Marlborough, Mass.- The NEWMAC has announced its Athlete of the Week honorees, presented by SKYBOKX 109 Sports Bar and Grill, for the week ending 8/31/25.  The full list of honorees can be found below.
 
Men's Cross Country  
 
Runner of the Week- Everett Mosher (Sr.), WPI
 
Senior Everett Mosher (Chester, Vt.) made his cross country debut a memorable one when he posted an impressive fourth-place showing at the Suffolk Short Course Classic on Saturday morning. Mosher, a standout mid-distance runner for the Engineers track and field program in the winter and spring, posted a time of 15:42.19, the best time of any Division III student-athlete, in the 159-person field.  The senior helped WPI place third in the 16-team event behind Division I programs Holy Cross and New Hampshire.
 
Women's Cross Country  
 
Runner of the Week- Ella Whinney (Sr.), Wellesley College
 
Senior Ella Whinney (Madison, Wis.) came in first in a field of 39 runners at the 5k Wellesley Invitational this past Friday evening. Whinney's 19:03.6 performance helped the Blue to claim gold as a team with a winning score.
 
Field Hockey
 
Offensive Athlete of the Week- Penny Baroni (So., M), Babson College
 
Sophomore Penny Baroni (Dennis, Mass.) produced four goals and one assist for nine points and was involved in all but one of No. 7 Babson's goals in two wins over the weekend. She recorded her first career hat trick and scored the game winner in Friday's 4-3 victory at Endicott and then followed up a first-half assist by converting a penalty stroke with just over 10 minutes to go to help the Beavers defeat No. 22 Swarthmore 2-1 on Sunday. 
 
Defensive Athlete of the Week- Myles Lakin (So., GK), WPI
 
Sophomore Myles Lakin (Reading, Mass.) backstopped the Engineers to a perfect 2-0 opening week with a pair of shutouts on the road. Lakin played all 120 minutes in net without conceding a goal, turning aside all 14 shots on goal faced for a flawless 1.000 save percentage. The sophomore was instrumental in Friday's 2-0 victory at Roger Williams, making seven saves, including five in the opening quarter, to keep the Hawks off the board during an early surge. Lakin followed that performance with another seven-save effort on Sunday at the University of New England, highlighted by clutch stops on penalty corners in both halves, to preserve a 1-0 decision. Through two games, the sophomore netminder owns a perfect 0.00 goals-against average and two clean sheets, anchoring a WPI defense that has held opponents scoreless. At the same time, the Engineers outscored their foes 3-0 to begin the 2025 campaign.

Men's Soccer
 
Offensive Athlete of the Week- Declan Rhatigan (Jr., F), Wheaton College
 
Junior Declan Rhatigan (Holderness, N.H.) tallied a hat trick in Wheaton's 4-0 win at Saint Joseph's College (Maine) on August 29 in the Lyons' only match of the week. The forward became the first player in school history to score three goals in a season opener.
 
Defensive Athlete of the Week- Diego Marin (Sr., GK), Clark University
 
Senior Diego Marin (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico) recorded his first shutout of the season to help Clark record a 1-0 road victory against WNE on Sunday afternoon. The senior netminder tallied five total saves and added four stops in the second half to help preserve the win. 
 
Women's Soccer
 
Offensive Athlete of the Week- Gabriella Herivaux (Sr., F), Clark University
 
Senior Gabriella Herivaux (Canton, Mass.) led the Cougars' offense with two goals and an assist as Clark began the 2025 season with a convincing 6-0 victory over Nichols on Saturday. The senior netted her first goal of the afternoon after winning the 1v1 matchup with the goalie and finding the right side of the goal. Herivaux then scored the Cougars' first goal of the second half and dished out an assist to Calabria Augustino for the final goal of the contest.
 
Defensive Athlete of the Week- Patricia Bandrup (Sr., GK), Wheaton College  
 
Senior Patricia Bandrup (Poway, Calif.) made nine saves to record her 10th career shutout in a 2-0 victory over visiting Regis College (Mass.) on August 31 in Wheaton's only match of the week.
 
Volleyball
 
Offensive Athlete of the Week- Madeline Barton (Sr., OH), Mount Holyoke College
 
Senior Madeline Barton (Brookfield, Wis.) put down a combined 40 kills with a .337 hitting percentage over Mount Holyoke's two matches on Saturday for a conference-leading 5.71 kills per set, including the go-ahead and match points in their 3-0 victory over the host University of Saint Joseph. Barton added 0.57 aces and 2.43 digs per set and leads the NEWMAC with 6.43 points per set. She also committed just one reception error on 28 attempts (.964).
 
Defensive Athlete of the Week- Sophia Shaw (Sr., DS), Babson College
 
Senior Sophia Shaw (Novato, Calif) led the team with 38 total digs and averaged 3.45 digs per set as Babson opened the season by winning two of three matches at the Greg "Gio" Giovanazzi Memorial Tournament. She finished with 15 digs in Friday's 3-0 victory over Capital, had 14 digs and five assists in a four-set win over Rowan on Saturday morning, and capped the weekend with nine digs, four assists, and two aces in a four-set loss to No. 4 Johns Hopkins. 
 
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 four Associate Members: Norwich University (Football), Simmons College (Rowing), SUNY Maritime College (Football), and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Football), while sponsoring 20 sports.