TEMPE – Sun Devil Track and Field and Cross Country Director Ryan Vanhoy has officially announced the coaching staff for the 2026-27 season on Friday afternoon.
Joining Vanhoy in Tempe will be associate head coach Michelle Chewens, along with assistant coaches George Pincock, Brandon Lawrence, Kyle Lillie and Mitch Modin – as Turner Washington returns to the staff as well. Additionally, Royce Fisher will serve as the program’s director of operations to round out Vanhoy’s staff.
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Michelle Chewens // Associate Head Coach // Women’s Cross Country/Distance
Formerly at Cal Poly, Chewens coached seven Big West individual champions between track (six) and cross country (one), 32 All-Big West honorees (19 track, 13 XC) and two Big West Cross Country Freshman of the Year, and oversaw four school-record breaking performances and 19 top-10 marks in program history. Cal Poly has also won four consecutive Big West team titles in women's cross country (2022-25) under Chewens' direction. In the fall of 2025, Chewens won her fourth straight Big West Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year award to become just the second coach in conference history to achieve that feat. She is the first female coach in Big West history to win the award four times.
In 2025-26, Chewens led the women's cross country team to the third Big West four-peat in the history of the conference and first since the UC Irvine women won four straight from 1989-1992. Cal Poly built off that performance at conference with a strong showing at the NCAA West Regional, securing eighth as a team for the third straight season and the fourth time in the last eight years — tied for their third highest finish in program history at the meet. Junior Kelli Gaffney stole the show, placing 16th overall to earn All-Region honors and earning an individual berth to the NCAA Championships, becoming the first Cal Poly women to qualify for the national meet in seven years. Gaffney was also Cal Poly’s highest finisher on the women’s side at the regional meet since Peyton Bilo placed ninth in 2016.
On the track, Chewens helped Tatiana Cornejo secure Second Team All-American honors in the women's indoor mile with a 16th-place finish at the NCAA Championships. Cornejo became the first Mustang in program history, male or female, to secure All-American honors in the indoor mile and the fourth Mustang on the women’s side to earn All-American honors indoors in an event on the track and the first in 23 years. Outdoors, Chewens guided Kelli Gaffney to a Big West title in the women's 10,000-meter and her second straight trip to the NCAA West Preliminaries in the event.
In 2024-25, Chewens led Cal Poly to its third straight conference championship in women's cross country, leaving the rest of the field in the dust with an impressive 33 team points — the best mark by the Big West champion since 2021 and tied for the second-best score ever by Cal Poly at the meet. Schuyler Gooley became Cal Poly's first Big West individual champion in women's cross country in five years, and Tatiana Cornejo placed 25th at the NCAA West Regional to earn USTFCCCA All-West Region honors for the second straight year and become Cal Poly’s first multiple-time All-Region honoree since Peyton Bilo in 2015-16. On the track, Chewens helped Cornejo capture her second straight Big West title in the women's 1,500, saw Gooley (5,000) and Isabel Sanchez (steeplechase) claim conference titles as well and oversaw a women's distance crew that scored 96 out of Cal Poly's 149 total points at the meet. Gaffney and Cornejo also qualified for the NCAA West Prelims.
During her second year on the staff in 2023-24, Chewens saw the women's cross country team capture its second straight Big West title and mentored Big West Women's Freshman of the Year Sydney Sundgren. In track, Chewens coached Cornejo to Big West titles in the women's 800 and 1,500, helping her become the first athlete in Mustang history to sweep the events at the conference meet. Cornejo was crowned Big West Women's Track Athlete of the Meet for her performance and became the first Cal Poly athlete ever to win the Big West Women's Track Athlete of the Year award.
At the 2022 Big West XC Championships, Chewens led an overlooked Cal Poly women's team to its first Big West title since 2018 and eighth in program history in her first season at the helm. The Mustangs (63 points) edged out UC Irvine (64) in the closest finish in the history of the Big West Championships.
Julia Heckey captured third at the conference meet to secure All-Big West honors and four other Cal Poly runners placed inside the top 20 individually. Chewens garnered Big West Women's Co-Coach of the Year praise, while Tatiana Cornejo, who earned 14th at the conference meet, became Cal Poly's first Big West Women's Freshman of the Year award recipient since 2017.
