STANDISH, ME - St. Joe's Swim Team Head Coach Rebecca Biggs has released her team award recipients for the 2007-08 season.

Sophomore Lindsay D'Ascanio (Kennebunk, ME), this season's GNAC Rookie of the Year winner, has been named as the Women's Swimming Most Valuable Player.

D'Ascanio was named as the GNAC Rookie of the Week five times during the season, won both of her individual events at the GNAC Championships and set a meet record in the 50-meter butterfly event with a time of 28.96. The rookie swimmer earned 17 individual first place finishes and 9 relay top finishes for the first-year varsity program. D'Ascanio participated in the New England Championship Finals in the six different events, three individual and three relay, and finished in thirteenth place in the 50-fly with a time of 29.77.

Sophomore Lindsay Bates (Waterville, ME) has been tabbed the Women's Swimming Most Improved Player after earning two individual top finishes, both in the 100-free, and two relay first place finishes for the Royal Blue swim program this season. Bates participated in the New England Championship Finals as a member of the 200-free, 200-medley, 800-free and 400-free relay teams.

Women's team captains for the 2008-09 season will be Bates, JR Ashton Piers (Falmouth, ME) and SO Danielle Harmon (Poland, ME).

Junior Nick Zecher (Mansfield, MA) is the 2007-08 Men's Swimming Most Valuable Player. Zecher earned a first place finish in the 400-free at Elms College on December 8th and finished in second five times this year for Coach Biggs.

Junior Pat Decola (Methuen, MA) receives the 2007-08 Men's Swimming Most Improved honor. DeCola took home first place finishes in the 50-back and 50-fly events at Elms College and finished in second twice during the season.

Zecher and DeCola will share the 2008-09 Men's team captain duties.