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High school quarterback who had scholarship offers to play college football, but elected to come to Georgia Tech to play baseball instead....Has good range and a strong arm....can play second base, third base or shortstop. 2008: Assigned to Class A Rome Braves (South Atlantic League) to begin first full season of professional baseball....went 10-for-15 with a home run and five RBI in four game series at Hickory 5/24-27....committed team-leading 27 errors while playing in 74 games at shortstop and 23 games at second base during season. 2007: Named to the 2007 All-ACC Academic Baseball Team....once again, Tech's starting shortstop....homered in back-to-back games 2/21 and 2/23....hit .354 during February including 10-game hitting streak to finish month....also hit .356 in March....drove in at least one run in seven straight games 3/3 to 3/16....compiled career-best 18-game hitting streak (30-for-71) from 3/23 to 4/22....streak of 113 consecutive games started came to an end after being hit in the face by a ground ball in the eighth inning of 5/5 game at South Florida....underwent successful facial surgery to repair fractures in his cheek and orbital bones 5/7 in Nashville and returned to action on 5/17 vs. Florida State....selected in the 6th Round (198th pick overall) of the June Draft by the Atlanta Braves....signed professional contract with $125,000 bonus 6/13....assigned to Danville Braves (Appalachian League)....belted tie-breaking two-run homer in second professional game 6/20 vs. Burlington....posted 13-game hitting streak 6/27 to 7/11....homered while driving in four runs 7/5 at Bristol....promoted to Class A Myrtle Beach 7/31 following the Mark Teixeira trade between Atlanta and Texas....named Braves' Minor League Player of the Month for July....hit safely in his first nine Carolina League games going 13-for-35 (.371) from 8/1 to 8/10....hit first Carolina League home run 8/28 vs. Frederick....went just 1-for-19 following home run to finish season....Member of the 2007 ACC Academic Honor Roll. 2006: Emerged as Tech's everyday shortstop while going on to start all 68 games....Hit .268 with 39 RBI on the season, and ended the year with a .333 average over the last 10 games....Had 15 multi-hit games during the season....Had a season-long eight-game hitting streak, in which he hit .452 with three doubles and nine RBI, snapped in the second game at Boston College....Named to the All-Regional team at the NCAA Atlanta Regional after hitting .385 (5-for-13) with a double and a grand slam....Had a career-high four RBI in win over Stetson in the opening game of Regional....Went 2-for-5 with a walk and a run in Tech's Super Regional win over College of Charleston (6/10)....spent summer with Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod League. 2005: Primarily saw duty at second base behind veteran Mike Trapani....went 3-for-4 with four RBI in first collegiate start 2/19 vs. Iona....collected three hits, including first collegiate home run 3/6 at Duke....homered in following game 3/8 vs. William & Mary....was 2-for-5 with a stolen base and three RBI 3/13 vs. Wake Forest....season average stood at .462 following 3/18 game vs. NC State, but went just 3-for-24 while playing in only 14 of team's last 45 games....did not start after 4/16 and had no at-bats during post-season....played for Keene Swampbats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League during summer. High School: A four-year letter-winner for coach Thomas Wims at Montgomery Bell Academy as a shortstop and center fielder....Rated as the No. 3 prospect in Tennessee by Baseball America....Named the 2004 Division II High School Player of the Year by the Tennessee Baseball Coaches Association....named to the 2004 All-State baseball team by the Tennessee Sports Writers Association....Overall, a three-time all-state and all-region selection....Led Montgomery Bell to the 2004 state championship....Hit .474 with six home runs and 30 RBI as a senior....Also highly decorated as a quarterback on the football field....Named Mr. Football in Tennessee as a senior....Led MBA to football state championships in 2002 and 2003....played for East Cobb-based STM Striker team coached by former Tech catcher Eric McQueen during summer of 2004. Personal: Michael Paul Fisher....Born March 22, 1985....Son of Fred and Barbara Fisher....Father played baseball and football at Vanderbilt from 1972-76....Brother, Bryan, played tennis at LSU from 2000-04....Named to the ACC Honor Roll in 2006....Dean's List student majoring in Management....Member of the 2006-07 Georgia Tech Student-Athlete Advisory Board....2006-07 Recipient of the Hickok Family Baseball Endowment.
Georgia Tech Statistics Year AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT FLD% ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 .300 25-10 50 15 15 5 0 2 16 6 12 2-3 .875 2006 .268 68-68 235 52 63 10 1 1 39 27 52 8-8 .925 2007 .330 51-51 206 33 68 14 2 3 38 28 26 7-9 .924 Pro Career AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 Danville .325 33 126 22 41 11 1 2 27 15 27 0 3 Myrtle Beach .250 30 120 15 30 4 0 1 13 10 21 0 2 2008 Rome .253 123 446 50 113 20 2 4 38 31 94 10 7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals .289 186 692 87 184 35 3 7 78 66 142 10 12 |