# @jfinch27 on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DbRPTfDiSkp
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- **Posted:** 2026-07-26T20:23:09.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Jennie Finch-Daigle (@jfinch27) — https://gondola.cc/jfinch27

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It has been such a privilege to witness dreams becoming reality over & over- but this. This is Legendary! 

There have been so many moments this season where I’ve found myself with tears in my eyes—simply in awe and overwhelmed with gratitude. This is professional softball. ❤️🥎 theauslofficial ausl_cascade ausl_bandits  ausl_talons ausl_spark ausl_blaze ausl_volts 

Year one has been record-breaking in so many ways. It feels like we’ve shattered the glass ceiling again and again.

This league is about our players, but it’s also about so much more. It’s about every person behind the scenes at AUSL, every staff member, every coach, every media outlet, and every pioneer who came before us. We’re standing on the shoulders of so many who believed this day was possible, and now we get to witness it.

We always knew we had the talent. We always knew we had the product. What we needed was the investment, the infrastructure, the partnerships, and the people willing to build a true professional league around these incredible athletes. 

Now we’re living it.

The numbers speak for themselves—sellout crowds, incredible TV viewership, merchandise flying off the shelves—but beyond the numbers, it’s the energy that’s impossible to ignore. It all starts with the very best players in the world and the amazing coaches and staffs who make this league so special.

Walking into the AUSL Championship at aggiesoftball, one of the most beautiful softball stadiums in the country, to a sold-out crowd… seeing the fan experience throughout the concourse, watching our players’ stories being celebrated, and witnessing the highest level of competition our sport has to offer—it was everything we’ve dreamed about and more.

To every fan who has shown up, watched, cheered, and believed… thank you. Because of you, we get to live this dream. You are helping write the future of professional softball.

Thank you Kim Ng, for leading us all to where we are- and it’s only the beginning! 

Let’s keep showing up. Let’s keep believing. Let’s keep investing in this game we all love.

The best is yet to come. 🥎❤️ #AUSL #ProfessionalSoftball #YearOne #GrowTheGame Grateful

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