MLB Signing

• Signed a free agent contract with the Cincinnati Reds on June 9, 2019

Illinois Career Highs

• Innings pitched: 8.1, Maryland, Apr 05, 2019 
• Walks allowed: 7, at Nebraska, Apr 26, 2019 
• Strikeouts: 9, 4 times
• Batters faced: 34, at Maryland, Apr 06, 2018 
• Field chances: 4, at Indiana, Apr 27, 2018 ; at Northwestern, Mar 24, 2018 ; vs Minnesota, May 24, 2018 
• Putouts: 2, vs Minnesota, May 24, 2018 
• Assists: 4, at Indiana, Apr 27, 2018 ; at Northwestern, Mar 24, 2018 

Redshirt Senior - 2019

• All-Big Ten first team starting pitcher
• Gold Glove Award finalist (one of three in the nation)
• Mideast All-Region second team
• Academic All-District
• Academic All-Big Ten
• 7-1, 2.75 ERA, 101.1 IP, .208 BAA, 35 BB, 95 SO
• Sixth in the Big Ten in opponent batting average (.208)
• Sixth in the Big Ten in inning pitched (101.1)
• Seventh in the Big Ten in wins (7)
• Eighth in the Big Ten in ERA (2.75)
• Ninth in the Big Ten in strikeouts (95)
• Team-best seven wins
• Team-best 16 starts
• Team-best 101 1/3 innings pitched
• Second on the team with a 2.75 ERA
• Tied for fifth on the team with a .208 batting average against
• NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week 5/7/19, becoming the second national pitcher of the week in Illinois history (8.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 9 K vs. No. 19 Indiana 5/3/19)
• Big Ten Pitcher of the Week 5/6/19 after throwing eight shutout innings against No. 19 Indiana 5/3/19
• Career-high 8 1/3 innings pitched against Maryland 4/5/19
• 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K during the six-game foreign trip to Curaçao and Aruba

Redshirt Junior - 2018

• Academic All-Big Ten
• Appeared in 15 games with 14 starts
• 6-3, 3.96 ERA, 84.0 IP, 83 H, 49 R, 64 K, 38 BB, SV
• 11th in the Big Ten in innings pitched (84.0)
• 15th in the Big Ten in strikeouts (64)
• Second in the Big Ten in wins during conference games (5)
• 10th in the Big Ten in innings pitched during conference games (45.1)
• Team-best 84.0 innings pitched
• Team-best 64 strikeouts
• Second on the team with 5.60 innings per appearance
• Tied for team-best three pick offs
• Tied for second on the team with six wins
• Second on the team with 14 games started

Junior - 2017

• Transferred to Illinois with two years of eligibility left
• Must sit out the 2017 season due to NCAA transfer rules

Sophomore - 2016 (Eastern Illinois)

• 1-4, 5.83 ERA, 46.1 IP, 53 SO, 17 BB
• 22 games
• All appearances out of the bullpen
• Second on the team in ERA
• Third on the team in strikeouts
• Fourth on the team in innings pitched
• OVC Medal of Honor
• EIU Dean's List
• Big Brother program participant
• Habit for Humanity participant

Freshman - 2015 (Eastern Illinois)

• 2-3, 7.71 ERA, 49 IP, 27 SO
• 22 games, eight starts
• Started the last five Sundays of Ohio Valley Conference play
• Seven-inning complete game against Eastern Kentucky (April 26) for first career win
• Eight straight appearances in March without allowing a run (8.2 IP)

High School

• 6-3, 0.69 ERA, 3 CG as a senior
• Led Bowling Green to a sectional title as a junior
• Played for Whitehouse Legion Post 183 in the summer
• Honorable mention all-county
• Also played football and soccer
• All-league kicker and punter in football
• National Honor Society

Personal

• Born January 9, 1996
• Parents are Jim and Nancy Fisher
• Father, Jim Fisher, graduated from Illinois in 1982
• Graduated in May 2018 with a degree in finance
• Majoring in recreation, sport and tourism (master’s degree)
• Plays the piano
• Why Illinois: "I chose Illinois because of both the academic and athletic prowess of the university. The business school is one of the most respected in the nation, and the baseball coaching staff here is phenomenal.”