DANBURY, Conn. – Fairfield University Women's Basketball Head Coach Joe Frager was named the ECAC Coach of the Year and senior forward Lou Lopez-Senechal was named to the Eastern College Athletic Conferene (ECAC) First Team which was announced today. The duo helped the Stags to the 2022 MAAC Championship and a NCAA Tournament appearance, the first for the program in over 20 years.
 
"I am very pleased to accept this award on behalf of our staff and players," Coach Frager said. "Everyone did a great job this season. To receive this recognition from the ECAC is a great honor."
 
In his 15th and final season with the Stags, Frager guided Fairfield to one of the best seasons in school history which featured a dominant 19-1 conference record and eventually the school's first MAAC title in 24 years. The Stags would build a 25-6 record in the campaign, tying the program's single season wins record. Fairfield built a 15-game winning streak throughout the year setting the Division I standard for the school.
 
For his success, Frager was unanimously named the MAAC Coach of the Year for the first time in his career.
 
Another big part to the team's success was senior Lou Lopez-Senechal who was unanimously voted the MAAC Player of the Year after leading the conference in scoring. She became just the second Stag to reach 600 points in a season as she finished in the top-25 in the nation with 19.5 points per game.
 
Over her career, Lopez-Senechal ranks sixth in program history with 1598 points, the most by a Stag in over 20 years. She was also a three-time selection of the All-MAAC First Team, becoming one of just six student-athletes to achieve that distinction.

"I'm thrilled for Lou," Coach Frager said. "She had an outstanding season for us and this recognition is just great."
 
With the Stags MAAC Championship victory, they earned the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament, the fifth in program history. Fairfield earned the No. 15 seed in the Austin Regional and would fall to No. 2 Texas with Lopez-Senechal leading the team with 17 points in 29 minutes.