EDISON, N.J. – Supreme Cook and Jake Wojcik have been named to the 2022-23 Preseason All-MAAC Team, as voted upon by the league's 11 head coaches and unveiled on Tuesday night by the MAAC office. In addition, Fairfield University Men's Basketball was slotted for fifth in the conference's Preseason Coaches' Poll.
 
Cook was tabbed for the Preseason All-MAAC First Team with Wojcik nabbing Third Team laurels for the second straight season. Cook is Fairfield's first Preseason All-MAAC First Team pick since Tyler Nelson was named MAAC Preseason Player of the Year prior to the 2017-18 campaign.
 
The Stags last placed multiple players on the Preseason All-MAAC Team in 2011-12, when Derek Needham and Ryan Olander both grabbed First Team accolades and Rakim Sanders was voted to the Second Team.
 
Cook collects a First Team nod after scoring 10.1 points and ranking second in the MAAC – and first among returners – with 8.3 rebounds per contest last season. Cook was also among the conference's top 10 with a .508 field goal percentage. He racked up seven double-doubles, scoring in double figures in 20 of 33 games and hauling in 10 or more rebounds in nine contests.
 
Wojcik ranked third on the Stags with 9.5 points per game, burying a team-high 60 three-pointers. His average of just under two triples per game tied for sixth in the MAAC overall and third among players returning to the conference this season. Wojcik shot 34.5 percent from beyond the arc, which slotted 18th in the MAAC but jumps up to fourth among players with as many as his 174 attempts (or more) from downtown.
 
Manhattan's Jose Perez was named MAAC Preseason Player of the Year after leading the conference and ranking in the top-50 nationally with 18.9 points per contest for the Jaspers.
 
In the Preseason Poll, the Stags were tabbed for fifth place with 77 points, just three points behind Quinnipiac for the fourth spot. Last season's regular season champion Iona was the near-unanimous favorite with 10 of 11 first-place votes and 119 points, while Manhattan garnered the remaining first-place tally to claim second place at 104. Rider grabbed 101 points to round out the top three.
 
After Quinnipiac and Fairfield, Siena's sixth-place position marks the midway point on the ledger. The bottom half consists of Marist, Niagara and Saint Peter's (tied), newcomer Mount St. Mary's and Canisius.
 
Fairfield Men's Basketball tips off the 2022-23 season – its fourth under Head Coach Jay Young – with a charity exhibition on Sunday, Oct. 30 at Rutgers. All proceeds will benefit Team LeGrand and the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation.
 
The regular season begins on Monday, Nov. 7 at ACC foe Wake Forest. After eight games away from home, the Stags will make their debut at the new on-campus Leo D. Mahoney Arena on Saturday, Dec. 3 against reigning MAAC Champion Saint Peter's.
 
Season tickets for Fairfield Men's and Women's Basketball are on sale now at FairfieldStags.com/TIX.