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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
9/20/2023 Katya Shepherd Johnson Women's Tennis
9/20/2023 Victor Perez Men's Water Polo
9/13/2023 Lowell Hensgen Men's Cross Country
9/13/2023 Engineers 1 Boat Sailing
9/6/2023 Ottavia Personeni Women's Volleyball
9/6/2023 Chase Harmon Football
5/10/2023 Alexis Boykin Women's Track and Field
5/10/2023 Walter Truitt Men's Track and Field
5/3/2023 Ben Burke Baseball
5/3/2023 Sarah Pertsemlidis and Jessica Lu Women's Tennis
4/26/2023 Women's Sailing Team Sailing
4/26/2023 Karl Meyer Baseball
4/19/2023 Julia Howarth Women's Track and Field
4/19/2023 Men’s Lightweight Varsity 8+ Men's Lightweight Crew
4/12/2023 Mikayla Cable Softball
4/12/2023 Troy Oliveira Men's Volleyball
4/5/2023 Teddy Schoenfeld Baseball
4/5/2023 Kennedy Adkison Softball
3/29/2023 Abigail Kolyer Women's Lacrosse
3/29/2023 Graham Cartwright Baseball
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