Male Student-Athlete of the Week
Jackson Cayward, Siena, Men’s Cross Country
Sr. / Tolland, CT, Tolland
 
Jackson Cayward enters his senior season as an economics major with a cumulative 3.59 GPA. The runner-up at the 2023 MAAC Cross Country Championships earned MAAC Academic Honor Roll, MAAC Indoor Track & Field All-Academic Team, and MAAC Outdoor Track & Field All-Academic Team honors last year. For his efforts in the classroom, Cayward was honored on the Siena College Spring 2024 Dean's List.
 
Female Student-Athlete of the Week
Madeline Weltin, Canisius, Women’s Soccer
Sr. / Lombard, Ill. , Glenbard East
 
A member of the Canisius women’s soccer team, Madeline Weltin started out the 2024 season with a two goal game against Binghamton, which puts her in a tie for the lead in points for the Golden Griffins as well as tied for seventh in the MAAC.
 
A Lombard, Ill. native, Weltin is majoring in biology with a pre-med track and has posted a perfect GPA in five of her six semesters at Canisius. She has also been named to the MAAC All-Academic Team each of the last two seasons.
 
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 13 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 44th year of competition during the 2024-25 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius University, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan University, Marist College, Merrimack College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Sacred Heart University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.
 
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