Columbia University Athletics

2014: Named second team All-Ivy League … Played in and started 45 games, all at catcher … Threw out 18 of 38 attempted base stealers … Drove in 18 runs, with two home runs, 33 hits and a .231 batting average … Went 2-for-4  in series finale at South Florida (3/2) … Scored twice in 9-3 win at Kennesaw State (3/8) … Drove in a pair of runs in series opener at UTSA (3/14) … Singled to plate two base runners in the first inning at No. 26 Texas A&M (3/18) … Was 2-for-2 with a walk and sacrifice RBI at Texas (3/21) … Provided two RBI in 4-0 shutout of Army (3/27) … Went 2-for-3 with a walk and an RBI that proved to be the game-winner in a 5-4 toppling of Dartmouth (4/5) … Recorded two RBI, two runs scored, a double and a walk in 12-6 victory at Harvard (4/6) … Had an eight-game hit streak from April 9-19 … Racked up season-high three hits, to go with two runs scored and an RBI, against Princeton (4/12) … Was 1-for-1 with two walks and a run scored in the NCAA Regional versus Bethune-Cookman (5/31).

2013: Selected to the All-Ivy League second team … Threw out 20 of 42 base stealers (47.6 percent) … Committed just two errors in 43 games as the Lions’ starting catcher … Hit a solo home run at Lamar (3/2/13) … Drove in a run on a triple at Arizona (3/8/13) … Went 2-for-3 with a triple and run scored in 8-4 win at Arizona (3/9/13) … Was 1-for-3 with a run scored at Miami (3/19/13) … Had a 2-for-4 day with a double, run scored and RBI at Army (3/23/13) … Tallied a sacrifice fly RBI in 5-0 win over Harvard (3/30/13) … Slammed two doubles and drove in a run in 5-2 win over Yale (4/6/13) … Drew three walks and scored three times in 13-4 victory at Brown (4/7/13) … Drove in a run in each game of a doubleheader against Cornell (4/13/13) … Went 2-for-3 in series opener at Princeton (4/20/13) … Recorded two RBI in 7-1 defeat of Princeton (4/20/13) … Drove in two runs with a double, and also scored once, in 6-5 win over Dartmouth in the Ivy League Championship Series (5/4/13) … Tallied one RBI against New Mexico in the NCAA tournament (6/1/13) … Went 2-for-4 with an RBI against Arizona State in the NCAA tournament (6/2/13). 

2012: Started 25 of 28 games as Columbia's catcher ... threw out 41.2 percent of base runners ... made just one error ... singled to drive in a run in first game at San Diego ... reached base twice and collected an RBI in series finale vs. the Toreros ... singled, drove in a run and stole a base in game one win at Holy Cross ... went 3-for-5 with a run scored in doubleheader sweep of Yale ... belted a double and a triple and scored three runs in doubleheader vs. Brown ... cranked a two-run homer in game two at Dartmouth ... had three hits, including an RBI triple, in 9-6 win at St. John's ... doubled home a run in final win of the series against Princeton.

2011: Started 32 of 35 games behind the plate ... threw out 18 of 37 potential base stealers (48.6 percent) ... ripped first collegiate home run at Central Florida, a two-run shot ... reached base six times in 12 trips during season-opening tournament at Stetson ... went 2-for-2 with a home run and two RBI in second game at Fordham ... singled and drove in a run during Senior Day victory over Penn ... had two hits in five trips during series with Cornell ... went 2-for-4 in 5-2 win at South Alabama.

At Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake: Three-year letterwinner ... also played basketball and volleyball ... two-time baseball team captain ... batted .373 as a senior with a .481 on-base percentage ... two-time all-league honoree ... team MVP as a junior.

Personal: Neuroscience and behavior major ... brother, Dave, plays baseball at UConn ... son of Mary and Eric Fischer ... Michael James Fischer, b. August 22, 1992 in Binghamton, N.Y.