Eastern Michigan Athletics
Fischer Named ESPN/Cosida Academic All-District
5/11/2006 4:34:54 PM | Baseball
Eastern Michigan Sophomore Pitcher Collects First Career Academic Award
YPSILANTI, Mich.— Eastern Michigan University sophomore baseball player Jeff Fischer (Farmington, Mich.-Farmington), has been named to the 2006 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA (College of Sports Information Directors of America) Academic All-District IV baseball second team, the organization announced Thurs day. This is Fischer’s first academic accolade in his brief two-year career.
Fischer, a 3.42 Biology major, is having an outstanding season thus far as he is near the top of every major Mid-American Conference statistical category. Currently, he is first in: wins with an 8-3 record, ERA (2.03), shutouts (1), opponent’s batting average (.228) and second in complete games (4). Fischer also ranks eighth in strikeouts (86), and innings pitched with 93.0 (6.64 innings pitched per game). As of May 7, Fischer is 32nd nationally in ERA (2.03) and 39th in victories (8).
For the season, Fischer has appeared in 14 games, 10 as a starter with four complete games. He also leads the team with 2.03 ERA, and 86 strikeouts while only allowing just 79 hits, 32 runs and 21 walks.
2006 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District IV Baseball First-team
Name Class School Pos. GPA Major
Jeff Fischer So. Eastern Michigan P 3.42 Biology
Drew Taylor Gr. Michigan P 3.70 Biology
Will Stroup So. Birmingham Southern P 3.93 Business
Joe Oliver So. Eastern Kentucky C 4.00 Criminal Justice
Mark Muscenti Sr. Cincinnati IF 3.50 Chemical Engineering
Josh Page So. Youngstown State IF 3.92 Middle Childhood Edu.
Jedidiah Stephen Sr. Ohio State IF 3.23 Human Development
Ronny Woods Sr. Birmingham Southern IF 3.93 Business
Jason Watson Sr. Toledo IF 3.52 Early Childhood Edu.
Jacob Howell Jr. Ohio State OF 3.51 Communication
Julio Borbon So. Tennessee OF 3.40 Sport Management
Kurt Eichorn Sr. Kent State OF 3.29 Marketing
Todd Martin Sr. Middle Tenn. State DH/Util. 3.25 Business
