BOSTON, Mass. – The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) has announced its weekly awards and Mount Holyoke College student-athlete Cathleen Pruden was recognized. The senior garnered Swimmer of the Week honors for the 10th time in her career after an outstanding effort to start the season last week.

Pruden, who hails from Raleigh, N.C., recorded three victories in the Lyons tough 157.5-99.5 loss at Division II Assumption last Friday. She won the 1000-freestyle in a time of 10:27.11, besting the Greyhounds pool record (previously 10:32.16 from 2011). She went on to win the 500-free in a time of 5:15.03 and claimed victory in the 200-individual medley in a time of 2:10.27. That time also marked another Assumption pool record, besting the previous mark of 2:13.54, set just two weeks earlier. Pruden also helped record six of Mount Holyoke's 10 victories (in 15 events) at the non-team scoring Smith College Relays on Saturday.

Pruden had an outstanding campaign in 2014-15, highlighting the year with her second straight National All-America honor after finishing eighth at the NCAA Championships in the 400-individual medley. She is the only swimmer in Lyons' history to earn All-America (top-eight) honors twice.

The NEWMAC Swimmer of the Year in 2014-15, Pruden powered her way to 37 victories in the pool last season. In addition to achieving 10 school records, she also defended her NEWMAC title in the 400-IM, posting a conference meet and open record time. She was also the conference champion in the 200-IM and the 1650-freestyle. Among her other top performances was at the 2015 Seven Sisters Championships, where she claimed victory in five events, setting two meet records and achieving two NCAA B Cuts as well.

A former standout at the Ravenscroft School, Pruden has established herself as one of the all-time best at Mount Holyoke through three seasons. In 2013-14, she became the first swimmer in program history to finish in the top-eight at Nationals, garnering All-America in the 400-IM. She was a four-event winner at the Seven Sisters Championship, as well as the NEWMAC Champion in the 400-IM.

During her rookie campaign, she was named the NEWMAC Rookie of the Year – the first-time ever by an MHC swimmer – after winning two events in record fashion. Pruden, who was a three-time Swimmer of the Week honoree in the conference, also posted two victories at Seven Sisters.

Pruden, who is a psychology and education major, is also a two-time Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American. She earned Second Team recognition in 2015 and was a Third Team selection in 2014.

Mount Holyoke is back in the pool on Saturday when it hosts the University of New England at 1pm.