Isaiah Wright, Temple University football
Wright has been playing all over the field for the Owls, who are 5-1. He has run the ball, caught passes and returned kickoffs and punts for Temple.
The former Holy Cross and Kingswood Oxford standout has been most effective catching the ball. Wright is second on the team in catches with 37 and third in yards with 361. He has a team-high five touchdown receptions. He has run the ball four times for 42 yards.
Wright has returned 11 kickoffs for 275 yards (25 yards per return), with a long of 55 yards. He has also returned nine punts for 77 yards (8.56 yards per return) with a long of 18.
Wright made the American Athletic Conference honor roll after totaling 173 all-purpose yards in a 27-17 win over East Carolina University on Oct. 5. He caught nine passes for 104 yards and a touchdown, and he also had his season-high kickoff return of 55 yards in the game.
Adalia Malick, Springfield College soccer
The former Bristol Central standout is off to a great start in her first season with the Pride.
Malick has played in 13 of 14 games at forward and has started the last eight contests. She is third on the team in goals with five and is tied for third in both assists (3) and points (13). The first goal Malick scored in her career was the only one Springfield needed in a 1-0 victory over Endicott on Sept. 7.
Malick has had two games with a goal and an assist this season. She tallied a goal and an assist in a 6-1 win at Castleton University on Oct. 1. Malick also had a goal and an assist in a 7-0 victory at Wellesley College on Oct. 12.
Ironically, one of the players Malick is tied with for third in assists is someone very familiar to her.
Ashley Macdonald, Springfield College soccer
Macdonald, a sophomore with the Pride, is tied for third on the team in assists (3) with her former Bristol Central teammate Malick.
Macdonald has assisted on a goal in wins over UMass-Dartmouth (Sept. 12, 9-0), Mount Holyoke College (Oct. 5, 4-0) and Wellesley College (Oct. 12, 7-0). Macdonald scored her lone goal of the season in the 6-1 win over Castleton University on Oct. 1. She has two assists in the three conference games that Springfield has played.
Macdonald has played in nine of 14 games at forward, including one start.
Justin Witherspoon, Western Connecticut State University football
The former Holy Cross standout has played in all five games for the Colonials (5-0) in his senior season.
Witherspoon has 18 tackles in five games, including a season-high six in a 42-33 win at Bridgewater State University on Sept. 21. He also had a pass breakup in that victory. Witherspoon, a defensive back, made a tackle or assisted on a tackle on three straight plays in the second quarter. Witherspoon had a key pass breakup on 3rd and 9 with under 11 minutes remaining in the game. The deflection forced a Bridgewater State punt, and WCSU got the ball back with a 35-33 lead and 10:28 to play in the game.
Julia Sheetz, Endicott College cross country
This former Holy Cross harrier set her personal-best time of 22:23.8 during the Keene State Invitational on Oct. 5. The meet was held at Keene State College in Keene, N.H.
Sheetz, a junior at Endicott, was one of seven Gulls to run a personal-best time during the invitational. Endicott finished ninth out of 18 teams at the meet.
Sheetz is majoring in Nursing with a minor in Spanish.
Headshots and statistics compiled from the college websites of each athlete.
