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Athletes of the Week

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Emily Cheng

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    10/30/2023
  • Sport
    Women's Volleyball
  • Bio
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In a 4-0 week for No. 19 MIT, which swept all of its opponents and captured the New England Challenge title, Emily Cheng averaged 10.83 assists and 2.3 digs to go along with four blocks and four aces while the Engineers hit .227. She produced 25 assists, four digs, and one block in a 25-21, 25-18, 25-15 win over Wheaton on Tuesday. Cheng opened the New England Challenge with 31 assists, seven digs, two aces, and a block in a 25-21, 25-21, 25-17 at Williams on Friday. She generated 45 assists, six digs, and one block against Middlebury (25-23, 25-20, 27-25) and then helped MIT win the tournament by tallying 29 assists, 11 digs, two aces, and one block in a 26-24, 25-12, 27-25 victory over Tufts on Saturday. 


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
2/6/2025 Gillian Roeder Women's Track and Field
2/6/2025 Nathan Zhu Men's Swimming and Diving
1/30/2025 Jackson Bliey Men's Track and Field
1/30/2025 Kamsi Nwogu Women's Basketball
1/16/2025 400 Sprint Medley Relay Women's Track and Field
1/16/2025 400 Sprint Medley Relay Men's Track and Field
12/11/2024 Grant Hu Men's Swimming and Diving
12/11/2024 Sydney Smith Women's Swimming and Diving
11/21/2024 Kamsi Nwogu Women's Basketball
11/21/2024 Spencer Sindhusen Rifle
11/14/2024 Lucky Deignan Football
11/14/2024 Kayleigh May Women's Volleyball
11/6/2024 Catherine Tang Women's Fencing
11/6/2024 Wilson Zhu Men's Fencing
10/24/2024 Sam Dowd Men's Heavyweight Crew
10/24/2024 Lexi Fernandez Women's Cross Country
10/17/2024 Shikhar Motupally Men's Soccer
10/17/2024 Ashley Lederman Field Hockey
10/9/2024 Sam Coutts Men's Cross Country
10/9/2024 Lauren Davis Women's Soccer
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