William & Mary freshman Grace Tramack (Palo Alto, Calif.) was named the Colonial Athletic Association's Rookie Swimmer of the Month for November, the league office announced on Tuesday afternoon.  This is a new award begun in 2019-20 by the CAA, and Tramack is the first W&M swimmer to win the award.

In the month of November, Tramack ranked fifth overall for W&M and No. 1 among all freshmen with 149.25 points scored, helping the team to a 3-1 record in dual meets and a win at the 10-team West Virginia Invitational.  Tramack won two races, the 100 free at VMI and the 200 fly against UNCW, and also had five seconds and a pair of third place finishes.  At the West Virginia Invitational, she made the championship finals of all four of her individual events, including fourth in the 500 free, sixth in the 1,650 free, seventh in the 200 fly, and eighth in the 400 IM.

Tramack's best times this semester rank highly not just in the CAA, but also in the W&M school record books.  In the 200 fly, she ranks fifth in the conference and 12th all-time at W&M at 2:03.61, and she ranks eighth in the league and 13th in school history in the 400 IM at 4:26.43.  Tramack also ranks seventh in the CAA this season in both the 500 free (4:56.40) and the 1,650 free (17:09.56), times that also rank her 14th all-time among Tribe athletes in both events.

With the fall season now complete, Tramack and her teammates are currently completing final exams ahead of the winter holidays.  William & Mary will take its annual training trip to Florida at the end of December and beginning of January, before returning to competition on Saturday, January 11, with a dual meet against Old Dominion in Norfolk, Va.