During the 2023 track season, Chewens mentored NCAA West Preliminaries qualifier Rachel Victor, who ran the second-fastest women's 3,000-meter steeplechase time in school history (10:16.43).
Prior to arriving in San Luis Obispo, Chewens spent three seasons (2019-22) as a volunteer assistant coach for the Ole Miss track and field and cross country programs, working primarily with the women's distance runners. Chewens' coaching experience spans more than a decade, and includes stints at UNC Greensboro, Toledo, Columbia and Wake Forest prior to helping turn the Ole Miss women's distance program into one of the best in the nation.
During her time at Ole Miss, Chewens helped the women's cross country team reset its best finish at the NCAA Championships each year from 2019-21, capping it off with a program record 10th-place finish in 2021. She guided the Rebels to the NCAA South Region team title in 2021 along with their highest national ranking in program history (No. 9). Five of her athletes also earned NCAA All-South Region honors in 2021, a school record.
Ole Miss women's cross country finished inside the top three in the SEC each year during Chewens' tenure, and she coached nine NCAA All-South Region honorees and five All-SEC runners.
On the track, Chewens' resume with the Rebels was just as impressive. She coached 22 NCAA East Region qualifiers, 10 NCAA qualifiers, nine first or second team All-Americans and six SEC champions. From the 800 meters all the way to the 10,000, eight of the 10 possible school records across the indoor and outdoor track seasons were dismantled under Chewens' watch from 2020-22, and during the 2022 indoor season, the Rebel women tied for sixth as a team at the NCAA Championships, a program best.
With the Rebels, Chewens also mentored one of the greatest distance runners Ole Miss has ever seen in Sintayehu Vissa. In June 2022, Vissa, who owns four school records, won the 1,500-meter run at the NCAA Championships to earn the Rebels' first ever NCAA individual title on the track on the women's side. In 2021, Vissa, who was selected to represent Italy in the 2022 World Athletics Championships, became the first All-American in Ole Miss women's cross country history, and she finished runner-up in the mile at NCAAs during the 2022 outdoor season.
Prior to arriving in Oxford in fall 2019, Chewens spent three seasons at Wake Forest (2016-19) as the head women's cross country coach and an assistant track coach. Chewens made an immediate impact on the program, helping the Demon Deacons' women's cross country team finish sixth at the 2016 ACC Championships, a significant improvement from its 12th-place result a year prior. The team went on to finish fifth at the 2016 Southeast Regional, 23 points shy of an NCAA automatic bid.
In 2017 on the track at Wake Forest, Chewens coached two All-ACC performers indoors, and two East Regional qualifiers and one All-American outdoors. From 2018-19, she mentored four East Regional qualifiers, two NCAA qualifiers and a pair of All-American honorees. In 2018, Chewens led the women's cross country program to its best finish at the ACC Championships since 2003.
Chewens spent time as an assistant track & field and cross country coach at Columbia (2014-16) and Toledo (2013-14) prior to Wake Forest, overseeing 11 East Preliminary qualifiers outdoors across the two schools.
From 2012-13, Chewens got her first taste of coaching at the collegiate level at her alma mater, UNC Greensboro. She oversaw three All-Americans on the track and one in cross country while serving as an assistant coach for both programs.
Chewens graduated from UNCG in August 2011 with a bachelor's degree in kinesiology and a concentration in sports medicine. Chewens, originally from Cornwall-On-Hudson, N.Y., was a four-time letterwinner in track and cross country for the Spartans, earning Academic All-SoCon honors each year. She was also a part of UNGC's first SoCon Championship in women's cross country in 2011. Chewens is married to ASU’s Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Ryan Vanhoy and has one son, Hudson.
Coaching Resume
- Cal Poly Women’s Cross Country Head Coach / Assistant Track Coach, 2022-2026
- Ole Miss Volunteer Assistant Track & Cross Country Coach, 2019-22
- Wake Forest Women’s Cross Country Head Coach / Assistant Track Coach, 2016-19
- Columbia Assistant Track & Cross Country Coach, 2014-16
- Toledo Assistant Track & Cross Country Coach, 2013-14
- UNC Greensboro Assistant Track & Cross Country Coach, 2011-13
- Mentored 2022 women’s 1,500 NCAA Champion Sintayehu Vissa at Ole Miss
George Pincock // Assistant Coach // Sprints/Hurdles/Relays
George Pincock served as the head track & field/cross country coach at East Texas A&M from 2016-2026.
