Photos: UA sports Throwback Thursday Jennie Finch
- Updated
Jennie Finch, former UA softball superstar, attended the UA from 1999-2002. Finch was honored with the Pitcher of the Year award and the Honda Sports Award for Softball Player of The Year in 2001, and helped the Wildcats win a National Championship the same year. Finch is also a two-time Olympian, playing on the 2004 and 2008 USA softball team. The USA team won a gold medal in 2004.
Members of the UA Softball team from left to right, Courtney Fossatti (22), Jennie Finch (27), and Leneah Manuma (9) show their excitement as they watch Lovieanne Jung make her way around the bases after her home run game-winning hit in the last inning of their game against UCLA. UA beat UCLA with this bottom of the seventh hit 3 to 2 at Hillenbrand Stadium on April 6, 2002.
- Max Becherer / Arizona Daily Star
University of Arizona's Jennie Finch is bombarded with hugs from (clockwise from bottom left) Helene Brown, Mallory Kimble, Katja Rundel and Sophia Atchison, at The Beginning School where Finch was visiting on Oct. 29, 2001, in Tucson, Ariz.
- Renee Sauer / Arizona Daily Star
UA pitcher Jennie Finch, right, gets a pep talk from catcher Lindsey Collins during Finch's no hitter against Nebraska on May 21, 2000. The Wildcats pummeled the Cornhuskers during the NCAA championship game held at Hillenbrand Stadium.
- Joshua Trujillo / Arizona Daily Star
Jennie Finch watches to see if she has hit a home run during a game in which the Wildcats beat the Saint Peter's College Peahens from Jersey City, New Jersey, 4-2 at Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium during the NCAA Division I Softball Championship on May 17, 2001.
- Max Becherer / Arizona Daily Star
Members of the UA Softball team from left to right, Courtney Fossatti (22), Jennie Finch (27), and Leneah Manuma (9) show their excitement as they watch Lovieanne Jung make her way around the bases after her home run game-winning hit in the last inning of their game against UCLA. UA beat UCLA with this bottom of the seventh hit 3 to 2 at Hillenbrand Stadium on April 6, 2002.
- Max Becherer / Arizona Daily Star
View this profile on Instagram#ThisIsTucson 🌵 (@this_is_tucson) • Instagram photos and videos
Most viewed stories
-
Nearly 90 fun events happening in March! 🌺
-
Jamie vs Sonoran Dogs: The very delicious ending to the Sonoran Dog Trail
-
Surprise! Wildflower season is starting early. Here's where to find the best blooms 🌼
-
Conservation park for endangered animal could open south of Tucson
-
39 fun events to check out February 27 - March 1!
-
Why romance is 'breaking' the Tucson Festival of Books: 13 authors to turn up the heat
-
New owner saves Tucson's oldest bookstore from closing
-
Author behind Poets Square Cats to speak at Tucson Festival of Books



