Swimming & Diving

Whaley Claims Fourth GNAC Top Rookie Honor

Posted: Jan 27, 2020

STANDISH, Maine – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly accolades have been released and Saint Joseph's College freshman Evan Whaley (Merrimack, N.H.) has been selected as the GNAC Men's Swimming Rookie of the Week for the fourth time this season.

Versus Husson University on Saturday, Whaley picked up a pair of wins with top finishes in the 400-IM (4:47.00) and 100-Free (53.32) events.

Whaley is enjoying a tremendous freshman season with 22 individual victories and four runner-up efforts in 27 races across eight events this season. His 1:53.65 time in the 200-Free and 5:15.36 effort in the 500-Free both rank fifth in the conference, as of January 26th, this winter.

The freshman standout also collected the GNAC top rookie honor on November 4th, November 18th, and November 25th.

The Monks will compete in the GNAC Championship at the Wellesley Sports Center this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.