Men's Basketball

Athletes of the Week: Dec. 22-Jan. 4

LANCASTER, Pa. -- Centennial Conference weekly awards have been announced for the week of Dec. 22-Jan. 4 in basketball and wrestling. 

Steve Donahue of Franklin & Marshall men's basketball and Macie Feldman of Johns Hopkins women's basketball received CC weekly honors after leading their teams to 3-0 weeks that included wins over nationally-ranked opponents, while Ethan Composto of Gettysburg wrestling went unbeaten in a pair of dual meets. 

Continue below for the full write-up on each winner from the past two weeks of action around the Centennial. 


MEN'S BASKETBALL

Player of the Week
Steve Donahue, So., G, Franklin & Marshall 
Montgomery, N.J. | Montgomery
Donahue led the Diplomats' offense in a three-win week, as he averaged 15.7 points per game and scored a buzzer-beater three against Lancaster Bible to win the 2025 Franklin & Marshall Holiday Tournament, winning the tournament's most valuable player award. Across those three games, Donahue averaged 15.7 points per game while shooting an efficient 64% from the field (16-of-25), 53.8% from three-point range (7-of-13), and 80% from the free throw line (8-of-10). He also averaged 2.0 rebounds per game, 1.3 assists per game, and one steal per game. In F&M's convincing 84-47 win over CCNY in the tournament opener, Donahue recorded 13 points, shooting 5-of-6 on field goals and 3-of-4 on threes with one assist and one steal. In the championship game, he buried the game-winner on a buzzer-beater three, totaling 18 points by going 5-of-10 on field goals, 4-of-7 on threes, and 4-of-6 on free throws with two steals, four rebounds, and three assists. In Saturday's win at No. 12 Virginia Wesleyan, he recorded 16 points, shooting 6-of-9 on field goals and 4-of-4 on free throws.

2025-26 Men's Basketball Weekly Awards
Nov. 11Charlie Jackson, Johns Hopkins 
Nov. 18Kevin Nowoswiat, Franklin & Marshall 
Nov. 25Ryan Shaffer, McDaniel
Dec. 2Kevin Nowoswiat, Franklin & Marshall 
Dec. 9Charlie Jackson, Johns Hopkins 
Dec. 16Jacob Pichay, Dickinson
Dec. 23David Kearney, McDaniel 
Jan. 6 - Steve Donahue, Franklin & Marshall 


WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Player of the Week
Macie Feldman, Sr., G, Johns Hopkins 
Southgate, Ky. | Notre Dame Academy 
Feldman helped power the Blue Jays to a 3-0 week as Hopkins improved to 11-0—its best start in program history—with wins over No. 17 Trinity (Conn.), 69-62, William Paterson, 64-43, which also received votes in the latest D3Hoops.com rankings, and Rowan, 64-43. Over the three-game span, she averaged a double-double of 10.0 points and 10.0 rebounds per game, while also contributing 3.3 assists and 1.3 steals. In the ranked matchup against Trinity, the senior filled the stat sheet with a team-high 10 rebounds, four assists and three steals, while adding six points. She followed that effort with a double-double against William Paterson, posting a team-high 11 points on 5-of-9 shooting to go along with 11 rebounds, four assists and a steal. Feldman closed the weekend by narrowly missing a second straight double-double, recording a game-high 13 points, nine rebounds, two assists and a block against Rowan.

2025-26 Women's Basketball Weekly Awards
Nov. 11Raegan Lenz, McDaniel 
Nov. 18Elaina Beckett, McDaniel 
Nov. 25Elaina Beckett, McDaniel 
Dec. 2Kaitlyn Boggs, Washington College
Dec. 9Avery McNulty, Muhlenberg
Dec. 16Emma Robinson, Washington College
Dec. 23Lizzie McGrath, Dickinson
Jan. 6Macie Feldman, Johns Hopkins 


WRESTLING 

Athlete of the Week
Ethan Composto, Jr., 165, Gettysburg
Westfield, N.J. | Westfield 
Composto led the Bullets at the UAA Challenge with victories in both of his matches. Competing at 165 pounds, Composto opened the day with a second-period technical fall by a 20-3 margin against Chicago's Nick Cheshier. He then registered an 11-1 major decision over Case Western's Marty Landes to complete his 2-0 day. 

2025-26 Wrestling Weekly Awards
Nov. 4 - Andrew Schaen, Ursinus
Nov. 11 - Branden Whyte-Taylor, McDaniel
Nov. 18 - Jacob Pomykata, Johns Hopkins 
Nov. 25 - Braden Kmak, Ursinus
Dec. 9 - Thomas Monn, McDaniel 
Dec. 23Mohamed Abdelatty, Ursinus
Jan. 6Ethan Composto, Gettysburg