Fairfield University Athletics

General:  Is in her fourth season as a member of the Stags basketball program, but has two years of eligibility remaining after missing the 2008-09 season following surgery on both of her hips … Has appeared in 19 games during her Fairfield career … Represented the women’s basketball team on the Fairfield S.A.A.C. and attended the annual MAAC S.A.A.C. meeting as a junior … Off The Court: Communications major … Helped spearhead the Stags ‘Letters to the Troops’ campaign during her junior year … Took part in the American Cancer Society Relay for Life in 2008 … Participated in the 2008 Hoops for Heart … Assisted in youth basketball clinics at Wakeman Boys and Girls Club … 2009-10: Saw action in 16 games during the season, averaging 1.5 minutes per game … Finished the year with a two-steal effort against Appalachian State in the quarterfinals of the WBI, in only three minutes of action … Played a career-high eight minutes at Manhattan, pulling down her second rebound of the year … Had an assist and a board in the Stags season opening win at Rhode Island … 2008-09: Did not play due to injury … 2007-08: Appeared in three games as a rookie, after missing most of the season with injuries … Had one assist in the Stags MAAC Tournament semifinal game versus Iona … Played one minute in the MAAC Tournament quarterfinal win over Siena … Made her debut, with an offensive rebound, in the regular season finale win at Loyola … High School: Earned four varsity letters for coach Ed Huydic at Staples High School … Led her squad to 63 wins in those four years … Served as a team captain as a senior … Is a two-time All-FCIAC First Team selection … Named to the All-Area team following her junior and senior seasons … Named the All-Area co-MVP in 2005 … Named the team’s MVP both junior and senior years … Also lettered in soccer … Personal: Kelly Anne Romano … Is the daughter of Annmarie and Timothy Romano … Her father played football at Cincinnati … Has two siblings … Her brother Timothy, Jr., who is a graduate student at Union College – where he played football, and a sister, Lauren, who is beginning her freshman year at Fairfield.