Mike Fisher

Michael "Mike" J. Fisher (born May 28, 1975 in Naperville, Illinois) is an American radiologist and former college soccer midfielder. Fisher is best known for forgoing a professional soccer career, and went to pusure a medical career. A four-year letterwinner for the Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer program, Fisher earned numerous accolades, including 56 goals. Fisher also won the Hermann Trophy, an annual award for the top college soccer player in the United States, twice, being one of only four players to ever earn an achievement. Early life and education Fisher grew up in Batavia, Illinois where he attended Batavia High School from 1989 to 1993. Fisher excelled both on the soccer field and in the classroom. In 1993, he graduated as class valedictorian and as the Gatorade National High School Player of the Year. At the time he graduated, Fisher ranked 5th on the Illinois State High School career scoring list with 140 career goals. Aside from playing soccer, Fisher also developed an interest in medicine while in high school. Collegiate soccer career Heavily recruited by many top colleges, Fisher chose to attend the University of Virginia (UVA) where he played on the school's men's college soccer team under coach Bruce Arena from 1993 to 1996. At the time the UVA Cavaliers had the premier NCAA soccer program. It shared the national championship in 1989 with Santa Clara and beginning in 1991 would run off a string of 4 straight national titles. Over his four years with the program, Fisher became a star on the team. He finished his career as the school's career points leader with 167 on 56 goals and 55 assists. This made him only the third collegiate player to amass both 50 career goals and 50 career assists. His senior year, he led the NCAA in assists, with 20.