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Jennie Finch at the 2005 MLB All Star Game.Jennie Lynn Finch, or, occasionally using her married name, Jennie Daigle, (born September 3, 1980) is an American athlete and as of 2004 a pitcher for USA Softball, was one of the pitchers on the team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Early years
Born in Bellflower, California, Jennie 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 and volleyball (As a senior,she was the captain of all three sports).As a sophomore, in softball,she was an All-CIF Div.II choice,and an All-Suburban League selection.

College career
Jennie Finch then played softball for The University of Arizona. She was a three-time All-American p/1b and Honda Award winner for the Player of the Year as a member of the Wildcat softball team.

Career and Life

Jennie Finch in 2005 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.She married Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Casey Daigle on January 15, 2005 at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California.

Jennie came to prominence when she defeated Anna Kournikova in an ESPN online poll as the most attractive female athlete. She has appeared on various talk shows promoting softball and the US Olympic Team, and also hosts a segment on This Week in Baseball. Her TWIB segment often features her pitching to major-league baseball players, using a softball and pitching from the same distance she would in a softball game. Finch usually strikes out the baseball players; her fastball of 71 mph is equivalent to a fastball of nearly 100 mph in baseball, where the pitcher's rubber is about 20 feet farther away than in softball.

Finch was offered a lucrative contract to appear nude for men's magazine Playboy, but commented to the press on August 14, 2004 that such an offer wasn't going to tempt her. She commented that she'd "rather be a role model for young girls." She said that muscles on women are beautiful, but my personal decision is to stay away from those things; to stay away from that."

Finch is a born-again Christian.

Finch wears the number "27" in honor of her parents, who had their first date on the 27th.

Finch currently pitches for the Chicago Bandits of the National Pro Fastpitch Softball League. She was named the NPF's co-pitcher of the year in 2005, sharing the award with teammate Lauren Bay.

Finch's height is 6'1" (185 cm), and her weight is 174 pounds.

Finch is currently expecting her first child with Daigle, a boy to be born in April. The child's name will be Ace Shane Daigle. About two weeks after the couple began dating in 2002, Casey told Finch that he always wanted to name his first son Ace.