William and Mary senior Andrew Strait (Henrico, Va.) was a record-setter during his career, and added one more historic honor on Thursday after he was voted the Colonial Athletic Association Men's Swimmer of the Year.  Strait is the first Tribesman ever to earn top honors from the CAA, and joins Pete McIntosh '65 as the only swimmers to be heralded as their conference's top athlete (McIntosh was named the Most Valuable Swimmer of the Southern Conference in 1965).

Strait wrapped up his stellar Tribe career with a brilliant week at the CAA Championships in February, taking home six golds and leading W&M to second place in the closest-ever meet in conference history.  He won all three of his individual events, the 200 IM, 100 breast, and 200 breast, for the second year in a row, and also claimed gold on the 800 free relay, 200 medley relay, and 400 medley relay while taking silver in the 200 free relay.  Strait's times in the 200 IM (1:46.59) and as part of the 800 free relay (6:31.77) both set CAA records.  All told, his six golds marked just the ninth time in CAA history that one man has won six or more events, and the first since 2006.  Strait finished his career with school-records of six individual conference championships, four relay championships, and 10 total gold medals.  In 2013-14, he led the Tribe with 22 victories and ranked second with 377.5 points, and was named the CAA Swimmer of the Championships for the second year in a row.

In Strait's career, he set numerous school and freshman records, and graduated holding W&M's all-time records in the 100 breast, 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 free relay, 800 free relay, 200 medley relay, and 400 medley relay.  He totaled 1,300.5 points in his four years, second-most ever, and his 77 career victories ranks third all-time.  Strait was twice named the CAA Swimmer of the Meet (last year and this one), and swam at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials in three events.  Out of the pool, Strait was also a leader for the Tribe, winning CAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors in 2012 and 2013, and was a first-team CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District selection last year.