Alicia Whisner Fisher '07
Women's track and field, volleyball
Graduating with honors while competing year-round, Fisher captured the 2007 NCAA Division III women’s javelin crown in her final Central performance.
Fisher was a four-time all-America honoree, with previous seventh-, fifth- and fourth-place national-meet javelin showings. She was also 13th in the 2007 NCAA shot put. In the conference outdoor meet she placed four times in the javelin, twice in the discus and once in the shot put while also placing in the 2007 indoor weight throw and shot put.
Central’s 2007 Most Valuable Field Events Performer, Fisher was a team co-captain.
A part of four conference volleyball crowns, Fisher was a member of three NCAA tournament teams. She was a two-year team co-captain, receiving the team’s Academic Award in 2005 and Leadership Award in 2006.
An NCAA postgraduate scholarship recipient, Fisher was the conference’s nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year award.
In 2013 Fisher received a doctor of physical therapy degree from Des Moines University, returning to her hometown of Adel, Iowa to serve as a physical therapist for Core Physical Therapy.
2023 Athletics Hall of Honor inductees: Alicia Whisner Fisher '07, George Wares '76, Don De Waard '82.
