Jeff Fischer and Jeff Hehr Selected in 2007 MLB Draft

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YPSILANTI, Mich. – Eastern Michigan University baseball player RHP Jeff Fischer (Farmington, Mich.-Farmington) and junior shortstop Jeff Hehr (Boardman, Ohio-Cardinal Mooney), have been selected in the 2007 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft. Fischer was chosen by the Colorado Rockies in the 10th round as the No. 312 overall pick. He is the first EMU pitcher drafted since the 2004 draft when Ryan Ford was selected as the No. 457 overall pick in the 15th round by the Oakland Athletics. Hehr was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 20th round as the No. 617 overall pick. He is also the first EMU shortstop drafted since 2004 when Brian Bixler was drafted in the second round as the 52nd overall pick by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Fischer was a first team All-MAC and 2007 All-Tournament team selection making 15 appearances with an 8-5 overall record, 3.00 ERA and 7-1 MAC record with a team-leading 95 strikeouts. Fischer notched nine strikeouts in a 6-5 tournament victory over Toledo (May 23) moving him into a second place tie on the all-time EMU career strikeout list with 258. He also finished near the top in many final MAC regular season statistical categories: second in wins (7) and opponents batting average (.228), third in games started (13) and shutouts (1), fourth in innings pitched (87.2, 6.74 per game) and strikeouts (83, 8.52 per game) and fifth in ERA (2.87). Fischer was named MAC West Division Pitcher of the Week for the period ending April 23, notching his fourth consecutive conference victory allowing only one earned run on five hits with nine strike outs in 7.0 innings of work in an 8-3 EMU victory over Ohio and recorded his second career complete game shutout to lead EMU to a 2-0 victory over Ohio University (April 13) going the distance allowing just four scattered hits while striking out five to record his sixth career complete game with a 0.00 ERA and also did not allow an Ohio runner past second base all game. He was named to College Baseball Foundation’s National Honor Roll Players of the Week list for the period ending April 10 tallying 10 strikeouts in a win against Miami (April 6), going 7.2 innings, allowing only three hits and one run that snapped the RedHawks’ 10-game winning streak, which was the third longest active winning streak in the nation. Fischer earned Great Lakes Region Performance of the Week from InsidePitching.com following a career-high 14 strikeout performance against Buffalo (March 31).

Hehr was named to the 2007 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA (College of Sports Information Directors of America) Academic All-District IV baseball first team and also named to the 2007 All-MAC Tournament team batting .299 going 6-for-20 with six RBI, three runs scored, two home runs and a double. Hehr started in 49 of 46 games this season at shortstop and ranked fifth on the team with a .299 batting average. He also ranked first on the team in RBI (39), runs scored (34), home runs (9), second in hits (55) and third in doubles (7) and tallied two or more hits in 19 games this season. Hehr hit first career grand slam in a 12-6 victory over Central Michigan in the quarterfinal round of the 2007 Mid-American Tournament (May 25). In a weekend series at Bowling Green (March 23-25), Hehr went 5-for-14, with two home runs, six runs scored and five RBI. Defensively, Hehr had a .941 fielding percentage with 132 assists and 74 put outs.

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