Al Fisher was a guard for the Kent State Golden Flashes

Kent State Golden Flashes

Kent State University's intercollegiate athletic teams are known as the Golden Flashes or simply as the Flashes. The university fields sixteen varsity athletic teams, all of whom play in the Mid-American Conference and in the NCAA's Division I...

. He led the team to the 2008 NCAA tournament while averaging 14 points per game. The Mid-American Conference Player of the Year

Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

The Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the most outstanding men's basketball player in the Mid-American Conference. The award was first given following the 1967–68 season. Four players have won the award multiple times: Tom Kozelko, Ron...

 that season, Fisher made several big shots during the Flashes' run to the tournament.

Fisher played for Pennsauken High School

Pennsauken High School

Pennsauken High School is a four-year comprehensive regional public high school that serves students Pennsauken Township, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Pennsauken Public Schools....

 during his prep years. He spent his first two years at Siena College

Siena College

Siena College is an independent Roman Catholic liberal arts college in Loudonville, in the town of Colonie, New York, United States. Siena is a four-year, coeducational, independent college in the Franciscan tradition, founded by the Franciscan Friars in 1937. It has 3,000 full-time students and...

 in New York and Redlands Community College

Redlands Community College

Redlands Community College is a community college located in El Reno, Oklahoma. Student enrollment is approximately 2,200 per semester.-History:...

in Oklahoma before transferring to Kent State.