- Fairfield University head women’s basketball coach Joe Frager announced today that Joelle Nawrocki (Unionville, Conn.) has agreed to play basketball for the Stags, beginning in 2007.  Nawrocki is the first recruit for Frager at the helm of women’s program and joins Mesha Joseph (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Ayriell Robinson (Spring, Texas) and Niya Santiago (South Plainfield, N.J.) as the Stags Class of 2011.

“We are extremely pleased with the signing of Joelle Nawrocki,” said Frager.  “She is a very athletic, versatile player, who is extremely competitive and has a good work ethic.  Equally as important, she is a good student and possesses a strong character.”
 
A 5-foot-11 guard, Nawrocki comes to Fairfield after a four-year career at Farmington High School, scoring 1,153 points.  While an Indian, she helped lead her varsity squad to 73 wins, including a 24-3 record during her junior season.  As a senior, Nawrocki averaged 15.8 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists and 2.5 steals per game.  She was a McDonald’s All-America Nominee and a First Team All-State selection by both The Hartford Courant and The New Haven Register.
 
Frager became the Stags second Division I head coach on April 18, and just the fifth in the program’s history.  He won 189 games during a nine-year career at Southern Connecticut State University, which culminated with the 2007 Division II National Championship.