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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
12/7/2022 Sam Engebretson Men's Track and Field
12/7/2022 Brianna Lebrun Women's Basketball
11/22/2022 Kristen Palmer Women's Fencing
11/22/2022 Kade Killeen Men's Basketball
11/16/2022 Andrew Mah Men's Cross Country
11/16/2022 Anna Haddad Women's Cross Country
11/9/2022 Kate Augustyn Women's Swimming and Diving
11/9/2022 Niles Liu Men's Fencing
11/2/2022 Men's Heavyweight Crew Men's Heavyweight Crew
11/2/2022 Paige Forester Field Hockey
10/26/2022 Hendrik Mayer Men's Soccer
10/26/2022 Mia Liang and Kathleen Love Women's Lightweight Crew
10/19/2022 Evan Kowal Men's Water Polo
10/19/2022 Rose Alsalman Rifle
10/12/2022 Ashley Lederman Field Hockey
10/12/2022 MIT Sailing Sailing
10/5/2022 Consecrata Rozario Women's Volleyball
10/5/2022 John Flynn Men's Soccer
9/28/2022 Garrett Robinson Men's Soccer
9/28/2022 Sarah Pertsemlidis Women's Tennis
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