Mike Fair played 3 sports at Stivers and earned 6 letters. His best sport was baseball as he was a four year letterman. Mike hit .320 as a sophomore and earned Second Team All-City. Mike battled through a case of mono his junior year but never missed a game. In his senior year Mike hit .361, was 3 and 0 as a starting pitcher, and was 20 for 21 in stolen bases.
He again earned Second Team All-City in helping Stivers go 7-3 in the league. Mike played shortstop and first base when he wasn’t on the mound. Mike also played in the summer league for Stivers and in one game he talked Coach Terrell into letting him play all nine positions in their last game.
After high school Mike coached the Stivers summer league team for one year. He also continued his athletic career as he played several years of baseball, softball and basketball. He played basketball in an adult league at Van Buren School. Some of his highlights included scoring 55 and 60 points in back to back games in the league tournament. His team lost in the finals of that tournamentas he had a team high 25 points.
After playing softball for many years, his love of baseball brought him back to the diamond. At age 37, Mike started pitching for the Dayton Braves in the Roy Hobbs Baseball League. The league was for men 30 and over and consisted of many ex-college players and ex-Cincinnati Reds players, Doug Bair and Dave Parker. They played a 40 game schedule and traveled to Florida each year for their spring training. Mike pitched in that league until age 42 and was among league leaders twice with 10 wins each year. He also pitched a complete game victory over the defending national champions.
Mike currently lives in Dayton with his wife Vickie. He has 2 children, Jennifer and Ryan. Mike also has 2 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. He has stayed busy coaching baseball with his son and grandson. Mike is retired from Antioch College where he worked as their maintenance manager.
