NEWTON, Mass. – TJ Neubauer and Colin Burke of the Fairfield University men's lacrosse team have been recognized by the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association as All-NEILA selections. Neubauer was slotted as First Team All-New England for the third time in his career, while Burke caps his freshman season with a Second Team nod.

Also a First Team All-CAA honoree for the second straight year, Neubauer netted 31 goals with three assists as senior co-captain of the Stags in 2016. He is the third player in program history with three 30-goal seasons to his name, joining Fairfield Athletics Hall of Famers Spencer Steele '00 and Matt Callaghan '98. He also ranked third the CAA – first among non-faceoff specialists – with 55 ground balls.

For his career, Neubauer ranks third all-time at Fairfield (behind Steele and Callaghan) with 109 goals. His 122 total points scored for the Stags rank 10th all-time in program history.

Prior to the start of his senior campaign, Neubauer was selected as the 34th overall pick in the Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft by the Rochester Rattlers. Neubauer is the 18th Stag to be drafted or signed into the MLL ranks – the ninth to have played for Head Coach Andy Copelan at Fairfield.

Burke adds Second Team All-New England laurels to a standout freshman campaign with the Stags. The first-ever freshman voted CAA Player of the Year, Burke split that award with Towson junior Ryan Drenner this spring in addition to earning CAA Rookie of the Year honors. The seven-time CAA Rookie of the Week during the 2016 season, Burke set Fairfield freshman records and led the CAA with 46 goals and 63 total points.

In the overall Fairfield record book, his 46 goals slot second in a single season and his 63 points are the sixth-most in program history. Both totals are the highest by a Stag since Steele scored a program-record 48 goals en route to tying the program mark of 75 points in 1999.

The only Stag to record a point in every game this spring, Burke currently leads the nation in goals by a freshman with 2.71 markers per game (15th overall) and slots second among freshmen (28th overall) with 3.71 points per game.

Fairfield men's lacrosse won its third consecutive regular season title in 2016, wrapping up the spring in the CAA Championship Game. The Stags finished at 9-8 to clinch their fifth consecutive winning season and their seventh in eight campaigns under Head Coach Andy Copelan.