Accolades:

GNAC All-Academic (2012)

2011-12: Swam in eight meets and 17 individual events as a sophomore…also participated in a pair of relays…recorded three third-place performances…posted a personal-best 32.96 time in the 50 Free versus Regis College on November 19th…added two personal-best efforts versus Husson University on January 14th, placing third in the 200 Free (2:42.44) and fourth in the 100 Free (1:14.79). 

2010-11: Participated in 16 individual events and four relay competitions as a freshman…placed sixth with a 37.27 time in her first NCAA event – the 50-Free versus Elms College on November 13th…competed in the preliminary rounds of the 100-Free (1:19.38) and 50-Free (35.27) at the GNAC Championship in December…recorded season-best times in the 200-Free (2:48.31) and 100-Free (1:17.54) at University of New England on January 17th…earned fourth-place finishes in the 400-Free (2:49.70) and 50-Free (34.59) against Gordon College on February 5th…selected as the Monks’ Most Improved Player.

Personal: Misha Leister, born on July 24, 1992 in Portland, Maine....daughter of Michelle Leister...majoring in International Business.