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Austin Fisher
3  Austin Fisher
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Lenexa, Kan.

High School:
Olathe Northwest

Height / Weight:
6-1 / 195

Position:
IF

Birthdate:
01/08/1993

Experience:
1L

B/T:
L/R

04/23/2013

Cats Travel to Lincoln Wednesday Night

K-State looking for first season sweep of the Huskers since 2010

04/21/2013

K-State Hangs On for 3-2 Sunday Victory

Jake Matthys tossed a career-high 4.1 shutout innings with three strikeouts

04/20/2013

Cowboys Rally for 7-6 Win Over K-State

Wildcats score four third-inning runs but come up empty over final six frames

04/20/2013

Fisher Named to Wallace Award Watch List

Wildcat shortstop is the only Big 12 player up for the award

04/18/2013

K-State Faces Big 12 Road Test at Oklahoma State

Wildcats looking to win the series against OSU for the first time since 2010

Freshman (2012): Played in 33 games during his rookie campaign, including eight starts... Hit .295 (13-for-44) with one double and two RBI... Was perfect on all 30 fielding chances, including 23 assists... Recorded his first of three two-hit games in a start April 18 against Northern Colorado... Also went 2-for-5 in a start against Oklahoma State on April 29, while he came off the bench against No. 6 Baylor in the Big 12 Championship to go 2-for-2... Picked up his first career RBI on Feb. 25 at San Diego State, while he also drove in a run on a sacrifice fly on May 1 at Wichita State... Carded a season-high four fielding assists in a non-conference game at Kansas on April 25.

Olathe Northwest HS:
Lettered four seasons for the Ravens under head coach Jay Novacek and Rick Setter... Earned first team all-state honors in 2010, while he was a second-team pick in both 2009 and 2011... Joined fellow K-State freshman Kyle Speer as the only two sophomores on the coaches' all-state team in 2009... Held a career .495 batting average, including a school-record .510 mark as a sophomore... Also holds the school marks in slugging percentage (.720), on-base percentage, doubles and triples... Led team to the state championship in 2009... Prepped at same high school as former Wildcat and seventh-round draft pick Nate Tenbrink.

Personal: David Austin Fisher was born January 8, 1993, in Joplin, Mo... Son of David and Jill Fisher... Has one sister, Audrey... Father, David, was drafted in 1992 and played five seasons as a professional, reaching Triple A Scranton-Wilkes Barre... Grandfather and uncle also played professionally, reaching Double A... An honors student who plans on majoring in business.

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