Eastern Kentucky slugger Ben Fisher (EKU Athletics)

GSA Spotlight: EKU’s Ben Fisher

RICHMOND, Ky. — On a recent Thursday afternoon, the most unlikely breakout star in college baseball sits in room 125 of Alumni Coliseum, home of the Eastern Kentucky University basketball team since 1963, and weighs a difficult question: Where should he attend physical therapy school?

Ben Fisher is the 2016 recipient of the Ohio Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete Award, the highest honor an athlete in the conference can receive. He had a 4.0 grade point average as a biology major until last semester, when he[…]