During his tenure at East Texas A&M, Pincock coached over 100 NCAA All-Americans, which includes 13 individual and 3 relay team national titles. In total, the Lions won 25 national championships in Pincock's time.
As the Lions transitioned into NCAA Division I and the Southland Conference, Pincock mentored three Lions that went on to compete at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, while numerous student-athletes competed at World and Continental championships representing their home countries. The Lions finished in the top five on the men's side at the Southland Conference championships in each season since joining the Southland, while the women have also finished in the top six in all but one season. Working directly with the sprinters, two Lions were named Southland Conference Athletes of the Year, Ibrahim Fuseini (2025) and J.T. Smith (2023).
Pincock was tasked with leading the Lions into unchartered territory as they joined the Division I ranks and the Southland Conference. In the first season in the Southland, the Lions impressed with third place finishes on the men's side at both conference championships and the Lion women taking seventh at the indoor championships and sixth on their home track at the outdoor championships. J.T. Smith won the 60 meter dash, 100 meter dash outdoors, and 200 meter dash outdoors conference titles, while also winning the USA Track & Field 60 meter dash indoor national championship. The women's 4x400 meter relay team won the women's team's first conference title in the Division I era and the men's 4x100 meter relay team set a new conference meet record on their way to winning the SLC crown.
Throughout Pincock's tenure at East Texas A&M, the Lions had come close to a top-four finish at the national championships, but had come up short, that changed in 2021. After a great performance for the Lion men at the indoor national championships, where Ushan Perera repeated as the high jump champion, the men finished seventh. The Lion women, behind a late comeback to finish as the runner up in the 4x400 meter relay at the indoor national championships, finished 17th. At the outdoor conference championships, the Lion men received the elusive trophy, finishing fourth nationally, powered by Ushan Perera (high jump), Moaz Ibrahim (discus), and J.T. Smith (100m) winning national titles. It was the second best finish at a national championship meet in school history for the Lion men in the NCAA era.
Entering the 2021-22 season, there was just one National Champion in the Lion women's program history. That changed in a span of a few hours in 2022 as Candesha Scott brought home the javelin title and Minna Svaerd capped off her career with a national championship in the 400 meter hurdles leading to an eighth-place finish for the Lion women at the 2022 outdoor national championships, which is the highest finish in school history. The five combined National Championships in 2022 are also the most in school history. For his and the program's accomplishments, Pincock was named the 2022 USTFCCCA South Central Region Coach of the Year.
After much of the 2020 season was cut short due to the pandemic, the Lions returned to the track in the 2021. Ushan Perera won the national championship in the high jump at both the indoor and the outdoor NCAA championships and also won the conference titles in both conference meets. Additionally, the Lion men's 4x100 meter relay had an incredible race to win the outdoor National Championship. The Lion men placed as the runner up at the indoor conference championships and third at the outdoor championships, while finishing eighth at the indoor national championships and seventh at the outdoor championships. The Lion women were third at both the indoor and outdoor conference championships.
The 2020 season was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Lions did compete in the indoor conference championships prior to the rest of the season being canceled. The Lion men placed third and the women placed sixth with six Lions winning conference titles.
In the 2019 season, Pincock led the Lion men to a third place finish at the Lone Star Conference Indoor Championships and a runner-up finish at the outdoor championships. The Lion women placed third at both the indoor and outdoor conference championships. The Lions had top 10 finishes at the National Championships on the men's side with the 4x400 meter relay squad repeating as indoor national champions. At the outdoor championships, Joseph Brown won the outdoor National Championship in the Discus.
The 2018 season, Pincock's second season at the helm of the Lion Track & Field program, was very successful. The men's track team earned its fourth consecutive Indoor LSC Championship and Pincock was named LSC Men's Coach of the Year for the second year in a row. The women's track team also had a successful indoor season, finishing third in the conference with a school record in points. Under Pincock's coaching, DeVontae Steele won his second individual National Championship in the triple jump. The men's 4x400-meter relay team also took home the National Championship, helping the team finish fifth overall at the NCAA Indoor National Championships. The Lion men were ranked as high as fourth in the nation. Nine Lion men were named All-Americans and five women were also named First Team All-Americans. Pincock helped coach Florian Obst and Rashard Clark, who were named LSC Athletes of the Year. Under Pincock, the Lion track and field teams earned 27 All-Region selections and 24 All-Conference awards.
