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Connor Fields is an American-Canadian professional lacrosse player who plays for the Utah Archers of the Premier Lacrosse League and the Rochester Knighthawks of the National Lacrosse League. He played college lacrosse at the University at Albany, where he was an All-American all four years. He was drafted by the San Diego Seals in the 2018 National Lacrosse League Entry Draft. He was also drafted in Major League Lacrosse by the Charlotte Hounds in 2018.

College career
Fields was ranked as the 15th best player coming out of high school by Inside Lacrosse after four years at Bishop Timon – St. Jude High School. As a junior, Fields scored 129 goals, a New York state record, and he won two state championships. He committed to play for the University at Albany. Freshman Year Fields started and scored in every game his freshman year. In his first college game, he scored three goals and had three assists against Drexel. He had 7 goals and 9 points in the first half against Umass-Lowell, his most for a first half in his college career. On March 25, against Harvard, he picked up 8 ground balls, the most in his career. Albany's season ended after losing to Notre Dame in the second round of the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship. At the end of the season, he set the record for goals in a season by a freshman, with 66. He was second in all of division one college lacrosse in average goals per game, with 3.47, and first in the America East Conference. He also made the NCAA All-Rookie team, as well as being an honorable mention All-American. In early April, he had back to back 4 goal games, against Umass-Lowell and University of Vermont. Albany's season ended after losing to Syracuse in the first round of the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship He ended the season leading the American East in both goals and points, with 44 and 73, respectively. He was nominated for the Tewaaraton Trophy and was a third team All-American by USILA. and a Tewaaraton Trophy finalist. He led Division 1 in points per game with 6.5, and won the Jack Turnbull Award as the nation's most outstanding attackman. At some point during the season, Fields hurt his MCL, an injury that would hamper him his senior year. Senior Year Fields struggled with knee pain throughout his senior season. Albany made it to their first ever the Final Four, where they lost to the Yale. Fields had at least 3 points in all three games and was named to the All-Tournament team. Fields was once again named a USILA and Inside Lacrosse All-American, as well as being a Tewaaraton nominee for the third time. He graduated with 364 career points, which was the second highest total of all time at the time of his graduation, behind only former teammate Lyle Thompson. which he'd suffered during the March 24 victory over UMass-Lowell and worsened during the April 22 loss to Yale. Statistics :* 5th all-time in single-season points :* 7th in career goals :* 5th all-time in career points ==Professional career==
Professional career
MLL Fields was drafted #3 overall by the Charlotte Hounds in the 2018 Major League Lacrosse draft. He scored his first two career goals on June 23, 2018 against the Florida Launch. His season was cut short after three games due to his lingering knee injury from college. He got surgery in Buffalo for his knee shortly after playing in his final MLL game that season. He only played one more regular season game that season, where he had a pair of assists. In the playoffs, Fields was able to participate in the playoffs for the Seals, where he scored a goal in an 11-12 loss. Fields was traded from San Diego to the Buffalo Bandits on August 28, 2021 in exchange for the 13th overall pick in the 2021 NLL Draft and a second round pick in 2022. Following one season with the Bandits, Fields was selected by the Las Vegas Desert Dogs in the 2022 NLL Expansion Draft and then immediately traded to the Rochester Knighthawks along with the first overall pick in the 2022 NLL Entry Draft in exchange for Charlie Bertrand, their first, fourth, and sixth round picks in the same draft, and their first round pick of the 2023 entry draft. He signed a three-year contract with Rochester on November 8, 2022. During the 2023 season, Fields became just the third American-born player to record 100 points in a season, after Joe Resetarits and Tom Schreiber, and second American-born player to score 50 goals in a season after Roy Colsey, leading Rochester to the playoffs for the first time in team history. Fields led all NLL forwards with 142 loose balls, becoming one of three players in NLL history, alongside John Tavares and Athan Iannucci to record 100 points and 130 loose ball recoveries in a season. Fields was named the NLL MVP for the 2025 season, having finished in the top 10 leaguewide in goals, assists, points, and loose balls. During this season, he became just the third player ever to record three separate 110 point seasons, after Mark Matthews, Dhane Smith, and Shawn Evans. PLL Fields became a member of Chaos Lacrosse Club (now Carolina Chaos) of Paul Rabil’s new league, the Premier Lacrosse League for the 2019 Premier Lacrosse League season. He made the league's first ever Premier Lacrosse League All-Star Game as a member of Team Rambo. He participated in the Adidas Freestyle Challenge during all-star weekend as well. Fields ended the season tied for second in goals. He made the 2019 PLL all pro team. Fields was traded to Archers Lacrosse Club (now Utah Archers) on February 25, 2021 in exchange for midfielder Ian MacKay. In the 2023 season, Fields was named a finalist for the Eamon McEneaney Attackman of the Year Award. Archers went on to win the PLL Championship, although Fields missed the final with a shoulder injury. == NLL Statistics ==
Personal life
Fields is the son of Jennifer and Peter Fields and has a brother named Peter. He was on Canada's tryout roster for the 2018 World Lacrosse Championship. However, for the 2019 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, Fields tried out for Team USA. He represented Canada at the 2023 World Lacrosse Championship. ==Awards and achievements==
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