Informative Essay On Jennie Finch

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Introduction I chose Jennie Finch because she inspired me to try my hardest at everything that I do. She is a leader and is very smart. She is very powerful and dependable. If she would have chose to play a different sport a lot of people's lives would have been affected.
She is also a very good athlete.
Early life On September 3rd, 1980 Jennie (Lynn) Finch was born to Bev Finch and Doug Finch she grew up in La Miranda California with two older brothers, Shane and Landon. At age 5 she started to play softball and at age 8 she started pitching. Her father was her first pitching coach.
At age 13 Jennie was the bat girl for the University of California, Los Angeles. In high school she lettered four times in softball and twice in each in basketball and volleyball. As a sophomore, she was an All-California interscholastic Federation division two in softball and All-Suburban League Selection. As a senior, she was the captain of the softball team, the volleyball team, and the basketball team. In 2016, La Miranda high school retired her jersey number as their first softball number that they ever retired. She was number 27 because her parents first date was on the 27th.
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She achieved a career high in doubles. Also she threw her first no-hitter, during the NCAA tournament on May 21st, 1999 vs. the Texas State Bobcats as a freshman in college. As a sophomore, she was named a 2000 National Fastpitch Coaches Association First Team All-American and First Team All-Pac-10. She also threw three no-hitters and led the University Of Arizona Wildcats in home runs and slugging percentage that made a career best for her. After her only losses in back-to-back games, she finished the year 8-0 starting a new streak with an April 29th victory vs. the Oregon Ducks that would span the nest two seasons. As a junior, in 2001 she won the pitcher of the year

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