WASHINGTON – The Atlantic 10 Conference recognized Massachusetts junior Andrew Bell as its Men’s Swimming and Diving Performer of the Week and tabbed George Washington freshman Shae Stratton as its Rookie of the Week. George Washington junior Ava Topolewski earned Women’s Swimming and Diving Performer of the Week, and her freshman teammate Natalie Sens received Rookie of the Week. The awards are for competitions from Jan. 3 to Jan. 13 and were announced on Tuesday.

In Massachusetts’ meet against Bryant, Bell earned two first place victories in the one-meter and three-meter dive events. Bell, a South Windsor, Conn. native, scored a 360.08 in the one-meter and 384.75 in the three-meter. Both scores rank second in the A-10. It’s Bell’s fourth weekly award honors.

Stratton competed in three events for George Washington in its tri-meet versus Pitt and West Virginia. He finished second in 200-yard backstroke (1:47.18), sixth in the 100-yard back (49.32) and helped the B-Relay team to a sixth-place finish in the 200-yard free (1:23.41). Stratton, a Boise, ID native, holds the fourth best time in the conference for the 200-back and 13^th best in the 100-back.

Topolewski, who earned her third weekly award, swam to a first-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle and 1,000-yard free in GW’s tri-meet against Pitt and West Virginia. She finished the 500-free at 4:48.91 and the 1,000-free at 9:58.30, which are both ranked second in the A-10. Topolewski, a Grand Prairie, Tx. native, assisted the GW 200-yard free relay to a third-place finish (1:33.48).

Sens finished in fourth place in the 100-yard backstroke for the Revolutionaries. She completed the 100-back at 1:03.19, which is eighth in the conference. Sens, a Pittsburgh, Pa. native, also earned a sixth-place finish in the 50-yard free (24.03). She helped GW to two, third place finishes in the 200-yard medley relay (1:39.96) and the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:33.48).

                                        2024-25 Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Weekly Award Winners

DATE	WOMEN'S PERFORMER	WOMEN'S ROOKIE	MEN'S PERFORMER	MEN'S ROOKIE
Oct. 2	Halle Myers, SBU	Ginny Thirsen, DAV	Dylan Felt, DAV	Mark Mizsei, SBU
Oct. 9	Ava Topolewski, GW	Natalie Sens, GW	Sammy Quigg, UM	Shae Stratton, GW
Oct. 15	Elle Jacobsen, DAV	Jess Burns, DUQ	Andrew Bell, UM	Nick Lungaretti, FOR
Oct. 22	Mya Bokerman, FOR Lexi Sundgren, DUQ	Kaitlyn Connors. DUQ	Andrew Bell, UM	Mark Mizsei, SBU
Oct. 29	Meghan Eng, SLU	Tierney Kohl, SLU	Brae Sanchez, SLU	Noah Benton, SLU
Nov. 5	Ava Topolewski, GW	Lena Amare, UR	Connor Rodgers, GW	Gage Boushee, GW
Nov. 12	Ainhoa Martin, FOR	Phoebe McClaren, SBU	Andrew Bell, UM	Noah Frederiksson, LAS
Nov. 25	Melissa Kwakalor, UR Ainhoa, Martin, FOR	Ginny Thorsen, FOR	Connor Rodgers, GW	Chase Keeler, UM
Dec. 10	Olivia Paquette, GW	Danielle Guerin, UM	Connor Rodgers, GW	Holden Thomas, GW
Jan. 14	Ava Topolewski, GW	Natalie Sens, GW	Andrew Bell, UM	Shae Stratton, GW