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Athlete Awards

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
5/4/2022 Julia Howarth Women's Track and Field
5/4/2022 Graham Cartwright Baseball
4/27/2022 Men's 4 x 100 Relay Men's Track and Field
4/27/2022 Katia Pendowski Softball
4/20/2022 Izzi Gengaro Women's Track and Field
4/20/2022 Gavin Vandenberg Men's Lacrosse
4/13/2022 Becca O'Connor Softball
4/13/2022 Teddy Schoenfeld Baseball
4/6/2022 Emily Ball Women's Track and Field
4/6/2022 Ryan Gebhardt Men's Lacrosse
3/30/2022 Men's Lightweight Eight Men's Lightweight Crew
3/30/2022 Women's Sailing Sailing
3/23/2022 Edenna Chen Women's Swimming and Diving
3/23/2022 Tobe Obochi Men's Swimming and Diving
3/16/2022 Kenneth Wei Men's Track and Field
3/16/2022 Izzi Gengaro Women's Track and Field
3/9/2022 Sydney Pyon Women's Lacrosse
3/9/2022 Matthew Sardis Men's Lacrosse
3/3/2022 Rose Alsalman Rifle
3/3/2022 Men's Fencing Foil Team Men's Fencing
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