball player; she is a leader who inspires many lives every day due to her confidence, selflessness and moral strength despite all the setbacks she has overcome in her life and on her road to success.

Where and when was Jennie Finch born?

Jennie Finch was born on September 3, 1980, in La Mirada, California, and grew up in a close-knit family. She is the youngest of Doug and Bev Finch’s three children. Family is important to Jennie and she credits them for much of her success.


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