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Jeremy Finney
Position: Second Base
Height: 5’6"
Weight: 170
Class: Freshman
Hometown: Memphis, TN
High School: Christian Brothers
"Jeremy is a very hard worker who is also the fastest player on the team.
He needs to relax and let the game come to him."
High School:. Finney
played for coach Buster Kelso at Christian Brothers High School in Memphis.
As a senior, Finney batted .457 with 64 hits, 62 runs scored, 16 doubles, 28
runs batted in, and 33 stolen bases. He was a two-time member of the Sports
Writers Division 2 All-State TeamThe Commercial Appeal’s All-Metro Team and
was a finalist for the Best of the Preps Player of the Year in 2004. Finney
led CBHS to a 35-9 record and Division 2 state tournament runner-up his
senior season. An outstanding football player for CBHS, Finney was named
all-metro and all-state in both his junior and senior seasons and was twice
selected Athlete of the Week. As one of the top seniors in Shelby County,
he was selected to play in the Liberty Bowl All-Star Game, and received the
Harris Jones Award. Finney has had two poems published in poetry.com and
American Poet Society.
Summer Ball:. In the summer of 2004, Finney was selected to the
30-man roster for the USA Junior Olympic Team. In 2003, Finney the Most
Valuable Player of the National Amateur Baseball Federation World Series.
Finney also played summer ball for Dulin’s Sports Academy, coached by Tim
Dulin.
Personal: Born March 12, 1986, in Memphis, Finney is the son of Pam
Huggins and Jere Finney. |
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