Nike Baseball Camp Fairfield University

In total, the Stags have won 143 games and 68 percent of their contests in three full seasons.

Fay was also a part of the most historic regular season in conference history, helping guide the Stags to a 35-1 record and a .972 winning percentage, the highest in NCAA Division I history.

That success put the Stags in the national spotlight as Fairfield was awarded their first-ever ranking in a national Top-25 poll as they reached No. 23 in Baseball America. The Stags were also in the top-30 in the Baseball Writer’s and Collegiate Baseball Newspaper national polls.

In his three full seasons mentoring the offense, the Stags have a .297 team batting average and a .403 on-base percentage. The Stags have also averaged 7.3 runs per game during those three seasons.

The Stags displayed a new power jolt in 2023, setting the program record with 97 homers, the most in MAAC history. Fairfield also set program single season records in: average (.321), runs scored (519), hits (636), RBI (472), and slugging percentage (.540).

He has also aided in the development of 28 All-MAAC players, including 19 offensive players. Nine of those 19 Stags were named to the conference’s First Team.

Fay was also crucial in the development of three MAAC Players of the Year in Jack Gethings, Mike Caruso, and Charlie Pagliarini. Gethings became the program’s first-ever MAAC Player of the Year after setting a single season record with 88 hits. Caruso saw a 174 point improvement in his batting average during the 2021 season.

Pagliraini had the best offensive season in school history, blasting the single season record with 21 homers and broke the MAAC single season record with 86 RBI. He also broke the school single season record in slugging percentage where he ranked in the top-10 in the country.

Fay was a four year letter winner at Siena and won the MAAC Championship as a junior in 2014, advancing to the NCAA Regionals in the Fort Worth Regional where he helped the Saints win their first-ever NCAA Tournament game by reaching base three times and scoring two runs against Dallas Baptist. For his career, Fay collected 166 hits and drove in 101 runs for the Saints.

After graduating from Siena, Fay stayed in the baseball world in various outlets. He was an assistant baseball coach at Hudson Valley Community College, helping the team to a 25-10 record for a team that finished third in the nation with a .370 batting average.

In his first season with the Stags, the squad legged out 111 doubles, the second most in program history. They were also successful on 74 percent of their stolen base attempts. Defensively, the Stags hold a .971 field percentage, the second best in the conference. Shortstop Noah Lucier was named a Brooks Wallace Award Semifinalist, recognizing the best shortstops in the country. Lucier has just three errors all season.

Cellucci played four years as a shortstop at Bryant where he helped the Bulldogs to three NEC Championships while winning the NEC Regular Season in all four seasons. His best year came during his senior campaign when he batted a career-high .312 while starting all 59 games. He would be named an All-NEC First Team honoree as well as earning a spot on the All-New England Third Team. His 184 games played still ranks eighth all-time in Bryant program history while his 442 assists places him third.

After his collegiate playing days, Cellucci served as a player development intern for the Greenville Drive in the Boston Red Sox organization. In that position, he was responsible for advanced scouting reports, capturing and analyzing video, and also covered the California League as a Pro Scout.

Cellucci’s first coaching position came last year as a volunteer assistant coach for Merrimack College where he was responsible for the development of positional player defense and helped shortstop Nick Shumski earn the D2 Rawlings Gold Glove Award.

"Mike Caruso has been one of the smartest baseball minds on the field as a player and now in his second year of coaching," Head Coach Bill Currier said upon Caruso's promotion. "We are so fortunate to make him a full-time member of our coaching staff. So many exceptional pitching coaches have evolved from the catcher position and we feel Mike will make an immediate transition and impact with our pitching staff."

Caruso was a five-year member of the Fairfield baseball team, leading the Stags to three 30-win seasons and a pair of MAAC Regular Season titles. His career was highlighted during Fairfield's historic 2021 campaign as he was named the MAAC Player of the Year after leading the conference and finishing in the top-10 in the country with a .532 on-base percentage and a .414 batting average.

As the starting catcher during that historic season, Caruso was hands on with a Fairfield pitching staff that finished second in the NCAA with a 3.14 ERA while leading the entire nation with a 1.09 WHIP. He helped guide a starting rotation that had three All-MAAC honorees including Jake Noviello and Michael Sansone, who set the program single-season record with nine victories apiece. Noviello also finished fourth in the NCAA 1.47 ERA, the lowest by any Fairfield starter in program history.

During his time with the Stags, Caruso caught for three pitchers who would later be either drafted or signed into major league organizations: Austin Pope (Diamondbacks), Trey McLoughlin (Mets), and Sansone (Rays).