APSU’s Mickey Fisher Memorial Golf Tournament is July 12th-13th at Fort Campbell’s Cole Park
June 3, 2013
Clarksville, TN – Since having a successful inaugural event in 2010, the Mickey Fisher Memorial Golf Tournament has returned every summer to raise money for scholarships – and will do so again next month.
The Mickey Fisher Memorial Golf Tournament will be held Friday, July 12th and Saturday, July 13th at Cole Park at Fort Campbell, KY. The entry fee of $400.00 includes dinner, auction and scholarship presentation at 6:00pm, Friday, July 12th at the Bud Barn off Exit 19 on Interstate 24 and lunch at noon both days at Cole Park.
Mary Fisher (left), widow of Mickey Fisher, taught Alexis Eldridge, the recipient of the 2012-13 Mickey Fisher Memorial Scholarship. (Photo by Beth Liggett, APSU photographer)
Memories of Mickey – Remembering Mickey Fisher Part 5
July 6, 2012
Part 5 of a 5 Part Series
Clarksville, TN – It was 5:30am, Thursday, August 6th, 2009, when I answered the phone at the radio station, and Steve Phillips asked if I’d heard about Mickey.
I said, “Mickey Fisher?”
“Yes.”
“What happened?”
‘He died last night.”
I don’t remember anything he told me after that, but I knew I had to get my wits about me, and break the news that Mickey Fisher was gone. It wasn’t easy.
Memories of Mickey – Remembering Mickey Fisher Part 4
July 5, 2012
Part 4 of a 5 Part Series
Clarksville, TN – Mickey Fisher loved golf.
He got it honest.
His father, George Fisher, was obsessed with golf; he worked tirelessly on his game. On any given day, you would see George Fisher hitting golf balls in front of Barksdale Elementary School, or at the Clarksville Country Club. George Fisher, Mason Rudolph, and Dave Aaron, all good friends, spent hours on the golf course with their sons.
Mickey Fisher did the same thing.
Memories of Mickey – Remembering Mickey Fisher Part 3
July 4, 2012
Part 3 of a 5 Part Series
Clarksville, TN – Mickey Fisher was adjusting to college life, and playing basketball with “Fly” Williams. Austin Peay State University and the Clarksville community was attracting national attention. During all of this change and excitement, someone caught his eye.
Mary Hopson had graduated from Clarksville High School two years ahead of Mickey. They knew who each other was in high school, but because of their age difference, they never dated. Mary was one of three children from a regular,hard working, go to church on Sunday family. Very close to her father, with a couple of ” over-protective” brothers and a mother who could cook like nobody’s business, Mary Hopson was raised just like Mickey Fisher. Their families never had a lot of money, never had all the latest “things,” they just made the best out of what they had, and they were happy about it.
Memories of Mickey – Remembering Mickey Fisher Part 2
July 3, 2012
Part 2 of a 5 Part Series
Clarksville, TN – Mickey Fisher came out of Clarksville High School as one of the best basketball players Clarksville had ever seen. We had come to expect that he would play college ball somewhere, and with the history his family had with Austin Peay State University, the assumption was that he would play in Clarksville. According to his mother, Myra, he had been offered a scholarship to Jacksonville, but chose to stay in Clarksville and play for the Governors.
It was a delicate situation with his father, George Fisher, still coaching at APSU, and his mother working there as well. Myra Fisher told me, “We hoped it was alright, and that people didn’t see it as a problem, but Mickey knew that he wasn’t going to get any favors, and would have to work hard and earn his spot on the team.”
APSU’s Mickey Fisher Memorial Golf Tournament is July 9th at Fort Campbell’s Cole Park
June 3, 2011
Clarksville, TN – After having a successful inaugural event in 2010, the Mickey Fisher Memorial Golf Tournament will return this summer to raise money for scholarships.
The Mickey Fisher Memorial Golf Tournament will be held Saturday, July 9th at Cole Park at Fort Campbell, KY. The entry fee of $400.00 includes dinner, auction and scholarship presentation at 6:00pm, Friday, July 8th at the Bud Barn off Exit 19 on Interstate 24 and lunch from 12:00noon-1:00pm, Saturday at Cole Park. [Read more]
