Connor Fields (lacrosse)

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.{{Cite web |title=Fields living out hometown dream with the Bandits |url=https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/news/2022/02/21/fields-living-out-hometown-dream-with-the-bandits |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=spectrumlocalnews.com |language=en}} He committed to play for the University at Albany.{{cite web|url=http://www.ualbanysports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15800&ATCLID=209797042|title=5 Connor Fields|publisher=University at Albany|access-date=August 8, 2019}}

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.

Fields came into the year as an Inside Lacrosse preseason All-American. He once again started every game for the Great Danes. On March 26, against Hartford, Fields tied his career high goals with 7 in a 13-9 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.news10.com/sports/local-sports/connor-fields-leads-ualbany-lacrosse-to-13-9-victory-at-hartford/|title=Connor Fields leads UAlbany Lacrosse to 13-9 victory at Hartford|author=Nick Fusaro|publisher=ABC|work=News 10|date=March 26, 2016|access-date=August 13, 2019}} 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.

As a junior, Fields was named to the Inside Lacrosse preseason All-American team. He set a career high for single game goals against UMass-Lowell on March 25 with 8. On May 13, during the first round of the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, he had a career high 3 forced turnovers, as well as 5 points in a win against UNC. They lost to University of Maryland in the next game 18-9 to end the season. He was an Inside Lacrosse and USILA first team All-American {{cite web|url=http://www.ualbanysports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15800&ATCLID=211594563&KEY=|title=FIVE GREAT DANES NAMED INSIDE LACROSSE MLAX MEDIA ALL-AMERICANS|publisher=UALBANY|date=May 14, 2017|access-date=August 8, 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ualbanysports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15800&ATCLID=211605692&KEY=|title=FOUR GREAT DANES HONORED AS 2017 USILA ALL-AMERICANS|publisher=UALBANY|date=May 24, 2017|access-date=August 8, 2019}} and a Tewaaraton Trophy finalist.{{cite web|url=http://www.ualbanysports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15800&ATCLID=211614990&KEY=|title=CONNOR FIELDS HONORED AT 2017 TEWAARATON TROPHY CEREMONY|publisher=UALBANY|date=June 1, 2017|access-date=August 8, 2019}} He led Division 1 in points per game with 6.5, and won the Jack Turnbull Award as the nation's most outstanding attackman.{{cite web|url=http://www.ualbanysports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15800&ATCLID=211612002&KEY=|title=UALBANY MEN'S LACROSSE EARNS DI TOP SCORING OFFENSE IN 2017|publisher=UALBANY|date=May 30, 2017|access-date=August 8, 2019}} At some point during the season, Fields hurt his MCL, an injury that would hamper him his senior year.{{cite web|url=https://buffalonews.com/2018/09/25/national-lacrosse-league-draft-2018-connor-fields/|title=Top NLL draft pick Connor Fields has no regrets after season of pain|publisher=The Buffalo News|date=September 25, 2018|access-date=August 8, 2019|author=Jack Goods}}

Fields struggled with knee pain throughout his senior season. Fields set a new career high for assists against Drexel on February 24, with 7. Fields had his career high points (12) and tied his career high in assists (7) against UMass on March 6. The Baltimore Sun named Fields the player of the week for the week of March 13 after scoring four goals and having 2 assists, including the game-winning goal with 76 seconds left.{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bs-sp-mens-lacrosse-national-player-of-the-week-20180312-story.html|title=Men's lacrosse National Player of the Week (March 13): Connor Fields, Albany|work=The Baltimore Sun|author=Edward Lee|date=March 13, 2018|access-date=August 8, 2018}} 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. After the season it was revealed he'd been playing with a torn ACL, sprained MCL and hurt meniscus,{{cite web|url=https://www.uslaxmagazine.com/pro/pll/less-than-year-removed-from-surgery-connor-fields-setting-pll-on-fire|title=LESS THAN YEAR REMOVED FROM SURGERY, CONNOR FIELDS SETTING PLL ON FIRE|publisher=USLacrosse Magazine|date=June 28, 2019|access-date=August 9, 2019|author=Jack Goods}} which he'd suffered during the March 24 victory over UMass-Lowell and worsened during the April 22 loss to Yale.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/23653707/connor-fields-albany-great-danes-men-lacrosse-attackman-played-torn-acl|title=Connor Fields helped lead Albany to first Final Four with torn ACL|publisher=ESPN|date=May 30, 2018|access-date=August 13, 2019}}

:* 5th all-time in single-season points

:* 7th in career goals

:* 5th all-time in career points

Fields was drafted #3 overall by the Charlotte Hounds in the 2018 Major League Lacrosse draft.{{cite news|url=https://dailygazette.com/article/2018/04/18/fields-picked-no-3-in-mll-draft|title=Fields picked No. 3 in MLL draft|date=April 18, 2018|author=Michael Kelly|publisher=The Daily Gazette|access-date=August 8, 2019}} He scored his first two career goals on June 23, 2018 against the Florida Launch.{{cite news|url=https://majorleaguelacrosse.com/news/2018/6/24/launch-upset-hounds-21-17_00000164-2faf-dc37-adf6-bfef779c0000.aspx|title=Launch upset Hounds, 21-17|publisher=Major League Lacrosse|date=June 24, 2018|access-date=August 8, 2019}} His season was cut short after three games{{cite web|url=https://pointstreak.com/prostats/playerpage.html?playerid=10919637&seasonid=18259|title=#5 Connor Fields|publisher=pointstreak.com|access-date=August 9, 2019}} 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.

