Sean Doncaster of Medford, Mass., Named NEWMAC Men's Basketball Co-Offensive Player of the Week and WACBA Player of the Week

2017 Jan 4

WPI senior guard Sean Doncaster has been selected the NEWMAC Men's Basketball Co-Offensive Player of the Week for the week ending, Sunday, January 1st. He shared top-billing with Springfield freshman Jake Ross.

Additionally, Doncaster was tabbed as the Worcester Area College Basketball Association (WACBA) Player of the Week and WPI Men's Student-Athlete of the Week,.

Doncaster led the Engineers to a pair of victories last week by stuffing the stat sheets with 31 points, 14 rebounds, 11 assists and four steals in victories over Keene State and Eastern Nazarene. With WPI trailing by a point with less than a minute to go versus the Owls, the senior drained the go ahead 3-pointer and ended with 13 points and eight boards. Doncaster continued shine from the outside versus Eastern Nazarene, nailing all four of his trifectas against the Lions while scoring 20 points, grabbing six rebounds and dishing out a game-high six assists.

It is the second career weekly NEWMAC award for Doncaster, a first-team all-conference selection in 2016-2017. He shared Player of the Week honors on February 15th of last year with eventual National Player of the Year Joey Flannery of Babson. Doncaster is the second WPI player to pick up WACBA accolades this winter as Connor Willgress drew recognition in late November.

WPI opens NEWMAC play on Wednesday, hosting Springfield at 5pm.

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