Marlborough, Mass.- The NEWMAC has announced its Athlete of the Week honorees for the week ending 12/14/25, presented by SKYBOKX 109 Sports Bar & Grill in Natick, Massachusetts.  The full list of honorees is available below.
 
Women’s Basketball
 
Offensive Athlete of the Week- Bri Frongillo (Sr., G), Emerson College  
 
Senior Bri Frongillo (Hopedale, Mass.) averaged a team-leading 29.0 points on 44.4-percent shooting (20-for-45), including 12-for-35 (48%) from three-point range, in a 2-0 week for the Lions. She made all six free-throw attempts for the week and also contributed 4.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 2.0 steals per game while playing all but one minute over the two wins. Frongillo led Emerson to a 66-48 win at Suffolk on Tuesday with a game and season-high 25 points and in the process became the 12th player in program history to score 1,000 points in her career at the College. She rounded out the night with four rebounds, two assists, and two steals. Frongillo set a scoring season-best for the second-straight game with 33 points on 11-of-25 shooting, including 7-for-13 from three-point distance, in Thursday's 68-57 win over Salem State with four rebounds, three assists, two steals, and a blocked shot. She has now scored 1,036 of her 1,092 career points at Emerson after netting 56 as a first-year at Division I Bryant University. 
 
Defensive Athlete of the Week- Claire English (Jr., F/C), Emerson College
 
Junior Claire English (Winchester, Mass.) led the Lions’ defensive effort that held their two opponents to 52.5 points per game on 26.4-percent shooting, including 6-for-31 (19.4%) from three-point distance, in a 2-0 week with 3.5 blocked shots and 11.5 rebounds per game, including 9.0 per game on the defensive end. English averaged a double-double for the week by contributing 10.5 points per game, along with 2.5 assists. She tallied 11 points, nine boards, two assists, three blocked shots, and a steal in Tuesday's 66-48 win at Suffolk. English contributed her third double-double of the season with ten points and a game-high 14 rebounds in Thursday's 68-57 win over Salem State, blocking a season-high four shots with three assists.
 
About the NEWMAC

The NEWMAC is an association of 12 selective academic institutions: Babson College, Clark University, U.S Coast Guard Academy, Emerson College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mount Holyoke College, Salve Regina University, Smith College, Springfield College, Wellesley College, Wheaton College, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, that are committed to providing high quality competitive athletic opportunities for student-athletes within an educational and respectful environment that embodies the NCAA Division III Philosophy. The conference also partners with eight Associate Members: Brandeis University (Women's Lacrosse, 2026-2027), New York University (Men's Volleyball, 2026-2027), Norwich University (Football), Simmons College (Rowing), SUNY Maritime College (Football), SUNY New Paltz (Men's Volleyball, 2026-2027), U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Football), and Vassar College (Men's Volleyball, 2026-2027), while sponsoring 20 sports.