In 1985, Fischer's team competed in the first round of the NCAA Division I tournament and she received the Coach of the Year for the Gateway Conference.
Between 1995 and 2012, Fischer received five Coach of the Year awards and won the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament four times.
[2] While attending Illinois State University, Fischer was on the softball team that finished second at the 1969 Women's College World Series.
[3] In the mid-1970s, Fischer worked for the women's basketball and softball teams at Illinois State in graduate assistant positions.
[10] In August 1979, Fischer started assistant coaching positions for the basketball and softball teams at Illinois State.
[11] As co-head coach of the basketball team with Jill Hutchison from 1980 to 1985, Fischer had 113 wins and 47 losses with Illinois State.
[12] During this time period, her team competed at the 1981 AIAW National Division I Basketball Championship and reached the second round.
[17] As an NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament competitor, Illinois State reached the first round that year with Fischer.
[23] That year, Illinois State and Fischer reached the final of the Midwest Regional during the 1988 NCAA Division I softball tournament.
[29][30] Apart from the Missouri Valley Conference, Illinois State competed in the 2017 National Invitational Softball Championship with Fischer.
[33][34] Fischer ended her softball career in 2022 after accumulating 1118 wins, 842 losses and 4 ties with Illinois State.
[43] Fischer joined the Illinois State Athletics Percy Family Hall of Fame in 1987 as a member of their softball team from 1969.