Carnegie Mellon University has named Mark Fisher sports information director. He comes to CMU from Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pa., where he served as assistant sports information director since the fall of 2002.
Fisher is a 2001 graduate of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania where he received his bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in marketing. While at Edinboro, Fisher worked four years in the sports information department. During summer 2001 he interned with the Erie Seawolves, a Double–A Affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, and then worked one year with the Mahoning Valley Scrappers, a Single-A Affiliate of the Cleveland Indians in Niles, Ohio.
Other accomplishments of Fisher’s include being a statistician for the past five years at the Erie McDonald’s Classic, regarded as one of the top four team high school tournaments in the country, and a statistician for an NFL exhibition game in July of 2001 at Edinboro University.
Fisher, originally from Pittsburgh, said is happy to be back home.