Q: You hit a team-high .380 this season. What makes you a tough out for pitchers?

FISHER: I’m very aggressive right from the jump. I don’t let a lot of pitches go past. My first at-bat of every game, I let one strike go by, and after that I’m swinging away. After that, most of the time I jump on that first pitch because I know where it’s coming, and I also crowd the plate, so there’s not much room to throw it other than right down the middle or on the outside corner. I’m just a very aggressive hitter as it is, so I think that makes it tough for pitchers.

Q: Are there things with your hitting you feel like you do a little better now than you did when you got into college?

FISHER: When I first came in, I struggled hitting to the right side of the field. Outside pitches were honestly my biggest weakness and now they’re actually my biggest strength. I just worked at practice since freshman year, working on my outside pitches, and now I’m a pretty strong right-side hitter. Now I can hit any side of the field, really.

Q: What are some of the ways the team has bonded over your career and how have you tried to help facilitate that?

FISHER: The team is amazing. We are all like sisters. It is amazing having a team like that because it’s so easy to be yourself, so easy to have fun, and as a lot of people know, if you aren’t having fun, then you’re probably not going to succeed. And I think that’s why we are a great team [Altoona finished the season 22-16] and so powerful, because we get along on and off the field and that always carries on to game days, practice, whatever else it may be. Since freshman year, it’s been a strong group of girls. We have a lot in common, we do a lot of team bonding stuff outside of softball. I think that helps us when it comes to games.

Q: You’ve been primarily an infielder but sometimes a pitcher. How do you divide your practice time?

FISHER: I don’t pitch anymore, which is really nice. My first two years, I pitched a lot, because we were really struggling to recruit pitching and I was not expecting to do as well as I did on the mound. I put a lot of time in those two years on the pitching. Last year and this year I spent a lot more time on hitting. Almost every day of the week for an hour and a half, two hours, with a little bit of glove work mixed in. I think I’m pretty strong with my fielding, so I just tend to focus more on my hitting.

Q: Why did you choose kinesiology as a major, and what do you hope to do with that degree?

FISHER: I chose it because I just want to work around people. I love helping people. And I knew that there were a lot of options going into kinesiology that were based around helping others. I also have a cousin on the team [freshman utility player Haleigh Peters] who tore her ACL, and I saw how rough of a process that is to get through. I plan to go to PT school and continue on and get my doctorate, and from there I’ll see where I wind up. But helping people is definitely my passion and I love doing it, especially if I can help athletes. I know how that drive and motivation is, so I just want to do my best to help anyone who’s in need.

Q: What is your pregame routine?

FISHER: I get up, just get ready, kind of hang out. I just let my nerves kind of take over before I head over to the field. I feel like it’s underrated how nervous you get playing, so I kind of let that work its track first, and then I go over to the locker room. We blare the speakers up there, so you could probably hear it throughout the whole building. It’s your time to lock in, get ready, but also have fun with your teammates, and then go out and start warming up, dance around a little bit, try to make it as fun as you can, because at the end of the day, it’s something you enjoy doing. I try not to be too crazy serious until it’s game time.

Q: What drives you as a competitor? What are some things that motivate you when you take the field?

FISHER: My dad. I grew up around him playing a lot of sports, and he coached me from a young age, so he definitely gives me a lot of motivation to do better, be better. And also my best friend, who committed suicide about two years ago. She played softball as well. It drove me to want to play for her. That gives me a lot of motivation going into every season now.

Q: Do you have any superstitions?

FISHER: My hair has to be the same. I have to always have a visor on. I try to get my hair to be the same style almost every game. If my visor’s not on, I feel like it’s bad luck.

Q: Does that include when you’re batting?

FISHER: No, I keep the visor off, but normally my hair gets messed up underneath the helmet, so anytime I’m in that dugout I am rushing to get my hair back to the way it was. Very superstitious about that.

Q: What’s your favorite movie?

FISHER: I like Remember the Titans. I love the message behind it.

Q: What’s your favorite non-sport activity?

FISHER: Hmm. That’s a good one. I would say hanging out with friends. Kayaking, floating on the river, anything like that.

Q: What’s your favorite spot on campus?

FISHER: The softball field. And Adler (Athletic Complex), being a kines major, that’s pretty much where I’ve been all four years.

Q: Do you have any pet peeves?

FISHER: Chewing with your mouth open is my biggest one (laughs).

Q: If you could have a superpower, what would it be and why?

FISHER: I think I would probably choose to be invisible because I think it would be cool to disappear and then reappear. I always thought, especially as a baserunner, it’d be cool to disappear and then reappear—

Q: —and you’re already on the base.

FISHER: Yeah, exactly.