Athlete Awards Athletes of the Month Choose Awards Type All Athlete Awards Athletes of the Month Nick MacDonald Award Athletes of the Month Week Of 2/1/2024 Sport Men's Basketball Bio View Full Bio Daemen University fifth year senior guard Nick MacDonald (Amherst, N.Y.) was named Male January Athlete of the Month after helping lead the Wildcats to a 5-2 record in the month including three East Coast Conference victories over Mercy, Molloy, and Queens and a huge non-conference victory over nationally ranked Post.   The 6-foot-5 fifth year senior guard averaged 11.3 points per game in January, shooting 47-percent from the field (28-of-60) and 41-percent (9-of-22) from beyond the arc in the month. MacDonald scored double-digit points in five of the seven games in the month, including when he scored 13 points versus Queens on Jan. 28 to join Daemen’s exclusive 1,000 point club. A 2022-23 Third-Team All-ECC honoree, MacDonald was named the ECC Player of the Week once this month and has started all 21 games this season and heavily impacts a Wildcat offense that averages 80.81 points per game. MacDonald himself ranks fifth on the team in scoring, averaging 11.5 points per game while shooting 45.7-percent from the field. The Wildcats have an 15-6 overall record this season and are 5-3 in ECC play. Athlete Awards Date Athlete Sport 10/6/2016 Amy Trabert Women's Cross Country 10/6/2016 Kevin Roginson Men's Cross Country 6/7/2016 Jeremy Rushok Men's Track & Field 6/7/2016 Anna Lyons Women's Triathlon 5/5/2016 Matt VanDeMortel Men's Track & Field 5/5/2016 Amy Trabert Women's Track & Field 4/5/2016 Torrence Dyck Men's Basketball 4/5/2016 Ashley Cheff Women's Triathlon 3/5/2016 Mackenzie Donahue Women's Track & Field 3/5/2016 Deion Hamilton Men's Basketball 2/8/2016 Sarah Saba Women's Basketball 2/8/2016 Torrence Dyck Men's Basketball 1/11/2016 Torrence Dyck Men's Basketball 1/11/2016 Natalie Galus Women's Basketball 12/9/2015 Mackenzie Donahue Women's Cross Country 12/9/2015 Arif Mehmetaj Men's Basketball 11/6/2015 Mackenzie Donahue Women's Cross Country 11/6/2015 Ashley Drzymala Women's Volleyball 10/6/2015 Kyle Tracy Men's Soccer 10/6/2015 Katie McKrell Women's Volleyball Previous12345...Next
Nick MacDonald Award Athletes of the Month Week Of 2/1/2024 Sport Men's Basketball Bio View Full Bio Daemen University fifth year senior guard Nick MacDonald (Amherst, N.Y.) was named Male January Athlete of the Month after helping lead the Wildcats to a 5-2 record in the month including three East Coast Conference victories over Mercy, Molloy, and Queens and a huge non-conference victory over nationally ranked Post.   The 6-foot-5 fifth year senior guard averaged 11.3 points per game in January, shooting 47-percent from the field (28-of-60) and 41-percent (9-of-22) from beyond the arc in the month. MacDonald scored double-digit points in five of the seven games in the month, including when he scored 13 points versus Queens on Jan. 28 to join Daemen’s exclusive 1,000 point club. A 2022-23 Third-Team All-ECC honoree, MacDonald was named the ECC Player of the Week once this month and has started all 21 games this season and heavily impacts a Wildcat offense that averages 80.81 points per game. MacDonald himself ranks fifth on the team in scoring, averaging 11.5 points per game while shooting 45.7-percent from the field. The Wildcats have an 15-6 overall record this season and are 5-3 in ECC play.