Jennie Lynn Finch was born on 3rd September, 1980 in La Mirada California. She is arguably one of the top ten best softball players of all time. In 2004 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal for her USA team. She occasionally uses her husband’s surname “Daigle” who is a former American softball player. Jennie is one of the most famous softball players in the history. She began playing softball at the age of five and pitching at the age of eight. Her father was his first pitching coach. While studying in “La Mirada High School” she lettered four times in softball and twice each in both basketball and volleyball. She was an All-CIF Div. 11 choice in softball and All-Suburban League selection in her sophomore year which is a great honor.
Personal Life
Jennie Finch got married with major league baseball pitcher “Casey Daigle” on 15th January, 2005. Casey Daigle proposed Finch on softball field at University of Arizona that is her Alma Mater. Finch recorded this incident as, Daigle blindfolded me and tool me to mound and said “You have been the queen of diamond for four years. Now I want you to be the queen of my heart”. Their son was born on 4th May, 2006 and named “Ace” and they are also expecting another child in June 2011. She is an avid fan of “Los Angeles Dodgers”. She retired from softball on 20th July 2010 to focus on her family. Jennie Finch said in an press interview that “I just feel like it gets harder and harder every year with Ace getting older and time away from my husband and even family events such as birthdays and friends’ weddings and things that I’ve always just missed out on because of softball”. She also said that “This whole career has been way more than I ever even imagined or dreamed. The opportunities that I’d be able to enjoy and appreciate to be a part of, it have been incredible”.
Finch had a 2-0 win/loss record in the 2004, Athens, Greece, Summer Olympics, striking out 13 beats in eight innings while giving up only one hit, one walk and no runs at all. Her pitching leads the American team to the gold medal.
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