Fields was selected 10th overall in the 2018 National Lacrosse League Entry Draft by the San Diego Seals. In week 17, of the 2018 NLL season, after sitting out the rest of the season due to knee surgery, Fields made his debut. He scored his first career goal and had his first career assist against the New England Black Wolves.{{cite web|url=https://laxallstars.com/winners-and-losers-nll-week-17-2019/|title=Winners and Losers: NLL Week 17|publisher=Lax All-Stars|author=Steve Wizniuk|date=11 April 2019 |access-date=August 8, 2019}} He only played one more regular season game that season, where he had a pair of assists.{{cite web|url=https://www.nll.com/stats/all-player-stats/|title=ALL PLAYER STATS|publisher=NLL.com|access-date=August 8, 2019}} In the playoffs, Fields was able to participate in the playoffs for the Seals, where he scored a goal in an 11-12 loss.{{cite web|url=http://stats.pointstreak.com/playerpage.html?playerid=11080313&seasonid=19360|title=# Connor Fields|publisher=pointstreak.com|access-date=August 13, 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nll.com/news/roughnecks-close-the-door-on-magical-seals-season/|title=ROUGHNECKS CLOSE THE DOOR ON MAGICAL SEALS SEASON|date=May 7, 2019|access-date=August 13, 2019|publisher=National Lacrosse League|author=Austin Gayle}}

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.{{Cite tweet |author=NLL |user=nll |number=1431779417504759808 |title=@SealsLax has traded @connorfields05 to the @NLLBandits}}

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.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-07 |title=Las Vegas Desert Dogs Expansion Draft Results |url=https://www.nll.com/news/las-vegas-desert-dogs-expansion-draft-results/ |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=NLL |language=en-US}} He signed a three-year contract with Rochester on November 8, 2022.{{Cite web |title=FIELDS AGREES TO THREE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH KNIGHTHAWKS {{!}} Rochester Knighthawks - rochesterknighthawks.com |url=https://rochesterknighthawks.com/fields-agrees-to-three-year-contract-with-knighthawks/ |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=rochesterknighthawks.com |date=11 August 2022 |language=en-US}} 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.{{Cite web |title=THE BEST IS YET TO COME FOR CONNOR FIELDS {{!}} Rochester Knighthawks - rochesterknighthawks.com |url=https://rochesterknighthawks.com/the-best-is-yet-to-come-for-connor-fields/ |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=rochesterknighthawks.com |date=13 April 2023 |language=en-US}} 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.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-26 |title=Fields Named a Second Team All-League Selection |url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/fields-named-a-second-team-all-league-selection/n-5966110 |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=OurSports Central |language=en}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.premierlacrosseleague.com/person/connor-fields|title=Connor Fields|access-date=August 4, 2019|publisher=Premier Lacrosse League}} He made the league's first ever Premier Lacrosse League All-Star Game as a member of Team Rambo.{{cite web|url=https://laxallstars.com/2019-pll-all-star-draft-team-selections/|title=2019 PLL All-Star Draft: Team Selections|publisher=Lax All Stars|author=Matt Anderson|date=9 July 2019 |access-date=August 9, 2019}} He participated in the Adidas Freestyle Challenge during all-star weekend as well.{{cite web|url=https://laxallstars.com/pll-2019-all-star-game-preview/|publisher=Lax All Stars|title=PLL 2019 All-Star Game Preview|date=18 July 2019 |access-date=August 9, 2019}} Fields ended the season tied for second in goals.{{cite web|url=https://stats.premierlacrosseleague.com/|title=PLL Stats|publisher=Premier Lacrosse League|access-date=August 27, 2019}} 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.{{Cite web|date=2021-02-25|title=Connor Fields Traded to Archers LC|url=https://premierlacrosseleague.com/articles/connor-fields-traded-to-archers-lc/|access-date=2021-03-02|website=Premier Lacrosse League|language=en-US}}

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.{{Cite web |last=PLL |date=2023-08-24 |title=Premier Lacrosse League Announces Finalists for 2023 MVP, All-Pro and End of Year Awards presented by Ticketmaster |url=https://premierlacrosseleague.com/articles/premier-lacrosse-league-announces-finalists-for-2023-mvp-all-pro-and-end-of-year-awards-presented-by-ticketmaster |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=Premier Lacrosse League |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Carey |first=Zach |date=2023-09-24 |title=Archers LC wins 2023 PLL Cash App Championship |url=https://premierlacrosseleague.com/articles/archers-lc-wins-2023-pll-cash-app-championship |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=Premier Lacrosse League |language=en-US}}

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Fields is the son of Jennifer and Peter Fields and has a brother named Peter. He has dual citizenship with the United States and Canada.{{cite web|url=https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/connor-fields-built-in-the-box/51085|title=Connor Fields: Built in the Box|publisher=Inside Lacrosse|date=January 15, 2018|access-date=August 8, 2019|author=Matt Kinnear}} He was on Canada's tryout roster for the 2018 World Lacrosse Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.ualbanysports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15800&ATCLID=211672006|title=FIELDS, DRAKE ON 2018 TEAM CANADA FIELD MEN'S LACROSSE TRYOUT ROSTER|publisher=University at Albany|work=UAlbanysports.com|date=October 8, 2017|access-date=August 13, 2019}} However, for the 2019 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, Fields tried out for Team USA.{{cite web|url=https://www.uslacrosse.org/blog/thorpe-names-rosters-for-us-indoor-at-lasnai|title=THORPE NAMES ROSTERS FOR U.S. INDOOR AT LASNAI|publisher=USLacrosse|author=Brian Logue|date=September 25, 2018|access-date=August 13, 2019}} He represented Canada at the 2023 World Lacrosse Championship.{{Cite web |title=Lacrosse Canada : Website by RAMP InterActive |url=https://www.lacrosse.ca/article/83936 |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=www.lacrosse.ca}}

• 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

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