RICHMOND, Va. – Fairfield University Men's Lacrosse was named among the 22 winners of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Team Academic Excellence Award, as announced on Tuesday morning by the conference office. The Stags were tops among the eight CAA men's lacrosse programs with a 3.44 team GPA for the 2022-23 academic year.

The Team Academic Excellence Award recognizes the institution with the highest collective grade point average in all 22 sports sponsored by the CAA.

Forty-four of the 51 of Stags on Head Coach Andrew Baxter's roster hold a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, with 40 earning Dean's List honors (3.5 term GPA or higher) in one or both semesters of the 2022-23 academic year.

Fairfield claims the award in men's lacrosse for the second straight year and has earned the honor four times in total (2017, 2018, 2022, 2023) since its inception in 2017.