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Athlete Awards

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
2/14/2024 Lexi Fernandez Women's Track and Field
2/14/2024 Tom Hogan Men's Squash
2/7/2024 Nick Gustafson Men's Volleyball
2/7/2024 Angela Kim Rifle
1/31/2024 Hannah Tao Women's Fencing
1/31/2024 Andy Zhang Men's Fencing
1/25/2024 Sam Engebretson Men's Track and Field
1/25/2024 Alexis Boykin Women's Track and Field
1/17/2024 Nony Otu Ugwu Women's Track and Field
1/17/2024 Isaac Dobie Men's Basketball
1/11/2024 Jason Wang Men's Swimming and Diving
1/11/2024 Fiora Beratahani Women's Swimming and Diving
12/13/2023 Olivia Joseph Women's Basketball
12/13/2023 Mike Ewing Men's Basketball
12/8/2023 Sam Engebretson Men's Track and Field
12/8/2023 Alexis Boykin Women's Track and Field
11/22/2023 Edenna Chen Women's Swimming and Diving
11/22/2023 Roderick Huang Men's Swimming and Diving
11/12/2023 Meagan Rowlett Women's Soccer
11/12/2023 Danny Antonelli Rifle
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