Babson Sweeps Weekly NEWMAC Men's Swimming and Diving Awards

BABSON PARK, Mass. -- After helping their team open the season with back-to-back victories, Babson College senior Aaron Paradis (Norwich, Conn.) and first-year Greg Bissett (Cerritos, Calif.) both received weekly honors from the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) on Monday. Paradis was named NEWMAC Male Diver of the Week, while Bissett earned NEWMAC Male Swimmer of the Week honors.

Paradis won all four of his diving events in helping Babson get off to its 2-0 start. Last Saturday, he finished first in the 1-meter (264.55) and 3-meter (260.10) events as the Beavers opened the season with a 157-138 victory at Clark. One week later, he once again swept both diving competitions, winning the 1-meter (290.45) and 3-meter (281.20) events as part of a 162-80 victory at UMass-Dartmouth.

Bissett was outstanding in his first week of collegiate swimming, amassing seven total victories - four individual and three relay - in Babson's two wins. Against Clark, he placed first in the 50 free (22.28) and 100 free (48.55) while also swimming the final freestyle leg for the Beavers' victorious 200 medley relay team and opening stretch for the first-place 400 free relay squad. Bissett was stellar again at UMass-Dartmouth, winning both the 50 free (22.41) and 100 free (49.07) while swimming the freestyle leg (23.08) of the Beavers' triumphant 200 medley relay team.