Jennie Finch

Jennie Finch, USA Olympics (http://blogs.mcall.com/.a/6a00d8341c4fe353ef011571534966970b-800wi)

Jennie Finch, my hero, has inspired me through all she has done. The first time I watched her pitch in the 2004 Olympics amazed me. I remember having played softball when I was young and loving the game. One day my dad made me watch the USA Olympic softball team playing for the gold. Jennie Finch, a fierce pitcher, led the astounding team. After having watched them my dream has been to play on the USA Olympic softball team, The Dream team, and be a pitcher like Jennie Finch. Jennie Finch is someone I have always looked up to and admired for her leadership qualities, true passion for the game, and acting as an honest role model for young girls who dream of one day being just like her.

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Jennie is one of those people you can watch and just be amazed. She is truly passionate about the game. Her parents started her early on playing tee-ball in a league called L’il Miss T-ball around the age of five. Finch played on many teams including travel teams which took her all over the US. Every weekend in the summer her family traveled the US playing in different softball tournaments, placing in the top in many of them. “My family vacations,” says Finch”, were softball tournaments.” Through all the work and time she spent playing ball it truly took her somewhere in life. She went to the University of Arizona and shared the spot as one of the starting pitchers her freshmen year. Then she received an offer to play on the Olympic softball team, a true privilege in itself. You can truly see the passion she has for the game.

In Athens, Greece, after they won the gold metal (http://www.celestialsphere.us/images/508/JENNIE%20FINCH%20PHOTO.jpg)

As a young girl Jennie was blessed with being very tall, rostered 6’1”, she always tried to blend in with the crowd. In the end, her height and her leadership abilities have taken her far. A multisport athlete, Jennie lettered in softball four years, and volleyball and basketball two years in her high school career. Her senior year she was selected to be the captain on all three of her teams. After high school Jennie went on to play college softball for the University of Arizona under Mike Candrea, also coach of the USA Olympic softball team. Her freshmen year at U of A she didn’t red shirt like most players would, she played. She was one of the main pitchers, sharing the job with Becky Lemke. A strong player and very effective, she went out and did her job for the team. The leadership qualities she holds are not just something that comes with being an athlete, but by being a kind person that accepts their responsibilities and is able to commit to them.

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When children are young they watch television and see these players that are so good and they dream of being one of those people, Jennie Finch is one of those people in my eyes. She is a kind person, who has done good things in her life, but mostly she hasn’t gotten involved in bad things. One example is her knowledge and understanding of what her job is on her team, and how she is perceived from what she does. Jennie knows what she has to offer and is constantly working to become the best at it that she can be. She is also an all around good player and shows young girls that if you work hard and love what you do it can become not only a passion but a lifelong love that can take you far.

Jennie Finch, college softball at University of A (http://www.kimbell-associates.com/Chiefs%20Site/jfinch.jpg)

In my eyes a hero doesn’t have to be someone with superpowers, just a person that has done something that affected you in a “super” way. Jennie Finch has affected me in a super way. A kind person, Jennie will always be someone I love to watch play softball. Her determination to be a better player, the leadership qualities she held on the mound, her ability to be a true leader, and lastly her honest passion that can be sensed by anyone that watches her. Jennie Finch has affected my life, and she will always be my role model that I will look up to and strive to be like. Jennie Finch is my hero.