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2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster

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11 Lou Lopez-Senechal

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool NABA Academy
  • Hometown Grenoble, France

Biography

2021-22: MAAC Player of the Year…All-Met First Team…ECAC First Team…MAAC Tournament Most Valuable Player…MAAC All-Tournament Team…All-MAAC First Team…MAAC All-Academic Team…MAAC Player of the Week (11/29; 1/3; 1/10)…Became just the second Stag in program history to eclipse 600-points in a season as she led the MAAC with 604 points and finished in the top-25 in the country with a 19.6 scoring average…Netted 20 or more points in 16-straight games including a program-record tying nine-straight games (12/20 – 1/27)…Poured in a career-high 30-points in back-to-back games at Manhattan (2/26) and Rider (3/3)…Named the MAAC Tournament’s MVP by averaging 18.7 points in the tournament highlighted by a 24-point performance in the MAAC Championship (3/12)…Had the game-winning steal and fast break layup in the closing seconds of her Senior Day win against Rider (3/3)…Led the MAAC with a .409 3-point shooting percentage, the fifth best in program history…Finished in the top-5 in the MAAC in: field goal percentage (.449), free throw percentage (.800), and 3-pointers per game (1.7)…Led the team in scoring 21 times including racking up 17 points in 30 minutes in the NCAA Tournament at Texas (3/18).

2020-21: All-MAAC First Team…All-Met First Team…MAAC Player of the Week (12/7, 1/4)…MAAC All-Academic Team…Led the team and finished second in the MAAC with 16.9 points per game…Also finished second in the conference in 3-point percentage (.407) and fourth in field goal percentage (.424)…Reached 20 points in seven games including a career-high 27 at Rider (1/2)…Shot 6-for-8 from behind the arc against Hofstra, the fourth best single game shooting percentage in program history (12/6)…Reached double figures in 15 of 16 starts…Had the game-winning shot in the final minute against Marist (1/16).

2019-20: All-MAAC First Team…MAAC All-Academic Team…Finished fifth in the MAAC with a team-high 15.5 points per game…Scored in double figures in 18 of 20 MAAC contests, reaching 20 points in six different of those…Netted a career-high 27 points in the near upset at St. John’s (12/20) and the regular season finale against Niagara (3/7)…Hit a personal best six 3-points in 10 attempts against Niagara…Had back-to-back 20 point games in the Western New York series, shooting 5-for-6 from behind the arc at Niagara (2/6)…Hit the game-winning shot in the final seconds at LIU (11/13)…Recorded three double-doubles on the year including each of the final two contests, with 27 points and 11 rebounds in the regular season finale and 19 points with 10 boards in the MAAC Quarterfinal (3/12)…Averaged 17.8 points in the final seven games…Ranked third in the league in free throw percentage (.856), sixth in 3-pointers per game (1.9), and seventh in 3-point percentage (.392).

2018-19: MAAC Rookie of the Year…All-MAAC Rookie Team…4X MAAC Rookie of the Week (1/7, 2/11, 2/18, 3/4)…Named the program’s first MAAC Rookie of the Year since Candice Lindsay in 2004…Led the conference with four MAAC Rookie of the Week awards…Despite missing the first nine games of the season, she led the Stags with 11.8 points per game…Also averaged 4.7 rebounds and 1.8 assists…Had four of the team’s six 20-point outputs, reaching 21 points against UIC (12/21) and Siena (2/14)…Had 14 double-digit scoring performances…Recorded her first career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds at Saint Peter’s, while also dishing out a personal-best six assists (2/22)…Finished second in the MAAC with a .857 free throw percentage...Also led the team with 13 drawn charges.

BEFORE FAIRFIELD: Lou Lopez Senechal's journey to Fairfield went through Ireland as the guard and forward combo player suited up for the North Atlantic Basketball Academy. Lopez Senechal brings a European style to the team as she is also a French basketball player. Lopez can play in the post, showing her versatility with a 32-point 10 rebound effort in December.

PERSONAL: Parents are Sophie Senechal and Timothy Presto...Major is marketing.

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2018-19Freshman

    Forward
    6'1"
    11
  • 11

    2019-20Sophomore

    Forward
    6'1"
    11
  • 11

    2020-21Junior

    Forward
    6'1"
    11
  • 11

    2021-22Senior

    Forward
    6'1"
    11