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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
10/24/2024 Sam Dowd Men's Heavyweight Crew
10/24/2024 Lexi Fernandez Women's Cross Country
10/17/2024 Shikhar Motupally Men's Soccer
10/17/2024 Ashley Lederman Field Hockey
10/9/2024 Sam Coutts Men's Cross Country
10/9/2024 Lauren Davis Women's Soccer
9/26/2024 Lucy Brock Sailing
9/26/2024 Mercedes Escandon Sailing
9/18/2024 Ottavia Personeni Women's Volleyball
9/18/2024 Adam Ivatorov Men's Water Polo
9/12/2024 Ingrid Tomovski Field Hockey
9/12/2024 Carson Phelps Football
4/25/2024 Men's Lightweight Crew 8+ Men's Lightweight Crew
4/25/2024 Mikayla Cable Softball
4/22/2024 Women's Lightweight Pair Women's Lightweight Crew
4/17/2024 Kailas Kahler Men's Tennis
4/12/2024 Men's Heavyweight Varsity 8+ Men's Heavyweight Crew
4/12/2024 Women's Openweight Second Varsity 8+ Women's Openweight Crew
4/3/2024 Walter Truitt Men's Track and Field
4/3/2024 Kennedy Adkison Softball
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