| Tommy Finn |
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2007: Team's defensive leader ... Turned 31 double plays ... Recorded a team-best 151 assists and 86 putouts in 251 chances ... Appeared in all 54 games, making 40 starts at shortstop and 13 at second base ... Hit .287 overall and .294 in Big Ten play ... Switch-hitter ... Hit .296 (16-for-54) as a right-handed hitter, .282 (33-for-117) as a left-hander ... Went 3-for-3 vs. both Michigan (3/31) and Illinois (4/15) and 4-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored at Penn State (4/20) ... Hit .311 (14-for-45) as a leadoff hitter.
2006: Voted Northwestern Freshman of the Year ... Stepped immediately into vacated shortstop position as a true freshman ... Started 58 of 59 games played, including all 32 Big Ten contests ... Tallied a career-high two RBI twice, first against Michigan (4/1) then Michigan State (5/14) ... Second on team with 142 assists ... Career-high three hits against Indiana (4/10) and UIC (5/9) ... Turned 35 double plays ... Made only five errors in last 30 games, recording 49 putouts and 73 assists.
High School: Multiple sport athlete ... Four-year letterwinner in baseball and football ... Three-year letterwinner in basketball ... Earned Indiana All-State honors in baseball and football ... Was the 2005 runner-up Mr. Baseball and Mr. Football in the state of Indiana ... Three-time all-area baseball and football selection ... Two-time all-area basketball honoree ... As a senior, led both his baseball and football teams to Indiana state titles for the first time in school history ... Hit .495 as a senior and set the Andrean High School career doubles record ... Finished runner-up previous three years ... Threw for 3,400 yards as starting quarterback senior year, which included 35 touchdowns and just seven interceptions ... Also ran for 800 yards and 14 scores with a 60-percent completion rating ... Selected to both baseball and football North/South All-Star games ... Captained both baseball and football teams ... National Honor Society member ... President of Ambassador Club ... High school baseball coach was Dave Pishkur.
Personal: Born Thomas S. Finn on January 14, 1987 ... Son of Bill and Sandy Finn ... Communication studies major.
Finn's Career Stats
Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%
2006.... .240 59-58 192 18 46 3 0 0 18 49 .255 4 0 35 6 .254 1 9 5-6 99 142 19 .927
2007.... .287 54-53 171 30 49 9 0 1 19 61 .357 13 12 24 4 .378 0 6 3-6 86 151 14 .944
TOTAL... .262 113-111 363 48 95 12 0 1 37 110 .303 17 12 59 10 .316 1 15 8-12 185 293 33 .935
