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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
1/12/2022 Roderick Huang Men's Swimming and Diving
1/12/2022 Jacqueline Ahrens Women's Track and Field
12/15/2021 Kamsi Nwogu Women's Basketball
12/15/2021 Alex Cho Men's Basketball
12/8/2021 Matthew Kearney Men's Track and Field
12/8/2021 Kristen Palmer Women's Fencing
12/1/2021 Kylie Gallagher Women's Basketball
12/1/2021 Alex Cho Men's Basketball
11/24/2021 Halston Taylor Men's Cross Country
11/24/2021 Christina Antonakakis Women's Basketball
11/18/2021 Andrew Mah Men's Cross Country
11/17/2021 Annika Sougstad Women's Basketball
11/10/2021 Tesla Wells Women's Fencing
11/10/2021 Patrick Xinyi Liu Men's Fencing
11/3/2021 Second Varsity 8+ Men's Heavyweight Crew
11/3/2021 Second Varsity 8+ Women's Openweight Crew
10/27/2021 Women's Lightweight Four Women's Lightweight Crew
10/27/2021 Men's Heavyweight Collegiate 8+ Men's Heavyweight Crew
10/21/2021 Jaden Anderson Rifle
10/21/2021 Novice A Boat Women's Openweight Crew
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