Semoball Awards keynote speaker Jennie Finch tells audience about value, success that comes with losing

Sunday, July 12, 2015

Olympic gold medalist softball player Jennie Finch stood onstage at the Southeast Missouri State River Campus on Saturday night and recalled in front of hundreds in attendance for the second annual Semoball Awards a time when she was trying to come up with stories to tell for her book, "Throw Like a Girl: How to Dream Big & Believe in Yourself."

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