MARLBOROUGH, Mass. — Wheaton College (Mass.) seniors Grace Chin (Blooming Grove, N.Y.), Talia Dalton (Andover, Minn.), Emma Claire Lambert-Shemo (Cleveland, Ohio), Vivian Van Holland (Excelsior, Minn.) and juniors Kaleigh Morton (Milford, Conn.) and Anna St. Jean (Alexandria, Va.) were named to the New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference Men's Swimming & Diving Academic All-Conference Team, it was announced by the league.
Honorees must have met the following criteria: earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5/4.0 scale or 4.35/5.0 scale after the 2025 fall semester, achieved second year academic status at their institution, and been a member of the varsity team for the entire season.
Dalton, Lambert-Shemo and Van Holland were all selected for the third straight year, while Chin, Morton and St. Jean earned the honor for the second straight year for the Lyons.
Dalton was also a Second Team All-Conference selection as a member of the 800-yard freestyle relay team that finished second at the NEWMAC Championship. The Bioinformatics major also placed ninth in the 200-yard freestyle and 11th in the 500-yard freestyle at the conference title meet. Lambert-Shemo was a member of the 800 relay squad in addition to finishing third in the 200-yard breaststroke, fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke and 12th in the 200-yard individual medley. The Neuroscience major racked up 16 top-five finishes, including four wins. Van Holland finished fourth in the 1650-yard freestyle and was a member of the 800 free relay. In addition, the Mathematics and Secondary Education major finished seventh in both the 200 and 500-yard freestyle events.
Chin scored points at the conference championship with 20th-place showings in the 200-yard butterfly and the 400-yard individual medley. The Business and Management major recorded six top-five finishes during the season for Wheaton. Morton finished eighth in the 'A' final of the 400-yard individual medley, while placing 17th in the 200-yard butterfly. The Elementary Education major posted a pair of personal-record times and 21 top-five finishes, including two victories. St. Jean turned in an 11th-place effort in the 200-yard freestyle to go with four personal-record marks. The Public Health major registered 12 top-five finishes during the season.
Wheaton finished the season with a 3-9 dual meet record and placed seventh at the New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference Championship.
