2020: Fiessinger joins Elayna Siebert as the program and the athletic department's two-time first team Academic All-American.  Fiessinger was named the program's sixth honoree for the league's Softball Scholar Athlete of the Year honor earlier in May and the first since Elayna Siebert won in 2016.  Prior to that, Haley Allen won it in 2004 with Carson-Newman and SAC Hall of Fame Marci Mitchell (now Whiteside) winning three straight from 2001-03. The Benton, Ky.-native wrapped up her mathematics degree with a 3.85 GPA.  She is a four-time Eagle Scholar and will be a four-time member of the SAC Commissioner's honor roll.  Last year she earned CoSIDA Academic All-America honors.  On the field, Fiessinger goes down as one of Carson-Newman's all-time greats.  She is just the second two-time All-American for the program since it transitioned to Division II.  She earned All-America honors as a freshman at second base from the D2CCA before being recognized as an outfielder as a junior unanimously by the NFCA and D2CCA.  She was also named the Southeast Region Player of the Year for her efforts last season.  She closed out her career as an Eagle ranked in the top-five in several Carson-Newman statistical categories including, being second in total bases with 381, second in intentional walks with four, fourth in home runs with 29, fourth in sacrifice flies with five, fifth in on-base percentage at .473, fifth in hits with 225, and fifth in hit by pitch having been hit 28 times.

HONORS:

• CoSIDA Academic All-American 
• CoSIDA Academic All-District 
• SAC Scholar Athlete of the Year 

2019:  Fiessinger becomes Carson-Newman's first pure All-American outfielder since 2014 when Kelli Hensley earned All-America honors from Daktronics.  This is Carson-Newman's 19th All-America honor all-time.  Fiessinger was a hitting machine for Carson-Newman.  The junior finished the year as the SAC's regular season batting champion with a .442 average and finished the year with a .424 average.  It's the 18th highest single-season batting average in program history.  She slugged .818 to become the fourth Eagle all-time to slug better than .800 for a year. She finished with the third-highest slugging percentage in program history to Brittany Hefner and Bre Lockett.  Fiessinger racked up 15 multi-hit efforts.  She had a septet of three-hit days.  The junior drove in five runs in a win over Tusculum, the second most in her career and tied for the 10th most for a single-game in program history. The Benton, Ky.-native has six-multi-RBI days and was the team leader with 11 home runs.  Fiesssinger saw a 15-game hitting streak, the sixth longest in program history, come to an end in the first game of the Southeast Regionals.  The junior didn't go back-to-back games this year without a hit.  Her batting average never dipped below .404 on the year. With 17 doubles, Fiessinger ranks 35th in the nation in two-baggers.  Her 17 doubles are tied for the 10th most in single-season history at Carson-Newman.   

Honors: 

• SAC Player of the Week (2/19, 4/9)
• TSWA Player of the Week (2/19, 4/9)
• All-SAC First Team
• SAC All-Tournament
• Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-District
• D2CCA Southeast Region Player of the Year
• D2CCA All-Region First Team
• NFCA All-Region First Team
• D2CCA All-America Honorable Mention
• NFCA All-America Second Team
• Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team 
• Fast Pitch News All-America Honorable Mention

2018: Fiessinger was 14th in the conference and second on the team with a .382 batting average and 66 hits.  Her 66 knocks ranked third in the conference. She tallied 14 doubles, two triples and five home runs.  She drove in 23 runs.  Fiessinger was on fire in March and April.  She hit .400 for the Month of March and has her average at .407 for the month of April. She registered 20 multi-hit days, and had seven multi-RBI efforts on the year.  Fiessinger was also a member of the SAC All-Tournament Team.  Fiessinger went 7-for-11 at the plate for the tournament and came within a double of hitting for the cycle in the title game.  She drove in two for the weekend and rounded out the tourney with multi-hit efforts in the semifinals and title game. 

Honors: 

• NFCA All-Region First Team 
• All-SAC First Team
• All-SAC Tournament Team 

2017: Fiessinger is the second player in the history of the Carson-Newman softball program to earn All-America honors as a second baseman joining Whitney Hickam (2008). Elayna Siebert played second in 2015, but also split time in the outfield, behind the plate and at short; she earned her All-America status as a utility player.  She and Lacie Rinus became the second and third freshmen in the history of the Carson-Newman softball program to earn All-America honors.  Fiessinger hit .398 for the season, the sixth highest in the South Atlantic Conference.  She hit a team-best 10 home runs, five triples and 72 base hits.  She was 13 hits away from breaking into the top seven for a single season in conference history. The Benton, Ky.-native started the year on an 18-game hitting streak, the fourth longest in school history.  Her top single-game effort came March 27 against Brevard.  She tied the single-game school record with two triples against Tornados. The two triples were a part of a four-hit day for Fiessinger.  Combined with a home run and a single, she had 11 total bases on the day, the second most in school history. She drove in seven RBI against Brevard, including six in one inning.  The seven runs batted in runs batted in are the third most in school history.  She has scored 52 runs this season, 10 away from the eighth most in league history.

HONORS: 

• D2CCA All-America 
• D2CCA All-Region First Team 
• NFCA All-Region Second Team 
• All-SAC Honorable Mention 

HIGH SCHOOL: Fiessinger has been a varsity starter for the Lady Marshals Softball team since seventh grade and a leader both on and off the field, receiving multiple awards including 2015 Region 1 Player of the Year, 2014 and 2015 All-Region Teams, 2013, 2014 and 2015 Defense and Offense Awards and a member of the Junior West All-Star Team. Fiessinger currently holds several Marshall County High School records including highest season batting average, highest on-base percentage, most hits in a season, most doubles in a season, most RBI in a season with a current career batting average of .479.

PERSONAL: She is the daughter of Heather and Jason Fiessinger and plans to study mathematics while pursuing a teaching certificate.