Fisher Named Indiana Gatorade Player of the Year
6/3/2025 2:00:00 PM | Baseball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana baseball signee, and nationally-ranked right-handed pitcher, Matthew Fisher was tabbed as the 2024-25 Indiana Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year. The organization announced the winners for all 50 states, and the D.C. metro area, on Tuesday (June 3) afternoon.
It's the second-straight year that IU has signed the premier talent in the state. Freshman outfielder Hogan Denny won the award out of Mooresville High School last year and went on to collect 40 hits, 33 runs and 24 RBIs in his debut season in 2025.
Fisher – from Evansville Memorial High School – was dominant on the mound as a senior in 2025. The 6-foor-3 righty worked a 6-0 record with a 0.76 earned run average. He had 61 strikeouts to only 11 walks in 36.2 innings of action. To help himself, he also had one home run and 16 RBIs at the plate.
The Indiana native is a top-100 consensus national recruit and one of the top-20 right-handed arms nationally in the senior class. He's one of 11 top-500 recruits in the class of 2025 currently signed to play for head coach Jeff Mercer and the Hoosiers next year. Seven of those are homegrown players.
It's the second-straight year that IU has signed the premier talent in the state. Freshman outfielder Hogan Denny won the award out of Mooresville High School last year and went on to collect 40 hits, 33 runs and 24 RBIs in his debut season in 2025.
Fisher – from Evansville Memorial High School – was dominant on the mound as a senior in 2025. The 6-foor-3 righty worked a 6-0 record with a 0.76 earned run average. He had 61 strikeouts to only 11 walks in 36.2 innings of action. To help himself, he also had one home run and 16 RBIs at the plate.
The Indiana native is a top-100 consensus national recruit and one of the top-20 right-handed arms nationally in the senior class. He's one of 11 top-500 recruits in the class of 2025 currently signed to play for head coach Jeff Mercer and the Hoosiers next year. Seven of those are homegrown players.
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