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Stamford Senior From Fairfield Prep Commits To Bowdoin College

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Fairfield Prep announced four seniors will go on to play college lacrosse in the fall.

The four seniors from Fairfield Prep moving on to play college lacrosse sit in front of school administrators and coaches. From left to right: Jack O'Connor, Brendan Hoffman, Colin Smalkais and Nick Franchuk.

The four seniors from Fairfield Prep moving on to play college lacrosse sit in front of school administrators and coaches. From left to right: Jack O'Connor, Brendan Hoffman, Colin Smalkais and Nick Franchuk.

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Jack O'Connor, Brendan Hoffman, Colin Smalkais and Nick Franchuk are the four members of the Class of 2016 going on to continue their athletic careers.

O'Connor, a resident of Stamford, will play at Bowdoin College. Not only has he excelled at lacrosse and cross-country, earning all-conference honors in both, he is a National Honors Society member and a National Scholar Athlete Award for his work in the classroom.

Darien resident Hoffman is headed to Williams College. He is a magna cum laude scholar along with being a member of the mentoring program of the Stamford Boys and Girls Club.

Smalkais, of Monroe, will play at Union College. He has been a four-year member of the school's ice hockey team, as well as lacrosse. Along with earning all-conference honors on the lacrosse field, he is a coach with youth hockey and lacrosse programs in Bridgeport. Smalkais is also a magna cum laude scholar at the school. 

Franchuk, a resident of Southport, will play for Navy after a post-graduate year. Along with his play as a defenseman on the lacrosse field, earning all-state and all-conference honors, he earned all-conference honors in football as a linebacker and running back.

Franchuk will spend the spring as a student leader on the school's first trip to the Center for Student Missions in Los Angeles, working with the homeless and at-risk youth.

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