During his stint at Inglemoor, Finch was a two-year letterwinner, Seattle Times' first-team all-state selection as a senior, shared King-Co Co-MVP honors with former UW Husky teammate Taylor Mueller and was named to Seattle Post-Intelligencer All-Area Team in 2007.
On August 29, 2008, Finch made his collegiate debut for the Huskies in a 2–1 loss to Fairleigh Dickinson University in the season opener.
[1] He made a total of 16 appearances and tallied two assists in his redshirt freshman season and was also named to the Pac-10 All-Academic First-Team.
In the final regular season game, Finch recorded two assists in the Huskies 3–0 win over Oregon State University.
[4] During his time in college, Finch spent two seasons with the Washington Crossfire[A] in the USL Premier Development League.