* 1 Early years
* 2 College
* 3 2004 Olympics
* 4 2008 Olympics
* 5 National Pro Fastpitch
* 6 Media
* 7 Personal life
* 8 Retirement
* 9 Legacy
* 10 Career statistics
* 11 References
* 12 External links
Early years
Finch had been playing softball since the age of fiveand pitching since she was eightGrowing 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 volleyballAs a senior, she was the captain of all three sports.As a sophomore, she was an All-California Interscholastic Federation Division II choice in softbal and All-Suburban League selection father, Doug Finch, was her first pitching coach.
College
Finch played softball for the University of Arizona, where she was a three-time All-American pitcher and first baseman and two-time winner of Honda Sports Award
In 2002, Finch set a new National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) record by winning her 51st consecutive game. She ended up with 60 consecutive winsbreaking the previous record of 50 that was set by Florida State's Rebecca Aase in 1993 Finch's streak spanned nearly two seasons and included three straight wins in the 2001 Women's College World Series, where she won Most Outstanding Player honors A near-capacity crowd filled Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium and chants of "Jennie" echoed throughout the crowd in the 6-0 victory over Cal State Northridge. Finch said, "It's significant and it's nice. But it doesn't even come close to the team goal of winning a national championship. Finch recorded 24 wins in her freshman season; 29 in her sophomore season; 32 in her junior year, (with no losses, setting an NCAA recordand 24 in her senior season for a career total of 119 wins, 12th-most at the time In that stretch, Finch struck out a total of 1,028 batters.
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