Tim Fisher鈥檚 big impact with the Virginia Wesleyan University Marlins
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — To be a dominant basketball player, you first need to have the physical attributes to go up against opponents that are potentially faster, stronger and taller. But the physical aspect is just the baseline. It鈥檚 the foundation for players to be allowed into the basketball realm, let alone have a seat at the round table. Of course, developing a particular skill set, whether it鈥檚 shooting, passing or rebounding, are part of the fundamentals that should already be ingrained. But the main differentiator among players comes from the mental aspect. It鈥檚 not simply basketball IQ; it鈥檚 about mental toughness. The capacity to sustain the disappointment of trailing by a big margin, to deal with the tragedy of defeat and to rise above the dreary and compete. Tim Fisher of the Virginia Wesleyan University Marlins is a true competitor.
The 6-foot-6 forward is a Virginia native who has shown year after year that he鈥檚 a fighter no matter the situation. He backs up his physicality by being the Marlins鈥� leading scorer this season with 18.6 points per game. Fisher is doing so by dominating the paint where he has a field goal percentage of 57.0. But shooting isn鈥檛 his only way to contribute on the court.
Fisher is also the best rebounder on the team, averaging 9.3 per game. In the nine games he鈥檚 played, he has a total of 84 rebounds of which 22 of them were offensive. That means he gave his team second chance opportunities 22 times. It takes someone with a powerful presence in the paint along with mental toughness to be able to collect those offensive rebounds. But Fisher has been performing on such a level throughout his collegiate career.
Last season, he received honors from the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) where he was named second team All-State and named to the ODAC (Old Dominion Athletic Conference) All-Tournament team and earned ODAC first team All-Conference honors. It was also a season he achieved a career-high 29 points in a 78-64 win over Salisbury.
Despite the fact that the Marlins are off to a slow start this season, it鈥檚 clear that Fisher is the best player on the team, given his contributions when it concerns rebounding and points. He鈥檚 also a good shot swatter and ball nabber where he has six blocks and six steals in those nine games he鈥檚 played. His overall game hasn鈥檛 gone noticed by the conference or by the Virginia Sports Information Directors and rightfully so. Fisher should be seen as the ideal big man teams strive to acquire and place all their faith in during important games.
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