MSSU Athletics Hall of Fame
A four-year starter for the Lions of coach Warren Turner, Fisher played on teams that posted an overall record of 153-63, including a 40-5 record in the Central States Intercollegiate Conference and Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. He helped Missouri Southern reach the NCAA Division II World Series in 1991 and 1992, including a national runner-up finish in 1991.
Fisher was a two-time All-American, including first-team honors as a senior in 1992. He was twice a first-team All-MIAA and first-team all-region selection. In 1992, Fisher was also the regional MVP.
At the time of his induction, Fisher held or shared 12 Missouri Southern baseball records, including career marks for at-bats (744), hits (257), doubles (62), runs batted in (191), total bases (391), extra-base hits (90), sacrifice flies (18) and assists (555). He is one of six Lions to record two triples in a single game, doing so against Minnesota-Morris on March 1, 1990.
Fisher was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds after his junior season at MSSU, but he returned to the Lions in 1992, improved his draft status and was a 29th-round selection of the Philadelphia Phillies. He spent five years in the Phillies’ minor league system, earning player of the month honors and playing on teams that won championships in the Florida State League (1993) and Eastern League (1995). Fisher was promoted to the Phillies’ Triple-A club in 1996 before retiring from pro baseball.
A Joplin native, Fisher now resides in Lenexa, Kan., where he is employed as a sales area manager for Forest Pharmaceuticals, Inc. A 1993 MSSU graduate with a degree in marketing & management, he and his wife, Jill, have two children, Austin and Audrey.
