Recent William and Mary graduate Andrew Strait '14 was voted the Colonial Athletic Association's Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year on Wednesday, adding to an already historic list of accomplishments.  The Male and Female Scholar-Athletes are voted by the league's schools from among the winners in each sport throughout the year (10 men, 12 women).  Strait is the sixth Tribe man to win the award in the 12-year history of the program, and the third in the last four years.

Already this spring after the end of season, Strait became the first-ever W&M winner of the Men's Swimmer of the Year award, and was named the Men's Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year for an unprecedented third-straight time.  In fact, he's the first to earn three Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards for either men's or women's swimming and diving in conference history.  Only six athletes in the CAA have ever won three consecutive Scholar-Athlete awards in their sport.  W&M now has 54 total Scholar-Athletes of the Year, 21 more than any other school, and six year-end Scholar-Athletes of the Year, twice as many as the next-closest school.

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.  Strait was also named to the CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District first team in both 2013 and 2014, and to the CSCAA Honorable Mention All-Academic list.  At W&M's Athletics Award Banquet in 2013, he won the Bruce Davidson Memorial Award, given to the top rising senior men's athlete in the entire department.

Andrew Strait Career Highlights
B.S. Mathematics, W&M 2014
2014 CAA Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2014 CAA Men's Swimmer of the Year
2014 CAA Men's Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2014 CAA Championships Most Outstanding Male Swimmer
2014 CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District Team
2013 CAA Men's Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2013 CAA Championships co-Most Outstanding Male Swimmer
2013 CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District Team
2012 CAA Men's Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2012 U.S. Olympic Trials Participant
Six CAA Individual Championships
Four CAA Relay Championships

W&M All-Time Overall Scholar-Athlete of the Year Winners
2004 - Adam Hess, Basketball
2007 - Keith Bechtol, Cross Country/Track and Field
2008 - Ryan Overdevest, Soccer
2011 - Nathaniel Baako, Soccer
2012 - Brandon Heroux, Track and Field
2014 - Andrew Strait, Swimming and Diving

CAA All-Time 3x Scholar-Athlete of the Year Winners
Keith Bechtol, W&M, Men's Track and Field 2004-07 (* also 2005 & 2006 cross country)
Kelsey Hutchins, JMU, Field Hockey 2007-10
Tom Sherreard, GSU, Men's Golf 2007-10
Charlotte Lorentzen, GSU, Women's Golf 2009-12
Olivia Galati, Hofstra, Softball 2010-13
Andrew Strait, W&M, Men's Swimming and Diving 2011-14