Marlborough, Mass.- The NEWMAC has announced its Athlete of the Week honorees for the week ending 1/18/26, presented by SKYBOKX 109 Bar & Grill in Natick, Massachusetts. The full list of honorees can be found below.
 
Men's Basketball
 
Offensive Athlete of the Week- Aliaun Iscandari (Fy., G), Clark University
 
First year Aliaun Iscandari (Hawthorne, Calif.) averaged 23.7 points, 4.7 steals, 3.7 assists, and 3.7 rebounds in three games played as the Cougars posted a pair of NEWMAC wins this week. The first-year netted a career-high 33 points, eight steals, six assists, and five rebounds in an 83-75 victory over Coast Guard on Tuesday night. He added 18 points, three assists, and three rebounds in an 83-62 road win against Emerson. In a road contest at Wheaton, Iscandari scored 20 points, four steals, and three rebounds on Saturday afternoon.
 
Defensive Athlete of the Week- Timmy O'Toole (Sr., F), Babson College
 
Senior Timmy O'Toole (Milton, Mass.) averaged 14.0 rebounds, 3.0 steals, and 2.3 blocks as Babson held three opponents to just 57.7 points in a 3-0 week. He grabbed a career-high 20 rebounds to go along with three blocks and three steals in Tuesday's 69-66 OT win at Springfield, finished with seven boards, four steals and two blocks in a 73-55 triumph over Wheaton on Thursday, and capped the week with a double-double that included 15 rebounds to go along with two steals and one blocked shot to help the Beavers defeat Emerson, 61-52. 
 
Women's Basketball
 
Offensive Athlete of the Week- Bri Frongillo (Sr., G), Emerson College   
 
Senior Bri Frongillo (Hopedale, Mass.) led the Lions to a 2-0 week with 18.5 points per game on 48.1-percent shooting, including 4-for-9 (44.4%) from three-point range, converting all seven free-throw attempts for the week. She also contributed 4.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists, and 1.0 steals in 39.5 minutes per game. Frongillo paced Emerson to Saturday's 73-62 win over Salve Regina in the NEWMAC opener with a game-high 27 points on 9-of-20 shooting, converting all seven free throws and adding seven rebounds and four assists. She rounded out the Lions in double figures in Monday's 58-56 win at Worcester State with ten points on 4-of-7 shooting, canning both three-point attempts, with four assists and two steals.
 
Defensive Athlete of the Week- Rylie Rosenberg (So., G), Babson College
 
Sophomore Rylie Rosenberg (New Rochelle, N.Y.) recorded six steals and 10 rebounds to help Babson split a pair of games last week. The sophomore guard finished with career highs of four steals and seven boards in Tuesday's 61-55 loss to No. 23 Trinity and followed it up with two more steals to help the Beavers edge Springfield 64-63 in their conference opener on Saturday. 
 
Men's Swimming & Diving
 
Diver of the Week – Christian Butler (Jr.), Springfield College
 
Junior Christian Butler (North Haven, Conn.) recorded NCAA regional qualifying scores with a sweep in both disciplines as he notched a 295.73 on the 3-meter board and a 296.77 on the 1-meter board.
 
Relay of the Week – 200 Medley Relay, Springfield College
 
In their dual meet with Middlebury on Saturday, the Pride began the meet with a first-place time of 1:35.91 in the 200-medley relay as Matt Quinney, Viet-Anh Nguyen, Dawson Milligan, and Dan Backlund combined for the victory, edging out the Panthers A relay by less than a second.
 
Swimmer of the Week – Grant Hu (So.), MIT
 
Sophomore Grant Hu (Allen, Texas) won the 200 IM while finishing second in the 200 back and fifth in the 100 Back in the No. 7 MIT men's swimming and diving meet against Division I Boston University. Hu won the 200 IM in 1:48.44, which is currently the sixth-fastest time in Division III. He swam to a second-place finish in a B-cut time of 1:48.35 in the 200 back, currently ranking 18th in DIII. His 100 back time of 49.74 is a new personal best.
 
Women's Swimming & Diving
 
Diver of the Week- Katherine Welsh (Sr.), Smith College
 
Senior Katherine Welsh (St. Paul, Minn.) swept both diving events at the Wellesley Invite this past weekend to lead the Bears to a runner-up finish. Welsh won the 1-meter with a score of 438.65 and the 3-meter with 434.60 points, both NCAA regional qualifying scores.
 
Relay of the Week – 200 Yard Medley, Wellesley College
 
Wellesley's 200 Medley Relay team of seniors Tracey Liu, Kavita Sekhon, and first-years Lucy Choe and Alexis Kung teamed up to earn a commanding first-place finish at the Wellesley Invitational. The quartet finished at 1:44.86, within one second of recording an NCAA "B" cut.
 
Swimmer of the Week – Sydney Smith (Jr.), MIT
 
Junior Sydney Smith (Atlanta, Ga.) earned a win in the 100 back and finished second in the 100 Fly in the No. 5 MIT women's swimming and diving meet against Division I Boston University. Smith was also a member of two relay teams, the 200 Medley Relay, which captured second, and the 200 Free, which finished first. In the 100 back, Smith swam a 55.07, which is the eighth-fastest time in Division III this season. In the 100 fly, she posted a time of 54.77, which is the fourth-best time in the nation this season. 
 
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.