2024 Baseball Roster

Maddie Washburn
Maddie Washburn
Maddie Washburn

3 Cade Fisher

  • Height 6-4
  • Class Sophomore
  • B/T L/L
  • Hometown Dalton, Ga.
  • High School Northwest Whitfield County

Biography

2024 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 Freshman All-American (Perfect Game)
2023 All-SEC Freshman Team
2023 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

In The News:
Career:
  • Made 53 appearances including 11 starts in two seasons at UF
  • Compiled a 10-3 record, 5.30 ERA and .273 batting average against
  • Struck out 124 batters in 108 2/3 career frames
  • Crucial part of Florida’s 2023 College World Series run where he appeared in five of the six games the Gators played while allowing three runs across 7 2/3 frames
  • Concluded with a .952 fielding percentage across 21 defensive chances

2024 (Sophomore):
  • Pitched in 26 games while making nine starts for the Gators
  • Went 4-3 with one save and a 7.13 ERA
  • Struck out 76 batters and walk 29 across 59 1/3 innings of work
  • Fanned 11.5 batters per nine innings
  • Posted a .282 batting average against
  • Pitched in the weekend rotation as the game one starter across the first-five weeks of the campaign
  • Struck out a career-high 10 batters without issuing a walk, scattering five hits and allowing two earned runs over five frames to earn the victory over Columbia on Feb. 23
  • Posted another 10-strikeout outing en route to picking up the win over Texas A&M on March 15
  • Allowed one earned run across 3 1/3 innings of relief on two hits and three walks while striking out five in the win against Mississippi State on March 29
  • Threw 4 2/3 combined innings of scoreless relief against Florida A&M and Missouri on April 2 and 5, striking out nine and walking just one batter
  • Contributed 1 2/3 scoreless frames out of the bullpen vs. South Carolina on April 12
  • Earned the victory with 2 2/3 shutout innings of relief vs. USF on May 7, giving up just one hit and striking out one
  • Pitched one perfect inning of relief on two strikeouts in the Stillwater Regional victory against Nebraska on June 2
  • Committed one error on the season over 12 defensive chances and finished with a .917 fielding percentage on the hill

2023 (Freshman):
  • Named a Freshman All-American by Perfect Game in addition to earning mention on the Freshman All-SEC Team
  • Made 27 appearances including two starts on the mound in his true freshman campaign
  • Posted a 6-0 record and two saves backed by a 3.10 ERA
  • Struck out 48 batters against just 13 walks in 49 1/3 innings
  • Held opposing hitters to a .262 batting average
  • Fired one shutout inning of relief in his collegiate debut vs. Charleston Southern on Feb. 18
  • Tossed four innings with one unearned run allowed on four hits while striking out a career-high six batters in his first-career start at South Florida on Feb. 21
  • Threw three shutout frames of relief vs. Miami on March 3
  • Pitched two scoreless innings on one hit and five strikeouts at Tennessee on April 7
  • Churned out three shutout innings at Kentucky on May 19
  • Delivered a seven-inning gem against Texas Tech in an NCAA Regional elimination game on June 4, allowing just one run on five hits while tying his career high with six strikeouts
  • Appeared in five of Florida’s six games at the College World Series, allowing three runs across 7 2/3 frames for a 3.52 ERA

NORTHWEST WHITFIELD HS:
  • Four-time letterwinner under head coach Todd Middleton at Northwest Whitfield high school
  • Competed as a two-sport athlete at Northwest Whitfield as a one-time letterwinner in football
  • 2022 Under Armour All-American
  • Holds Georgia state record for career ERA (0.71), while going 17-1 with 300 strikeouts in 157 1/3 innings (17.2 K/9)
  • Two-time All-State recipient, including a first-team nod as a senior
  • Named All-Conference and Conference Pitcher of the Year in consecutive seasons as a junior and senior
  • Also collected a pair of All-Section and All-Area honors from 2021-22 while earning Player of the Year honors in both seasons in the latter
  • As a freshman, helped lead Northwest Whitfield to a 21-7 record and a regional championship
  • Competed for Team USA 18U National Team in 2021, tossing eight scoreless innings and allowing four hits and two walks while striking out 10
  • Ranked by Perfect Game as the No. 12 LHP and No. 112 overall player nationally, while being the No. 1 pitcher and No. 12 player in Georgia
  • Ranked by Prep Baseball Report as No. 9 LHP and No. 57 overall player nationally, in addition to the No. 5 overall player and No. 1 pitcher in the state
  • Also competed for DRB Elite and East Cobb Astros, leading East Cobb to a WWBA championship in 2021
  • Member of National Honor Society
 
PERSONAL:
  • Son of Chad and Cecilia Fisher
  • Father played football at Mars Hill University, while his mother holds status as a Hall of Fame member in basketball at Tennessee Tech University
  • Has two siblings, Ty and Haley, the former of which is currently playing baseball at Georgia Southern University
  • Intends to major in Applied Physiology and Kinesiology the University of Florida
  • Hobbies include playing video games, watching movies and listening to music
 
WHY FLORIDA: The history of the baseball program and the coaches.
 
Year ERA W L App GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA
2023 3.10 6 0 27 2 0 0 2 49.1 51 19 17 13 48 16 0 2 218 .282 2 7 0 1 2
TOTAL 3.10 6 0 27 2 0 0 2 49.1 51 19 17 13 48 16 0 2 218 .282 2 7 0 1 2

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Innings pitched: 7.0, Texas Tech, June 4, 2023
Walks allowed: 2, three times
Strikeouts: 6, Texas Tech, June 4, 2023
Putouts: 1, three times
Assists: 2, at Kentucky, May 19, 2023

Statistics

Season:
2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2023Freshman

    LHP
    6'4" 215 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2024Sophomore

    LHP
    6'4" 210 lbs
    3

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