The 2018 outdoor season was just as successful for the Lions as both the men's and women's teams were ranked in the top-10 in the nation. The men's team finished runner-up at the LSC Championships while the women's team finished in third place. At the NCAA National Championships, Florian Obst repeated as decathlon National Champion, helping the men's team finish sixth overall at the meet. Under Pincock, Obst was named LSC Male Field Athlete of the Year. Kamryn McKee also received high recognition, becoming the first female track athlete in program history to be named LSC Female Track Athlete of the Year. The Lion track and field teams earned 16 All-American selections, 33 All-Region selections and 25 All-Conference awards.
Pincock had a successful first indoor season as head coach. He was named Lone Star Conference Men's Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year following the Lions' dominating first place performance in the LSC Championship, their third consecutive LSC title. The women's team finished in third place, their best finish in program history. Under his coaching, Luis Romero was named men's Track Athlete of the Year for the third time in his career. 16 of his athletes were named First Team All-LSC and 15 athletes qualified for the national tournament. 13 of his athletes were named All-Americans, including six First Team All-American selections.
The track and field program continued to flourish under Pincock during the outdoor season in 2017. Pincock was again named the LSC Men's Outdoor Coach of the Year following a first place finish in the LSC Championship. The women's team finished in third place. He was also named the Division II South Central Region Men's Track and Field Coach of the Year, by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Under Pincock's coaching, Florian Obst was named the Outstanding Male Field Athlete of the Year. 31 Lions were named to the All-Conference Team, including 14 First Team All-LSC Athletes. 21 would receive All-Region honors and 18 would qualify for the NCAA Tournament.
Pincock served as an assistant coach at East Texas A&M since December 2015, helping the Lions claim the 2016 Lone Star Conference Indoor Track & Field Championship on the men’s side with the largest margin of victory in conference history. The women’s team set a new team point record at the 2016 indoor championships. Seven student-athletes advanced to the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships, with Ricky Romero (800 meters) and Devontae Steele (long jump) earning the Lions’ first indoor track & field national championships. The men’s team finished eighth nationally at the indoor meet. 13 student-athletes earned all-region honors in the indoor season.
In the 2016 outdoor track & field season, the Lion men finished 19th nationally and six Lion events earned All-American status. The Lion men finished third in the LSC championship, with the women’s team taking fourth. Three Lions claimed individual conference championships. The Lions also excelled in the classroom with three LSC All-Academic honorees and nine USTFCCCA All-Academic honorees.
Brandon Lawrence // Assistant Coach // Distance / Recruiting
Brandon Lawrence previously worked with the Cal Poly track & field and cross country teams in September 2024 - April 2026, working closely with the distance team while leading the recruiting efforts for the event group.
Lawrence joined the Mustangs after spending two years (2022-24) as an assistant distance coach for the Wake Forest track & field and cross country teams while assisting with director of operation duties for the program. During his tenure with the Demon Deacons, Lawrence helped oversee six All-Americans in track & field and cross country, and in his first fall with the program in 2022 the Wake Forest men’s cross country team won its first Atlantic Coast Conference title in 28 years and finished fifth at the NCAA Championships.
Prior to his time at Wake Forest, Lawrence spent a year at Division II Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas as a graduate assistant for the track & field and cross country programs. He mentored two track All-Americans and oversaw six school record-breaking performances.
Lawrence graduated from Hercules High School in 2013 and served as the head cross country coach and an assistant track coach at his alma mater from 2014-17. He then held the same roles at Monte Vista High School (Danville, CA) from 2018-21.
A native of Hercules, CA, Lawrence earned his master's degree in health and human performance from Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas, in 2023 and his bachelor's in communication and media studies from Holy Names in 2020.
Kyle Lillie // Assistant Coach // Throws
Kyle Lillie, the 2025 and 2026 USTFCCCA Mountain Region Assistant Coach of the Year, heads to Tempe after four seasons as the Air Force track and field program throws coach. A former collegiate thrower here at Arizona State University, Lillie revitalized the Falcons’ throwing program during his time at the Academy.
