John Alberta Award Rookie Week Of 1/25/2016 Sport Men's Swimming & Diving School Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Year Freshman Position Freestyle/Backstroke Hometown Medway, Mass. High School Medway In a 146-78 dual meet victory at Skidmore, RPI freshman John Alberta won the 50 free in a time of 22.89 and the 100 freestyle in 49.40. He also swam on the 200 free relay team that touched in 1:29.59, but did not register any team points.