Cal State Northridge paid the utmost respect to 2012 NCAA Division I batting champion Sam Fischer.
Fischer was walked five times in one game, setting a Pacific Coast Softball Conference record.
All the Loyola Marymount shortstop did that season was hit for a .492 batting average, reach base in 52 of 53 games, record 14 doubles and bettered the PCSC record with 23 home runs.
The first three-time all-PCSC first team selection in school history, Fischer became the program’s first All-American in 2012.
By the time she finished, Fischer had set program career records for home runs, RBIs, total bases, batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, runs scored, doubles and walks.
Among her career records were 65 home runs, 172 RBIs, 184 runs scored and 127 walks.
The school retired her jersey number and inducted Fischer into its Hall of Fame.
Before her days at LMU, Fischer made her mark with the Simi Valley High Pioneers.
A three-time all-Marmonte League selection, Fischer was the 2008 Ventura County Player of the Year and high school All-American.
Fischer played with Team USA from 2012 until 2016, earning gold medals in World Cup and World Championship competitions.
Professionally, Fischer has worn uniforms of the Akron Racers, Scrap Yard Dawgs and California Commotion. She spent two seasons in the Japanese Pro League. Fischer currently plays in Athletes Unlimited League, hitting the league’s first home run, and serves as chairperson of the Softball Player Executive Committee.
Fischer was an assistant coach at Cal Lutheran University, provided hitting lessons in Simi Valley for years and has worked at camps and clinics nationwide.
Hobbies include reading and crossfit workouts.
She and husband Kevin Cooke live in Queen Creek, Arizona.