Tyson Fisher

Position:
First Base
Height:
6-2
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Fortuna, Calif.
High School:
Fortuna

2008
Played and started in all 49 games for the Jacks... batted .276 going 51-for-185 at the plate... commited six errors at first base in 425 chances for a fielding percentage of .986... finished the season tied with the team lead in home runs (10) and RBI (47)... hit a home run in six consecutive games and drove in 15 runs (March 25-April 5)... reached base in 13 straight games from March 28 to April 18... recorded hits in 21 of the first 25 games... had 14 multi-hit games and seven games of three or more RBI... drove in four runs and scored twice while going 3-for-4 with a homer against Southern Utah (April 17)... went a perfect 3-for-3 against Presentation (S.D.) with a double, three RBI, and three runs...

2007
Hit .387, the highest average of any Jackrabbit since the move up to Division I ... earned first-team all-Independent honors... tallied 10 doubles and four homers ... was hit by a pitch 11 times ... fielded .993, committing only three errors ... tallied two or more hits 20 times in 46 starts ... separate hit streaks of nine and 10 games ... had two hits and an RBI in season-opening victory over Kansas (Feb. 10) ... 5-for-10 with two RBis in two-game set at Tennessee Martin (Mar. 6-7) ... was 3-for-5 with a double and two RBIs in series finale at Utah Valley State (Mar. 31) ... had great series against Northern Colorado, going 7-for-11 with a double, triple, homer and six RBIs (Apr. 20-22) ... had best game of season in game three at IPFW, a 4-for-5, six RBI performance in which he hit two home runs (Apr. 29) ... ended the year with hits in nine of last 10 games.

2006
Hit for a team-best .363 average ... only Jackrabbit to earn first-team all-Independent honors ... also had team-highs of 13 doubles, nine homers and 48 RBIs while starting every game at first ... compiled a 19-game hitting streak, hitting .500 (38-for-76) with 23 RBIs during that time ... scored 69 runs and had six sacrifice flies ... committed just three errors (.994 fielding percentage) ... slugged .616 and had 18-multiple hit games ... earned Independent Player of the Week honors after going 10-for-16 with two doubles, a homer and eight RBIs in the four-game series at Valparaiso (Mar. 26-27) ... went 2-for-4 with seven RBIs, including a two-run double and a grand slam, vs. Minnesota (Apr. 12) ... hit home runs in three consecutive at bats, spanning his final plate appearance of game one and his first of game two, in the home series with North Dakota State (Apr. 21-22).

2005
Finished the season with 10 doubles, one homer and a .264 average ... went 2-for-3 with three runs scored as the Jacks knocked off NCAA Tournament qualifier Notre Dame (Mar. 19) ... had three hits in doubleheader at Valparaiso (Mar. 27) ... 2-for-4 with two doubles vs. Dakota Wesleyan (Apr. 6) ... hit a two-run double at Kansas State (May 17).

High School
2004 graduate of Fortuna High School in Fortuna, Calif. ... a two-sport standout, lettering twice in basketball and four years in baseball ... received all-County first-team honors three times in baseball ... hit .431 as a sophomore, .460 as a junior and .500 as a senior ... voted team MVP and team captain twice ... also named to all-County basketball squad once ... was a National Honor Society student and a member of the California Scholarship Foundation.