DANBURY, Conn. – Fairfield University Baseball infielder Charlie Pagliarini was named the Eastern Conference Athletic Conference (ECAC) Player of the Year, becoming the first Stag in program history to earn that honor. Pagliarini had an historic season that saw him break six school records including: home runs (24), RBI (97), total bases (177), slugging percentage (.851), on-base percentage (.528), and walks (49).
 
"I'm proud for having one of our best Fairfield Baseball players recognized as the top position player in the Nprtheast region," Head Coach Bill Currier said. :He had one of the best power and RBI lines of any player I have coached in 38 years in D1 baseball."
 
He won the conference's Triple Crown with his .399 batting average to go along with his league-leading home runs and RBI. He shattered the conference's single-season record in RBI that had stood for over a decade, besting the mark by 16.
 
He also ranked towards the top in the country in several of those categories including leading the nation in RBI per game at 1.76, which was the 13th in NCAA history. Overall, his 97 RBI was second in the NCAA behind only Maryland's Nick Lorusso. He was fourth in the country in slugging percentage, seventh in total bases, and ranked eighth in both home runs and slugging percentage.
 
For his success, he has been named a Collegiate Baseball Newspaper All-American Third Team, the NEIBA Player of the Year, the MAAC Player of the Year, and an ABCA/Rawlings All-Region First Team selection.
 
Pagliarini helped the Stags to their third-straight MAAC Regular Season Championship, becoming the first MAAC program to win three-straight regular season titles outright. Fairfield also won 30 games for the fourth-straight season, winning 34 regular season contests, the most in program history.