Boyertown Times: Kerry Fisher Shines at C.W. Post
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By Ric Webb
Boyertown Times
Boyertown grad Kerry Fisher is the third of the Fisher sisters to play and start all four years on the softball team of Long Island University - C.W. Post. Jill played from 2004 to 2007, Katie from 2007 to 2010, and now Kerry from 2009-2012. All three shined at C.W. Post and when Kerry finishes the 2012 season, it will be the first time there will be no Fishers on the team since 2003.
Kerry, Barto resident, has succeeded at C.W. Post from her freshman season to her senior year. She regularly hovers around the .300 batting average mark and can drive the ball consistently for extra bases. But statistics aren't really that important to her. She sets team-oriented goal and nothing else really matters.
"I don't like to focus on personal career," said Fisher. "I'd rather look back and see that my team as a whole was successful over my career."
After a successful high school softball career at BASH in which she was a four-time PAC-10 first teamer and two-time team MVP, Fisher went to C.W. Post and made a very quick impact on the team.
As a freshman, Fisher started 49 of the team's 51 games and batted .340 with 29 RBIs and 26 runs scored. She had eight doubles, a triple and three home runs. What stands out the most is that she went 10-for-14 with runs on third and less than two outs, and 22-for-52 with runners in scoring position. As a result of that great freshman season, Fisher earned the ECC Rookie of the Year Award.
In 2010 she started every game in center field. She hit .296 with 25 RBIs and 31 runs scored. She had a team-high four triples and gave herself up with 10 sacrifice bunts.
"I just love the game of softball," said Fisher. "I love the challenge of the game. Softball is a game mostly of failures, 9 times out of 10 you fail, but that one time you succeed is the best feeling in the world - and for me, that makes the game worth playing."
And play she did. As a junior in 2011, she hit .299 with 34 RBIs and 33 runs scored. She had 12 doubles, a triple and two stolen bases. After the season she was named to the All-ECC second team, not that such awards mean all that much to her.
"It's nice to be recognized, but I don't like to focus on personal awards," she said. "I think the biggest accomplishment was being a part of a Division 2 World Series team in 2011."
C.W. Post team qualified for the D-2 World Series by winning the program's third regional championship when they defeated Merrimack in the title game, 1-0. The team lost its first two games in the World Series, but Fisher still list the experience as the bast of her college softball career.
She gives a lot of the credit for her success in softball to her coaches and her family.
"Having a good coaching staff and a great support system around me has been the key to my success," said Fisher. "I'm very lucky that I had the opportunity to play with my older sister Katie, and my oldest sister Jill works at Post. Having both of my sisters here has helped me tremendously throughout my four years. They give me advice, support, guidance, and keep me from getting too homesick. I look up to both of them so much.
"Also my dad, he taught me how to play the game and has shaped me into the player I am today. He's has my biggest fan since I started playing. Without him I wouldn't be the player or person I am today. He's taught me not just the fundamentals but how to handle the ups and downs of the game. I would not be as successful as I am today without his constant guidance and support."
Kerry is an arts management major at C.W. Post and is thinking about goint on to design school after graduation. "Ideally, I'd like to work in a gallery or small arts institution," she said.