Nancy Findeisen
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- Year:
- 2004
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- Hometown:
- Beecher, Ill.
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- High School:
- Beecher
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- Team:
- Softball
Nancy Findeisen grew up in Beecher, Illinois, and attended Beecher High School. She played four years of softball and volleyball and two years of basketball at Beecher and was the first female student at the school to earn all-state honors with her third team selection in softball.
Findeisen entered Lake Forest College in the fall of 2000 and pitched in seven games for the softball team the following spring, posting a 1.84 earned run average with 38 strikeouts in as many innings. She was dominant in the circle as a sophomore, tossing a no-hitter in March and eventually setting single-season program records with 19 victories, 20 complete games, 10 shutouts, 156 strikeouts, and a 0.75 earned run average, the 11th-best mark in the nation. She was named All-Midwest Conference South Division for her work during the regular season before tossing a pair of shutouts in the MWC Tournament, which the Foresters won for the first time in 14 years. Findeisen went 6-1 with a 0.85 ERA in the NCAA Tournament and was named to the Regional and National All-Tournament Teams as Lake Forest advanced all the way to the championship game. She was a First Team All-Great Lakes Region selection and became the first player in team history to earn All-American honors with a Third Team selection from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. Findeisen was 9-7 with a 1.65 ERA the next season and finished her career 30-17 with a school record 1.20 ERA, 263 strikeouts, and 15 shutouts.
Findeisen graduated from Lake Forest in 2004 with a degree in economics and became a registered financial advisor. She also remained active in the game of softball by giving pitching lessons to girls aspiring to compete at the collegiate level.