
Sam Fischer
Phoenix, Arizona
Inducted into LMU Sports Hall of Fame in 2019
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Personal: Member of Athletes Unlimited Softball Player Executive Committee … credits her career to her family, including her parents, Rick and Debbie, and her brother, Tom … majored in business at Loyola Marymount … known for posting entertaining tweets about softball and McDonald’s.
2022 Championship Season: Placed seventh on the leaderboard with career-best 1,562 points … ranked third in the league with 1,160 win points … started all 15 games and hit .277 with 13 hits, including two doubles and three home runs … hit two home runs and drove in three runs against Team Mulipola to open Week Three … also had a home run against Team Mulipola in Week Five opener while going 2-for-3 with three runs batted in … authored four multi-hit games, including back-to-back contests against Team Harshman (Aug. 7) and Team Mulipola (Aug. 12).
2022 AUX Season: Finished in eighth place on the leaderboard after earning 1,236 points … batted .375 while starting all 12 games … compiled 15 hits, including three doubles and two home runs, in addition to driving in league-high 11 runs … also drew six walks … tied for second in the league with six multi-hit outings … opened season with four consecutive two-hit games, which included three doubles … fashioned season-high three hits against Team Mulipola on June 19 … hit a solo home run against Team Ocasio on June 14 … also had a home run on June 23 against Team O’Toole … only player to serve as a captain more than once during the season.
2021 Championship Season: Accumulated 916 leaderboard points in second Athletes Unlimited season … tallied three hits in 26 at-bats while driving in three runs … started 8-of-13 games.
2020 Championship Season: Tallied 930 points during rookie campaign … batted .302 while starting 14-of-15 games … tallied three home runs with nine runs batted in … tied for league lead with 15 strikeouts … hit the first home run in Athletes Unlimited history with a two-run shot in the sixth inning against Team Warren on Aug. 29, 2020.
International Experience: Member of Team USA from 2012-15 and Team USA Women’s Elite Team in 2016 … posted .330 batting average for Team USA with eight home runs and 31 runs batted in over four seasons … also led Team USA to Gold medals at 2015 World Cup of Softball and Japan Cup events … member of Gold medal-winning team at 2014 World Cup of Softball, hitting .200 with a run scored … helped Team USA claim Silver medal at ISF World Championship with .348 batting average, two home runs and nine runs batted in.
Other Professional Experience: Played two seasons with the Akron Racers of NPF before signing with Scrap Yard Fastpitch in 2018 … appeared in 81 games with Akron at shortstop and first base … also contributed 19 home runs with 51 runs batted in … played two years in the Japanese Professional League for the Toda Medics.
At Loyola Marymount: Four-year letter winner for the Lions who became the first All-America selection in program history … earned spot on NFCA All-America Second Team in senior season … first player in LMU softball history to earn All-PCSC First Team honors four times … two-time PCSC Coastal Division Player of the Year … appeared in 214 career games … closed career as Lions’ all-time leader in home runs (65), runs batted in (172), total bases (495), batting average (.387), slugging percentage (.786), on-base percentage (.494), runs scored (194), doubles (52) and walks (127) … led NCAA Division I with .492 batting average and .665 on-base percentage as a senior inducted into Loyola Marymount Sports Hall of Fame in 2019 … also had her No. 52 jersey retired.
Career Stats
Career stats do not include AUX season stats.