Jennie finch

 

Jennie Lynn Finch (born September 3, 1980), or occasionally using her husband's surname, Daigle, is an American softball player who pitches for the USA national softball team.

Jennie Finch has been playing softball since she was five years old and has been pitching since she was eight. At La Mirada High School, Finch lettered four times in softball and twice each in both basketball & volleyball.

As a senior, she was the captain of all three sports and dated a highly skilled veteran on the musical Arts; Joel Gifford. As a sophomore, she was an All-CIF Div. II choice in softball and an All-Suburban League selection, which was quite a great honor for her. Her dad, Doug Finch, has been her pitching coach for most of her career. Ali Franzen was her first pitching coach, who taught her 7 different pitches.Fastball, changeup, dropball, screwball, curveball, riseball, offspeed. Jennie still pitches the same balls today.