2009 Female Newcomers of the Year: Hannah Gajewski '12 & Emily Leverone '11

2009 Female Newcomers of the Year: Hannah Gajewski '12 & Emily Leverone '11

Hannah Gajewski (Biddeford, ME/Catherine McAuley) participated in 22 events as a freshman for the SJC swim team, winning 17 and placing second on five occasions. She broke nine individual team records and swam a leg for four record-breaking relay teams during the 2009 season. Gajewski was named the 2009 GNAC Women's Swimming Rookie of the Year after earning GNAC Rookie of the Week honors six times and Conference Co-Swimmer of the Week once.

As a first year player, Emily Leverone (Hampton, NH/Winnacunnet) leads the St. Joe's softball team in virtually all offensive categories and has broken the program single-season records for hits, doubles and home runs. Through May 5th, the GNAC All-Conference First Team honoree ranks second in all of NCAA DIII Softball in batting (.560), fifth in on-base percentage (.589) and seventh in slugging (.940). Her batting average is currently 45 points better than the program single-season high.