BOSTON, Mass. – The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) announced its 2015 Swimming and Diving Coaches of the Year as well as the Sportsmanship Award recipients on Tuesday, following the conclusion of the conference championship meet over the weekend. WPI head coach, Paul Bennett, took home both the Men's and Women's Swimming Coach of the Year awards for the second year in a row. The WPI men finished second at this year's NEWMAC championship while the women placed fourth. Springfield College's Peter Avdoulos swept both Men's and Women's Diving Coach of the Year honors, after Springfield divers captured half the diving titles this weekend at the championship.
The U.S. Coast Guard Academy was selected as the Sportsmanship Award recipient on the men's side while Mount Holyoke College was recognized for the Women. The NEWMAC Sportsmanship award is voted on by the league's student-athletes following the conference championship.
At the conclusion of Sunday's meet, the Men's and Women's Swimmers, Divers and Rookies of the Year were announced. Mount Holyoke College junior Cathleen Pruden (Raleigh, N.C.) was named Women's Swimmer of the Year. The U.S. Coast Guard Academy's Christian Brindamour (Manchester, Conn.) and MIT freshman, Dougie Kogut (Glen Burnie, Md.) were selected as Co-Men's Swimmers of the Year.
Wellesley College freshman, Maura Sticco-Ivins was tabbed as the Women's Diver of the Year while Springfield College senior Jack Lewis (Durham, N.H.) won for the second consecutive year on the men's side. Rookie of the Year awards were swept by MIT with Amanda Wu (Cedar Park, TX) on the women's side and Kogut grabbing his second award of the night for the men.
All-Conference accolades were also handed out over the weekend, going to the top two finishers in the each event.
2015 NEWMAC Swimming & Diving All-Conference Team and Award Winners
NEWMAC Men's Co-Swimmers of the Year:
Christian Brindamour, Coast Guard
Dougie Kogut, MIT
NEWMAC Women's Swimmer of the Year:
Cathleen Pruden, Mount Holyoke
NEWMAC Men's Diver of the Year:
Jack Lewis, Springfield
NEWMAC Women's Diver of the Year:
Maura Sticco-Ivins, Wellesley
NEWMAC Men's Rookie of the Year:
Dougie Kogut- MIT
NEWMAC Women's Rookie of the Year:
Amanda Wu, MIT
NEWMAC Men's Swimming Coach of the Year
Paul Bennett, WPI
NEWMAC Women's Swimming Coach of the Year
Paul Bennett, WPI
NEWMAC Men's Diving Coach of the Year
Peter Avdoulos, Springfield
NEWMAC Women's Diving Coach of the Year
Peter Avdoulos, Springfield
NEWMAC Men's Sportsmanship Award:
Coast Guard
NEWMAC Women's Sportsmanship Award:
Mount Holyoke
Women's All-Conference
200 IM
1st Team – Cathleen Pruden, Mount Holyoke
2nd Team – Joanna Han, MIT
400 IM
1st Team – Cathleen Pruden, Mount Holyoke
2nd Team – Joanna Han, MIT
1650 Free
1st Team – Cathleen Pruden, Mount Holyoke
2nd Team – Melissa Orzechowski, Clark
