Louisiana center Chris Fisher has been named to the CoSIDA Academic First Team All-District 2008-09 Football Team.  First Team members from each district advance to a second round of voting to see who will be named ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America.

Fisher earned first team honors in District 6 thanks to a 3.48 GPA in accounting.

Fisher was named to the 2008 Rimington Trophy Watch List.  He is a two-time member of the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List (3.5-4.0 GPA) and was also on the Sun Belt Honor Roll (3.0-3.49).  Fisher is the starting center for the Cajuns offense, ranked No. 3 nationally in rushing yards (301.25/gm) and No. 8 in total offense (491.5) this season.  Louisiana has won five of its last six games, scoring an average of 43.5 points per game.  Fisher helped lead the Cajuns to four straight games of 300-plus yards rushing including a school-record 556 rushing yards at ULM (10-4-08).

In 2007, Fisher was a starter on the offensive line which paved the way for the Sun Belt’s first 3,000-yard rushing team.

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