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Deadline approaches for alumni awards nomination
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Alumna rises to top in global speech competition
Entertainment alumni part of campus promotion
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Athletes take top honors
Pause for applause
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Reggie Reads: Februrary 2017
Redbird referee inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame
Alumni to return for milestone anniversary
Redbird legacy: 3 generations made ISU their collegiate home
Redbird Soccer historic season comes to an end
Ask a Redbird Scholar: Is there weather in space?
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A love of clowning leads to endowment for Milner Library
Joseph part of study on blast-related hearing loss for military
ISU to host four MVC Championships in 2016-2017
ISU’s ‘shoulder guy’ finds second home in major leagues
Ask a Redbird Scholar: What other species show up in human genome?
Melinda Fischer, head softball coach and the winningest coach in ISU history, has been inducted into the College of Applied Science and Technology Hall of Fame. Fischer ’72, M.S. ’75, was a student-athlete who helped the Redbirds to the 1969 Women’s College World Series.
Fischer, who is also in ISU’s Athletics Percy Family Hall of Fame, began coaching at ISU in 1974 as a graduate assistant. She has led the softball program since 1986, earning nine NCAA Regional appearances and 10 regular season Missouri Valley Conference titles. She has two Gateway Conference regular season championships to her credit and four MVC Tournament titles.
Only 18 head coaches in NCAA Division I softball have won 1,000 games in their coaching career. Fischer can claim such an honor with 1,020. Beyond leading total wins as an ISU coach, she is the MVC All-Centennial Head Softball Coach. She has a combined nine MVC and Gateway regular season championships and is included in the NFCA Hall of Fame.
Fischer continues to utilize her softball knowledge, not only as a coach and administrator, but also as a teacher. She shares her skill through camps and clinics, while continuing to mold Illinois State into a national contender.
