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Athletes of the Week

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Caspar Lightner

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    9/17/2025
  • Sport
    Men's Water Polo
  • Bio
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Caspar Lightner collected 12 goals, six assists and two steals as the MIT water polo team went 2-2 at the Navy Open over the weekend. Lightner scored four goals, including the game-winner in the third overtime period of the Engineers 15-14 win over Mount St. Mary's. He also dished out five assists and had one steal in the win. Additionally, he scored five goals against Salem and had three goals, a steal and an assist in MIT's win over Connecticut College.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
4/10/2025 Anastasia Samets Women's Tennis
4/10/2025 Riley Oh Men's Volleyball
4/3/2025 CJ McCarthy Baseball
4/3/2025 Ashley Thomas Women's Lacrosse
3/27/2025 Kate Augustyn Women's Swimming and Diving
3/27/2025 Nathan Kim Men's Swimming and Diving
3/23/2025 Ziyad Hassan Men's Track and Field
3/23/2025 Emily Ball Women's Track and Field
3/14/2025 Henry Zhang Men's Fencing
3/14/2025 Priscilla Leang Women's Fencing
3/6/2025 Fiora Beratahani Women's Swimming and Diving
3/6/2025 Jackson Bliey Men's Track and Field
2/27/2025 Jason Wang Men's Swimming and Diving
2/27/2025 Alexandra Turvey Women's Swimming and Diving
2/20/2025 Eleanor Yang Rifle
2/20/2025 David Whitaker Men's Track and Field
2/13/2025 John Gunton Men's Squash
2/13/2025 Angie Choi Women's Basketball
2/6/2025 Nathan Zhu Men's Swimming and Diving
2/6/2025 Gillian Roeder Women's Track and Field
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