His impact was immediately felt in 2023, as his athletes swept the throwing titles at the Mountain West Indoor Championships, added another at the outdoor meet and combined for nine podium finishes to help the men sweep the conference team titles. His athletes represented the Academy in all four throwing events at the NCAA Outdoor Championships while rewriting the program record book. Backed by Academy Records in the weight throw, hammer throw and discus throw, the men made 14 improvements to the program’s all-time Top 10 and set seven Air Force Class Records, while Hayden Bullock recorded the best discus mark (194-9) by any service academy thrower.
The men’s throwers continued their success in 2024, highlighted by three MW Outdoor titles and 61 total points toward the Falcons’ third straight team championship. Under Lillie’s guidance, Texas Tanner produced a stellar sophomore season that included two conference titles, four MW medals, three Air Force Records, the Mountain West and Service Academy Record in the hammer throw, appearances in two events at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, USTFCCCA Mountain Region Field Athlete of the Year honors and a berth at the U.S. Olympic Trials.
Lillie also coached Tanner, Gerrit Tamminga and Cooper Stroka to three of the program’s top four marks in the hammer throw and three of the top five in the weight throw in 2024, while the throwers posted at least one top-five all-time mark in every event. He also continued to rebuild the women’s squad, as freshmen debuted on the program’s all-time standings in multiple events and Paige Birch broke a long-standing Freshman Class Record in the hammer throw.
The 2025 season was another banner campaign for the Air Force program, culminating with Lillie being named the USTFCCCA Mountain Region Assistant Coach of the Year. He guided Tanner to a fourth-place finish in the hammer throw at the NCAA Outdoor Championships – the highest finish ever by a member of the Air Force men’s throwing program – and an All-America finish in the shot put at the NCAA Indoor Championships. His group had at least one NCAA qualifier in every throwing event, while Tanner competed in the finals of two outdoor events and both indoor throws.
Lillie-coached athletes accounted for three of the four throwing titles at the MW Outdoor Championships, while the Falcons went 1-3 in the hammer throw, set two MW Championship meet records and recorded the best hammer mark in conference history. Lillie also guided Tanner to a fifth-place finish in the discus at the USATF Championships, where the then-junior was the only collegian to advance to the final.
Tanner set Air Force Records in the discus, hammer, weight throw and indoor shot put during the 2025 season, while Stroka recorded the program’s No. 2 marks in the weight and hammer and Joe Nizich capped his career with the second-best javelin mark in program history. Tanner was named the Mountain West Outdoor Athlete of the Year, repeated as the Outstanding Performer of the MW Outdoor Championships and earned his second straight USTFCCCA Mountain Region Field Athlete of the Year honor. On the women’s side, Birch moved up to No. 2 in program history in the hammer and debuted on the Air Force Top 10 in the weight throw.
Lillie followed that performance with an even stronger 2026 campaign, earning USTFCCCA Mountain Region Assistant Coach of the Year honors for the second consecutive season. Tanner, a two-time USTFCCCA Mountain Region Field Athlete of the Year, set an American collegiate record and moved to No. 2 in collegiate history in both the hammer throw (78.87m) and discus (69.56m). He earned First-Team All-America honors in the indoor shot put (fifth), discus (fourth) and hammer throw (second), while adding Second-Team All-America honors in the weight throw (14th). Tanner also became the first Air Force athlete to appear on The Bowerman Watch List, earning a spot on the list twice during the season.
Lillie’s throwers also continued their dominance at the conference level in 2026, capturing Mountain West titles in the discus, hammer, indoor shot put and weight throw while adding a runner-up finish in the discus. His athletes established MW Championship records in the hammer and discus and conference records in both events.
Lillie came to the Academy from Sacramento State, where he spent four years overseeing the throwing program. During his time with the Hornets, he coached Big Sky champions in four different throwing events and saw his athletes account for three school records and multiple qualifying bids to the NCAA West Preliminary. He helped the women to the indoor and outdoor conference titles during his first season and, in his final season at Sacramento State, Lillie’s throwers accounted for 50% of the Hornets’ team points at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships. In 2022, he also coached Evan Stork to his second Big Sky title in the hammer throw and the school’s first appearance in the NCAA hammer final since 2005.
