EASTON, Mass. — Assumption College freshman swimmer Libby Gajewski was honored as the Northeast-10 Conference Rookie of the Year on Monday, as voted by the league’s head coaches.

Gajewski is a native of Biddeford who swam for both Catherine McAuley High School and the Northern York County YMCA Manta Rays swim team.

“Libby was a fixture at our Y and on the Manta Rays swim team for the better part of ten years,” said Northern York County YMCA aquatics director Ben Lyons. “Though we are not surprised to hear of her success at Assumption College and in the Northeast-10 Conference, we are so proud of her.”

Gajewski becomes the second Assumption swimmer to earn Rookie of the Year honors as she joins teammate Monique Haney, who captured the award in 2011.

Highlighting her season was a Northeast-10 Conference individual title in the 200-yard freestyle, as she captured the event in a school-record time of 1:55.69. Her other individual showings at the Northeast-10 Championship included a runner-up finish in the 100-yard freestyle and a sixth-place showing in the 50-yard freestyle. In the prelims of both events, Gajewski recorded the fastest time in school history by a freshman, as she swam 24.90 in the 50 free prelims and 53.90 in the 100 free prelims.

In addition to the individual showings at the league meet, she was also part of four relay teams that placed among the top two to help lead the team to the conference championship. Gajewski led off the 200-yard freestyle relay that won the first event of the championship and also swam the third leg in the victorious 800-yard freestyle relay. She also anchored the runner-up 400-yard medley team and led off the 400-yard freestyle relay team that placed second by just .01 seconds in the final event of the meet.