Little East Conference Weekly Awards Program
Women's Basketball
Report #12 – Through Feb. 4, 2024
Rookie-of-the-Week
Nevaeh Clark, Fy., Cromwell (Cromwell)
Repeat winner from a week ago. In a 53-43 win over visiting Western Connecticut State University, point guard scored a career-high 22 points, nine coming in the decisive third quarter that allowed Eastern to take a 12-point lead into the final ten minutes. Clark was 10-of-14 from the floor and also tied her career-high of nine rebounds to go along with four assists, two blocked shots and one steal and only two turnovers in 40 minutes. Clark has started all 21 games for the Warriors (9-12, 7-5 LEC) and is second on the team in scoring (10.8) and rebounding (5.0) and first in assists (3.3), three-point field goals (17) and steals (0.95). A winner of three of its last four LEC games, Eastern is in fourth place in the conference with four games remaining in the regular season. The Warriors are a half-game behind the University of Southern Maine and one game ahead of Keene State College (No. 3 and No. 4 seeds host first-round tournament games Feb. 20). With four LEC games remaining in the regular season, Eastern hosts Keene State Wednesday at 5 p.m. The Warriors trimmed the Owls, 62-59, in the first meeting between the teams Jan. 9.
Men's Indoor Track & Field
Report #7 – Through Feb. 4, 2024
Rookie Field Athlete-of-the-Week (co-)
Mike Collins, Jr., Bloomfield (Bloomfield)
First-time weekly LEC honor for the first-year transfer. At the NYU Division III Invitational at The Armory in New York, Collins was third among 24 participants in the long jump (21-6 ¾) – equalling the eighth-best mark in the Little East Conference this season – and moving him from the 15
th-best jump in program history into a share of 11
th place. In his first career meet at Wesleyan University Dec. 9, Collins jumped 21-2 ½ for a sixth-place finish among 21 and followed on Jan. 20 by recording a 20-9 at URI to place 11
th among 27 participants. In his first career try in the high jump Dec. 9 at Wesleyan, Collins recorded a 5-10 ¾. The Warriors compete in the LEC Championships Feb. 17 at the University of Southern Maine's Costello Complex.
2023-24 Weekly Winners
Thru
Feb. 4 (#7)
Mike Collins Men's Indoor Track & Field Rookie Field Athlete-of-the-Week (co-)
Feb. 4 (#12)
Nevaeh Clark Women's Basketball Rookie-of-the-Week
Jan. 28 (#11)
Nevaeh Clark Women's Basketball Rookie-of-the-Week
Jan. 21 (#5)
Michael Hemmings Men's Indoor Track & Field Rookie Field Athlete-of-the-Week
Jan. 21 (#5) Laci Davis Women's Indoor Track & Field Rookie Field Athlete-of-the-Week
Jan. 14 (#9)
Taylor Salato Women's Basketball Player-of-the-Week
Jan. 14 (#9) Nico Iannucci Men's Swimming Rookie Swimmer-of-the-Week
Jan. 14 (#9) Ava Wheeler Women's Swimming Rookie Swimmer-of-the-Week
Dec. 31 (#7) Jalen Hamblin Men's Basketball Player-of-the-Week
Dec. 10 (#2) 4x400m Relay Men's Indoor Track & Field Relay-of-the-Week
Dec. 10 (#2)
Kaito Yasuda Men's Indoor Track & Field Track Athlete-of-the-Week
Dec. 3 (#1)
Aidan Hennessy Men's Indoor Track & Field Field Athlete-of-the-Week
Dec. 3 (#1)
Adam Schimmelpfennig Men's Indoor Track & Field Track Athlete-of-the-Week
Nov. 19 (#7) Ava Wheeler Women's Swimming Rookie Swimmer-of-the-Week
Nov. 19 (#7) Ben D'Addario Men's Swimming Swimmer-of-the-Week
Nov. 19 (#7) Nico Iannucci Men's Swimming Rookie Swimmer-of-the-Week
Nov. 12 (#6) Ryan Jezek Men's Swimming Rookie Swimmer-of-the-Week
Oct. 22 (#8) Lex Edwards Men's Soccer Defensive Player-of-the-Week
Oct. 22 (#3) Nico Iannucci Men's Swimming Swimmer-of-the-Week
Oct. 22 (#3) Nico Iannucci Men's Swimming Rookie Swimmer-of-the-Week
Oct. 22 (#3) Camille Attle Women's Swimming Rookie Swimmer-of-the-Week
Oct. 15 (#7) Niall O'Brien Men's Soccer Offensive Player-of-the-Week (co-)
Oct. 15 (#7) Rudy MacDaniel Men's Soccer Rookie-of-the-Week (co-)
Oct. 15 (#7) Ashton Lewis Men's Golf Player-of-the-Week
Oct. 8 (#6) Julius McNeill Men's Soccer Rookie-of-the-week
Oct. 8 (#6) Ashton Lewis Men's Golf Player-of-the-Week
Oct. 1 (#5) Miles Deiulis Men's Soccer Rookie-of-the-Week
Sept. 24 (#4) Ashton Lewis Men's Golf Player-of-the-Week
Sept. 24 (#4) Katelyn Herbert Women's Soccer Offensive Player-of-the-Week
Sept. 24 (#4) Grace Barlage Field Hockey Rookie-of-the-Week
Sept.18 (#3) Jake Napolitan Men's Golf Player-of-the-Week
Sept. 3 (#1) Meghan Georgescu Women's Cross Country Runner-of-the-Week
Sept. 3 (#1) Brooke Praskievicz Women's Volleyball Rookie-of-the-Week