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2004: First-Team All-GLIAC selection as a relief pitcher...Tallied a 4-0 record in 24 appearances...Tied the season record with nine saves...Currently owns the career saves record (22)...Struck out 24 hitters while only allowing six walks...Allowed eight earned runs in 30 innings of work...Led the team in ERA with 2.40...Picked up two saves and a win during the Lakers' World Series run...Tallied the win in a 2-1 game against Chico State, pitching 3.2 innings allowing three hits, zero runs, and two strikeouts...Appeared in three of the four World Series games pitching 5.2 innings, allowing two runs on one hit and striking out four...Made 12 straight appearances without allowing a run...Giving up a meager eight hits during the same stretch.
2003: First-Team All-GLIAC selection as a relief pitcher...Tallied a 3-1 record in 19 appearances...Notched a team-high eight saves, the second-best single-season total in Laker annals...Recorded 27 strikeouts with just eight walks in 24.1 innings of work...Yielded eight runs, six of which were earned...2.22 ERA ranked second on the team...Struck out all six batters faced versus Oakland City (4/26/04)...Pick up the win versus Ashland (5/10/03) in the NCAA DII North Central Regional winners bracket game, working 1.2 innings of one-hit ball.
2002: Redshirted.
2001: Second-Team All-GLIAC selection as a true freshman...Turned in a 5-3 record with five saves and a 3.86 ERA...Worked 32.2 innings with 29 strikeouts and just 11 walks...Led the team in appearances with 22, third-highest single-season total in GVSU annals.
High School: Prepped at Saline High School...Played for Scott Theisen...Earned All-Region honors as a junior...Turned in a 10-1 pitching record and a 1.84 ERA with 44 strikeouts his junior year...Team was Class A state runner-up his junior year...Named to All-SEC and All-District teams as a junior and a senior...Complied an 8-3 record, with 67 strikeouts and a 1.17 ERA his senior year.
Personal: Born 6/26/81 in Philadelphia, Penn...Son of Joe and Colleen Finnerty...Business major...Enjoys baseball, football, and basketball.
