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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
9/20/2023 Katya Shepherd Johnson Women's Tennis
9/20/2023 Victor Perez Men's Water Polo
9/13/2023 Lowell Hensgen Men's Cross Country
9/13/2023 Engineers 1 Boat Sailing
9/6/2023 Ottavia Personeni Women's Volleyball
9/6/2023 Chase Harmon Football
5/10/2023 Alexis Boykin Women's Track and Field
5/10/2023 Walter Truitt Men's Track and Field
5/3/2023 Ben Burke Baseball
5/3/2023 Sarah Pertsemlidis and Jessica Lu Women's Tennis
4/26/2023 Women's Sailing Team Sailing
4/26/2023 Karl Meyer Baseball
4/19/2023 Julia Howarth Women's Track and Field
4/19/2023 Men’s Lightweight Varsity 8+ Men's Lightweight Crew
4/12/2023 Mikayla Cable Softball
4/12/2023 Troy Oliveira Men's Volleyball
4/5/2023 Teddy Schoenfeld Baseball
4/5/2023 Kennedy Adkison Softball
3/29/2023 Abigail Kolyer Women's Lacrosse
3/29/2023 Graham Cartwright Baseball
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