The West Coast Conference is slated to induct its 13th Hall of Honor class on Saturday, March 4, at the Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ten individuals, one from each member institution, will be recognized in a special ceremony as part of the 2023 University Credit Union West Coast Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament. 

Regarded as the best offensive player in LMU softball history, Sam Fischer now joins the ranks of the West Coast Conference's all-time greats as an inductee into the WCC Hall of Honor. As a four-year letter winner for the Lions from 2009-2012, Fisher was the first All-American selection in program history after earning a spot on NFCA All-America Second Team in senior season when she led NCAA Division I with .492 batting average and .665 on-base percentage. Each season on the bluff added to Fischer's legacy, as she become the first player in LMU softball history to earn All-Conference honors four times. 
 
The two-time PCSC Coastal Division Player of the Year closed her career as LMU's all-time leader in home runs (65), runs batted in (172), total bases (495), batting average (.387), slugging percentage (.786), on-base percentage (.494), runs scored (194), doubles (52) and walks (127).
 
Since graduating with her business degree, Fischer has played for the United States of America National Team from 2012-15 and Team USA Women's Elite Team in 2016. Fischer led Team USA to gold medals at the World Cup of Softball in 2014 and 2015.
 
LMU both inducted Fischer into the Athletics Hall of Fame and retired her No. 52 jersey in 2019.
 
The 2023 WCC Hall of Honor class includes BYU's Amy Boswell Usevitch (women's volleyball), Gonzaga's Stephanie Hawk Freeman (women's basketball), LMU's Sam Fischer (softball), Pacific's Cindy Ball Malone (softball), Pepperdine's Julie Evans Castillo (women's volleyball), Portland's Lorena Legarde (women's basketball), Saint Mary's Louella Tomlinson (women's basketball), San Diego's Sherri Stephens (women's tennis), San Francisco's Brittanie Andreja Budinger (women's volleyball) and Santa Clara's Danielle Slaton (women's soccer). 

The 2023 WCC Hall of Honor event returns after a two-year hiatus. The Conference did not host a Hall of Honor event in conjunction with the UCU WCC Men's and Women's Basketball Tournamentand or recognize a class of honorees in 2021 or 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For a full list of WCC Hall of Honor inductees click here.