Prior to his time in Sacramento, Lillie coached six NJCAA All-Americans and 10 NJCAA national qualifiers at Mesa Community College. He began his coaching career in 2015 at Husson University in Bangor, Maine, and made an immediate impact with the Eagles’ program, guiding one of his throwers to a third-place finish at the Division III New England Championships, a ninth-place finish at the NEICAAA Championships and a berth at the ECAC Championships.
Lillie graduated from ASU in 2015 with a degree in criminal justice and criminology. As a thrower on the Sun Devils’ track and field team, he qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw and scored for ASU at the Pac-12 Championships. He ended his Sun Devil career ranked among the program’s top five in the hammer throw while holding top-10 all-time marks in the weight throw and indoor shot put.
He also spent time as a student-athlete at Glendale Community College, where he was a two-time NJCAA All-American in the shot put after winning the outdoor title and placing second indoors in 2012. He also qualified for the NJCAA National Championships in the hammer and discus.
Mitch Modin // Assistant Coach // Multis & Jumps
Prior to joining the Sun Devils, Modin spent four seasons at UC Santa Barbara, where he oversaw the Gauchos' multi-event and high jump groups and helped develop multiple Big West champions, NCAA qualifiers and All-Americans.
Modin's tenure was highlighted by the development of Brad Thomas, who established himself as one of the nation's top decathletes. In 2025, Thomas captured the Big West decathlon championship with a school and conference-record 8,108 points before finishing as the national runner-up at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with 7,888 points to earn First-Team All-America honors. Thomas was later named the Big West Men's Field Athlete of the Year, becoming the first Gaucho in program history to earn the honor.
Thomas improved by more than 1,400 points during his collegiate career, progressing from 6,662 points and a fourth-place finish at the 2022 Big West Championships prior to Modin's arrival to his record-setting performance in 2025.
The Gauchos also found consistent success across the multi-events during Modin's tenure. Jessica Swalve finished runner-up in the heptathlon at the 2023 Big West Championships, while Jeramiah Havens placed fourth in the decathlon in 2024. Hudson Shaver continued that success in 2026, earning bronze in the Big West decathlon with 7,413 points.
Modin also helped guide success in the high jump, highlighted by Leon Gillis capturing the 2023 Big West championship with a clearance of 2.14m (7-0.25) before advancing to the NCAA West First Round. In 2026, Ally Tito placed fourth at the Big West Championships and earned a trip to the NCAA West First Round after recording a personal-best clearance of 1.75m (5-8.75).
A seven-time NCAA All-American during his collegiate career at Oregon, Modin capped his time with the Ducks by capturing the Pac-12 decathlon championship. He also scored at the Pac-12 Outdoor Championships in each season from 2014-17.
Following his collegiate career, Modin competed internationally for the United States in the decathlon. He placed second at the Pan-American Combined Events Cup and finished seventh at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials.
Before joining UC Santa Barbara, Modin coached at Brophy College Prep in Phoenix, where he worked with groups of 30 student-athletes while preparing them for competition. He also served as the school's strength and conditioning coach, developing training programs for its athletic teams.
Modin graduated from Oregon in March 2017 with a bachelor's degree in general social science with an emphasis in applied economics and business.
Royce Fisher // Director of Operations
Royce Fisher joins the Sun Devil Track and Field staff as director of operations after spending one season as a graduate assistant coach at the University of Arizona in 2025-26.
Prior to beginning his coaching career, Fisher competed collegiately at Missouri. During his time with the Tigers, Fisher specialized in the distance events and 3,000-meter steeplechase, placing eighth in the event at the 2022 SEC Outdoor Championships with a time of 9:04.22 before improving to sixth at the 2024 conference meet in 9:03.97.
Fisher also competed in cross country during his time at Missouri. Before Missouri, Fisher competed at Arkansas State during the 2020-21 season, where he was a member of the Red Wolves' Sun Belt Conference Indoor and Outdoor championship teams. He also earned Dean's List recognition in both semesters at Arkansas State.
Fisher graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in sport management. He earned SEC Academic Honor Roll recognition during his time at Missouri, including honors in Fall 2022 and Spring 2024, while also earning multiple Dean's List selections.
A native of Kansas City, Missouri, Fisher attended Grain Valley High School, where he served as a four-year team captain for the cross country and track and field programs.
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