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Fairfield University Athletics Championship History

80 Conference Tournament Championships (78 MAAC, 3 NEC, 1 Patriot League)
102 Conference Regular Season Championships (93 MAAC, 3 NEC, 2 GWLL, 2 CAA, 1 Patriot, 1 ECAC Lacrosse)
70 NCAA Tournament Appearances (65 Division I, 3 College Division, 4 Individual Qualifiers)

MAAC Commissioner’s Cup
Overall (6): 1994-95, 1997-98, 2008-09, 2011-12, 2023-24, 2024-25
Women's (13): 1993-94, 1994-95, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2001-02, 2008-09, 2014-15, 2019-20, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25
Men's (3): 1994-95, 1996-97, 2011-12

Baseball
MAAC Regular Season Champions (7):
 1983, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
MAAC South Division Champions (4): 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997
MAAC Tournament Champions (2): 2016, 2025
NCAA Tournament Appearances (3): 2016, 2021, 2025

The MAAC Regular Season Champion was the overall MAAC Champion prior to the institution of the MAAC Tournament in 1994. In the divisional era, both the North and South Division Champions were considered MAAC Regular Season Champions.

Men's Basketball
MAAC Regular Season Champions (2):
 1986, 2011
MAAC Tournament Champions (3): 1986, 1987, 1997
NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances (3): 1986, 1987, 1997
NCAA College Division Tournament Appearances (3): 1960, 1961, 1962
NIT Appearances (6): 1973, 1974, 1978, 1996, 2003, 2011

Women's Basketball
MAAC Regular Season Champions (6): 1990, 1991, 2000, 2022, 2024, 2025
MAAC Tournament Champions (6): 1988, 1991, 1998, 2022, 2024, 2025
NCAA Tournament Appearances (7): 1988, 1991, 1998, 2001, 2022, 2024, 2025
WNIT Appearances (2): 2000, 2012

Women's Cross Country
Individual MAAC Champions (1):
2024 (Hannah Snayd)

Field Hockey
NEC Regular Season Champions (3): 2019, 2021, 2023
NEC Tournament Champions (3): 2019, 2021, 2024
MAAC Tournament Champions (2): 2015, 2017
Patriot League Tournament Champions (1): 2001
Patriot League Regular Season Champions (1): 1998
NCAA Tournament Appearances (6): 2001, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024

Football
MAAC Champions (1): 1998

Men's Golf
MAAC Team Champions (2): 1997, 2025
NCAA Regional Appearances (1): 2025
Individual NCAA Qualifiers (4): 2013 (Steve Burak), 2014 (Alex Taylor), 2023 (Killian McGinley), 2025* (Tadgh Burke)

* Tadgh Burke won the individual MAAC Championship and an AQ to the NCAA postseason in 2025 but had already qualified as a result of Fairfield's team MAAC Championship.

Women's Golf
MAAC Champions (2): 1998, 2000
Individual NCAA Qualifiers (1): 2024 (Maria Beltran)

Men's Lacrosse 
MAAC Lacrosse League Champions* (3):
 1996, 1997, 1998 
Great West Lacrosse League Champions* (2): 2002, 2005 
ECAC Lacrosse League Regular Season Champions (1): 2014 
CAA Regular Season Champions (2): 2015, 2016 
NCAA Tournament Appearances (2): 2002, 2005

* Neither the MAAC or GWLL hosted a conference tournament in these years. The regular season champion was the overall conference champion.

Women's Lacrosse
MAAC Regular Season Champions (16): 1999*, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025
MAAC Tournament Champions (9): 2001, 2009, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025
NCAA Tournament Appearance (9): 2009, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

The MAAC Regular Season Champion was the overall MAAC Champion prior to the institution of the MAAC Tournament in 2000

The 2020 season was canceled in March due to Covid-19. No tournament was held and no regular season or tournament title were awarded. Thus, the 2019 and 2021 regular season titles, 2018-2023 tournament titles, and 2018-2025 NCAA appearances are all considered "consecutive"

Women's Rowing
MAAC Champions (2): 2000, 2025
NCAA Appearances (1): 2025

Men's Soccer
MAAC Regular Season Champions (6): 1998, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2017, 2018
MAAC Tournament Champions (5): 1999, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2017
NCAA Tournament Appearances (5): 1999, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2017

Women's Soccer
MAAC Regular Season Champions (9):
 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2012, 2022, 2024
MAAC Tournament Champions (7): 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2008, 2024
NCAA Tournament Appearances (6): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2008, 2024

Softball
MAAC Regular Season Champions (8):
 1991, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015
MAAC Tournament Champions (3): 1991, 2015, 2017
NCAA Appearances (2): 2015, 2017

Women's Swimming and Diving
MAAC Champions (4): 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023

Men's Tennis
MAAC Regular Season Champions (3): 2008-09, 2022-23, 2023-24
MAAC Tournament Champions (5): 1991-92, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1997-98, 2011-12
NCAA Appearances (1): 2011-12

Women's Tennis
MAAC Regular Season Champions (5):
 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2023-24
MAAC Tournament Champions (11): 1992-93, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 2003-04, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12, 2018-19, 2023-24
NCAA Appearances (6): 2003-04, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12, 2018-19, 2023-24

The MAAC Men's and Women's Tennis Championships were held in the fall prior to the 1999-2000 academic year, at which time they were moved to the spring. For clarity, all championships have been listed by the FULL academic year in which they occurred.

Volleyball
MAAC Regular Season Champions (23):
 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021 (spring), 2021 (fall), 2022, 2023, 2024
MAAC Tournament Champions (14): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024
NCAA Tournament Appearances (14): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024