WORCESTER, MA- The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) announced its men's and women's swimming and diving postseason awards during Tuesday's coaches meeting held at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), as six of the 10 schools garnered at least one of the eight major honors.

A pair of first-time honorees earned NEWMAC Men's and Women's Swimmer-of-the-Year accolades, including Wheaton College junior Barrett Roberts (Portland, ME) on the men's side and Babson College sophomore Meg Lynch (Holden, MA) for the women. Springfield College senior Mike Shaw (Westfield, MA) swept the NEWMAC Men's Diver-of-the-Year award all four seasons while Smith College sophomore Shanti Freitas (Evanston, IL) picked up NEWMAC Women's Diver-of-the-Year laurels for the first time.

United States Coast Guard Academy's John Westkott was voted NEWMAC Men's Coach of the Year in his seventh season, while Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) third-year coach Dawn Gerken was named women's coach of the year. Peter Avdoulos was tabbed men's diving coach of the year in his 21st campaign at Springfield and Smith's Kim Bierwert earned women's diving coach-of-the-year laurels in his 29th season with the Pioneers.

Lynch made history at this year's NEWMAC Championship, becoming the first Babson female to capture three individual conference event titles. Lynch met NCAA provisional standards in the 100- and 200-yard butterfly events and 200-yard individual medley. In addition to setting a trio of conference championships in each of those events, Lynch will become the first Babson female to compete in an individual swimming event at the upcoming national championship.

Shaw, a six-time All-America diver for the Pride, is the reigning national champion in both the one- and three-meter events. Named NCAA Championship Diver of the Meet as a junior, Shaw swept the one- and three-meter diving events at this year's conference championship for the fourth successive season. Freitas also won both events off the platform for the women, including setting a championship meet record during the one-meter event.

Westkott picked up his third conference accolade after guiding the Coast Guard men to their fourth conference championship in the eight-year history of the NEWMAC, while Gerken earned her first coaching award in leading the MIT women to a runner-up finish. Avdoulos, who was honored as the national diving coach of the year in 2005, won the league award for the fourth straight season. Bierwert's coaching award marks his first in the conference.

NEWMAC Women's Swimmer of the Year: Meg Lynch, Babson College
NEWMAC Women's Diver of the Year: Shanti Freitas, Smith College
NEWMAC Women's Coach of the Year: Dawn Gerken, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
NEWMAC Women's Diving Coach of the Year: Kim Bierwert, Smith College

NEWMAC All-Conference Team
(First Place finishers receive First Team All-Conference Honors; Second Place finishers receive Second Team All-Conference Honors)

Women 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
1 Springfield College
1) Price, Moira FR 2) McCormick, Julianne JR 3) Hart, Alicia SR 4) Phillips, Emily SR
2 Wellesley College
1) Johnson, Savanna FR 2) Saint-Amour, RC JR 3) O'Hara, Carolyn FR 4) Johnson, Nina JR

Women 500 Yard Freestyle
1 Thornton, Katherine JR MIT
2 Strout, Sarah SR Springfield College

Women 200 Yard IM
1 Lynch, Meg SO Babson College
2 Schadow, Kristen FR Springfield College

Women 50 Yard Freestyle
1 Johnson, Savanna FR Wellesley College
2 Price, Moira FR Springfield College

Women 1 mtr Diving
1 Freitas, Shanti SO Smith College
2 Holbrook, Doria SO MIT

Women 400 Yard Medley Relay
1 Springfield College A
1) Pottle, Kallie FR 2) Price, Moira FR 3) Schadow, Kristen FR 4) Phillips, Emily SR
2 MIT A
1) Edwards, Julianna SO 2) Thornton, Katherine JR 3) Chao, Jen FR 4) Brophy, Sasha SO

Women 200 Yard Medley Relay
1 MIT A
1) Edwards, Julianna SO 2) Thornton, Katherine JR 3) O'Keeffe, Nicole FR 4) Sidelko, Stephanie JR
2 Springfield College A
1) Phillips, Emily SR 2) Price, Moira FR 3) Pottle, Kallie FR 4) McCormick, Julianne JR

Women 400 Yard IM
1 O'Keeffe, Nicole FR MIT
2 Schadow, Kristen FR Springfield College

Women 100 Yard Butterfly
1 Lynch, Meg SO Babson College
2 Edwards, Julianna SO MIT

Women 200 Yard Freestyle
1 Brophy, Sasha SO MIT
2 Phillips, Emily SR Springfield College

Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
1 Price, Moira FR Springfield College
2 Thornton, Katherine JR MIT

Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
1 Price, Moira FR Springfield College
2 Thornton, Katherine JR MIT

Women 100 Yard Backstroke
1 Edwards, Julianna SO MIT
2 Pottle, Kallie FR Springfield College

Women 800 Yard Freestyle Relay
1 Springfield College A
1) Sheahan, Emily SO 2) O'Hara, Meaghan JR 3) Strout, Sarah SR 4) Phillips, Emily SR
2 MIT A
1) Thornton, Katherine JR 2) La'O, Jen-Jen SR 3) O'Keeffe, Nicole FR 4) Brophy, Sasha SO

Women 1650 Yard Freestyle
1 Strout, Sarah SR Springfield College
2 Thornton, Katherine JR MIT

Women 200 Yard Backstroke
1 Edwards, Julianna SO MIT
2 Pottle, Kallie FR Springfield College

Women 100 Yard Freestyle
1 Brophy, Sasha SO MIT
2 Phillips, Emily SR Springfield College

Women 200 Yard Breaststroke
1 Price, Moira FR Springfield College
2 Wu, Jenny FR Wellesley College

Women 200 Yard Butterfly
1 Lynch, Meg SO Babson College
2 Schadow, Kristen FR Springfield College

Women 3 mtr Diving
1 Freitas, Shanti SO Smith College
2 Holbrook, Doria SO MIT

Women 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
1 Springfield College A
1) O'Hara, Meaghan JR 2) Price, Moira FR 3) McCormick, Julianne JR 4) Phillips, Emily SR
2 Wellesley College
1) Johnson, Savanna FR 2) Ciurej, Kate SO 3) O'Hara, Carolyn FR 4) Johnson, Nina JR