How Addisen Fisher – the No. 1 Ranked Player in the 2024 Extra Elite 100 – Achieved Her “Wildest Dreams”

This is Brentt Eads of Extra Inning Softball.

Senior pitcher Addisen Fisher from Bend, Ore., and a UCLA commit, is a player I’ve followed for several years and, even early on, it was apparent she would be a premier talent.

For the last two years, Addie’s been ranked as the No. 1 player in the 2024 Extra Elite 100 and as we surveyed coaches coast to coast, was apparent that Addisen is regarded by almost all as a franchise-type player that you can build a championship team around.

In that regard, she reminds me of past No. 1’s in the Extra Elite 100 like Jayda Coleman, the three-time All-American and two-time national champion at the University of Oklahoma after being atop the 2020 Extra Elite 100 as well as a past Bruin pitcher, Megan Fariamo, who was the No. 1 player in the 2018 Extra Elite 100 and would go on to be an All-American and two-time Pac-12 Player of the Year at UCLA.

As for Addisen, she has that “IT” factor you hear about when it comes to the best in their field—be they athletes, entertainers, teachers, graphic designers… whatever they do.

Interviewing this future Bruin is a treat as you’ll see in the conversation I had with her earlier this week.

While talking to Addisen, the thought came to me that I know what she’ll be doing in 5-10 years after graduating from UCLA: she wants to major in Sports Media, so I can see her being a broadcaster on ESPN or Fox Sports someday,’

The student-athlete with a 4.1 PGA is radiant, intelligent, articulate, passionate and entertaining to listen to; I told her that if she wants to get into sports media online, she has a job waiting for her at Extra Inning Softball post college!

But I could also see her—half kidding here, yes, but half totally serious—being the National Director of the Taylor Swift Global Enterprise LLC someday… that’s right, Addisen is a true blue “Swiftie” in the most unabashedly proud and passionate way.

If you didn’t catch the reference in the headline to this article, “Wildest Dreams” is one of Swift’s big hits (as is “Shake It Off” but I couldn’t think of a way to tie that into the headline!).

“I saw her in Los Angeles” the Class of 2024 student-athlete explains, “and she puts on a terrific show but it’s more than her music… Taylor Swift is a smart businesswoman who is beautiful, strong, confident and shamelessly herself.”

That sounds a lot like a top young Oregon-raised softball player we know who is soon to hit the college fields in Southern California.

And don’t be surprised if—in five to 10 years—Addisen Fisher is revered by young softball fans much as Taylor Swift is admired for her musical skills and off-the-stage persona.

What will Fisher’s fans be called? “Addies” maybe?

Fortunately, we have some time to work on the nickname for this top-ranked pitcher who not only loves what she does but is great at it and lives up to her personal creed that pressure is a privilege.

Listen to Addisen here and see why I’m bullish on her being among the next generation of leaders in our sport…  

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