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Position: 1B
Date of Birth: 02/22/1986
Height: 5' 5"
Pro Experience: Chicago Bandits
College Experience: University of Michigan
Bats: R
Throws: R
Biography:
Chicago Bandits 2008-present:
2008: The 2008 rookie from Michigan constantly came up in the clutch for Chicago…The former Wolverine hit .216 with a .364 on-base-percentage and slugged .474…Findlay added 15 runs, 25 hits and 21 RBI's...She was fourth in the NPF with nine home runs and walked 25 times, ranking third in the NPF…She tallied three doubles and was hit by two pitches…Findlay hit a walk-off grand slam in the Bandits 2008 regular season finale in a 6-5 victory over the Rockford Thunder on 8/17/08…Findlay hit another walk off home run on 7/19/08 with the game tied at 5-all against the Philadelphia Force.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 2005-2008: 2008: NFCA All-America first team ... All-Great Lakes Region first team ... All-Big Ten first team (unanimous selection) ... Started all 60 games, splitting time between second base (49) and first base (11) ... Led Wolverines with a career-high in .382 batting average, 21 home runs -- matching her own U-M single-season record -- and 69 RBI ... Established U-M career records in home runs (62), RBI (217) and walks (156) ... Boasted eight game-winning hits ... Went 2-for-2 with two runs and a pair of RBI vs. Wright State in the NCAA Regional opener (May 16) ... Accepted five walks in Michigan’s three NCAA Regional games ... Blasted back-to-back solo shots at Penn State (May 3-4) ... Posted 3-for-4 effort vs. Florida State-2 (April 30) ... Tallied game-winning two-RBI single in the bottom of the seventh vs. Northwestern-2 (April 27) ... Went 2-for-2 with a second-inning grand slam at Michigan State (April 26) ... Recorded four hits, two runs scored and nine RBI in Wisconsin doubleheader (April 11) ... Went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer at Purdue-2 (March 30) ... Posted a 3-for-4 effort with two-run homer in Louisiana-Lafayette rematch at the Judi Garman Classic (March 22) ... Smashed two grand slams within just three games -- vs. Miami of Ohio (March 15) and setting a new U-M record for career home runs vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (March 2) ... Tallied four straight multi-hit efforts (Feb. 23-29) ... Went 3-for-3 with three runs and three RBI vs. Penn State (Feb. 16), coming just a base hit shy of the cycle ... Knocked out a second-inning, two-run homer vs. Maryland at the Kick-Off Classic (Feb. 10). Two-time First Team Great Lakes All-Region Team (first base) (2005, ‘07)...Second-Team Great Lakes All-Region Team (first base) (2006) ... All-Big Ten Conference second team (2005, ‘06)...All-Big Ten Conference third team (2006)...U-M single-season leader in RBI (77)…tied with Jessica Merchant for U-M single-season home run record (21)...Second all-time at U-M in career home runs (41) ...Second all-time at U-M in career walks (119)…2007: Great Lakes All-Region first team (first base)...All-Big Ten Conference Second-Team... led the Wolverine team with 11 home runs, 40 walks and nine stolen bases...tallied 10 multi-hit performances and six multi-RBI games...boasted a team-leading nine game-winning hits ...named to the NFCA Leadoff Classic All-Tournament Team…named to USA Softball’s Preseason Player of the Year Watch List…2006: Second-Team Great Lakes All-Region Team (first base) ... All-Big Ten Conference Third-Team (first base)...Big Ten All-Tournament Team (first base)...led the team in walks (36) and on-base percentage (.462)…tallied 13 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games ... registered five game-winning hits...batted in career-high, U-M school record eight RBI combined with season-high three hits, including a game-winning double in the first vs. Minnesota-2 (April 2)...recorded the first triple of collegiate career, registered the go-ahead home run -- a two-run shot in the seventh that was erased in the next inning by a solo UCLA home run -- also walked a career-high three times vs. #3 UCLA (March 15)…named to USA Softball’s Preseason Player of the Year Watch List…2005: Member of U-M’s 2005 NCAA Champion team ...invited to the USA Softball National Team Selection camp...member of USA Softball Elite Team Intercontinental Cup championship team ... Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year ... U-M Athletic Academic Award ... All-Big Ten second team (first base) ... All-Big Ten Tournament team ... NCAA All-Tournament Most Outstanding Player ... ranked No. 2 in the nation in RBI/game (1.07) and tied for 17th in HR/game (0.29)...also ranked 24th in the nation in slugging pct. (.747) and 27th in walks/game (0.60)... led U-M in RBI (77), on-base percentage (.478) and walks (43) ... shared lead for U-M in home runs (21)...hit .714 with two home runs and seven RBI in NCAA Regional...went 2-2 with a home run and three RBI in a 6-0 NCAA Regional win over North Carolina (May 22)... drove in her Michigan single-season record-setting RBI (62) against Canisius (May 20) ... three-run home run in Big Ten Tournament win over Wisconsin (May 14) ... went 2-2 with a two-run double and a scored the game-winning run in an 8-7 win over Northwestern (May 8) that clinched the Big Ten regular-season title...drove in all four runs as part of a 3-hit game including a three-run tenth inning home run in 4-1 WCWS Championship Series win over UCLA (June 8) ... registered an RBI double in WCWS Championship Series win over UCLA (June 7) ... went 2-3 with a 2-RBI double in 4-0 WCWS win over Texas... homered in first career collegiate start in loss to No. 17 Baylor (Feb. 12)
Personal: Daughter of Joseph and Terri Findlay…sister, Angela, is a current member of the U-M softball team…majored in psychology...local product from Lockport, IL...went to Lockport East High School.
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