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2023 MIT Women's Volleyball Roster

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6 Emily Cheng

  • Position S
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • High School The Harker School
  • Hometown Sunnyvale, Calif.
  • Major Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence

Biography

Career Highs
Kills 6 vs. Pomona-Pitzer (Sept. 15, 2023)
Assists 57 at NYU (Oct. 8, 2022)
at Springfield (Nov. 12, 2023)
Aces 4 Four Times - Most Recently at WPI (Oct. 14, 2023)
Digs 18 at Babson (Nov. 1, 2023)
vs. Babson (Nov. 11, 2023)
Blocks 4
at Trinity, Texas (Sept. 16, 2023)
vs. Smith (Oct. 2, 2023)
vs. Babson (Nov. 11, 2023)

Accolades:
- AVCA All-America Third Team (2023) 
- AVCA All-America Honorable Mention (2021) 
- AVCA Region 2 All-Region Team (2021, 2023) 
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-America Second Team (2023)
- College Sports Communicationrs Academic All-District Team (2023)
  
- NEWMAC All-Conference First Team (2021, 2023) 
- NEWMAC Tournament Most Outstanding Player (2022) 
- NCAA Division III Women’s Volleyball Championship Cambridge, Mass. Regional Most Outstanding Player (2021)
- NCAA Division III Women’s Volleyball Championship Medford, Mass. Regional All-Tournament Team (2022) 
- NEWVA All-New England First Team (2021, 2022) 
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2021, 2022, 2023)
- MIT Invitational Tournament MVP (2021) 
- MIT Quad Tournament Tournament MVP (2023) 
- NEWMAC Offensive Athlete of the Week (Sept. 13, 2021; Oct. 9, 2023)

- Graduates ranked third at MIT in career assists per set (10.35)
- Graduates ranked sixth at MIT in career assists (2,814)

2023: 
- Played in 107 sets, recording 1082 assists, 259 digs, 45 aces, and 38 blocks 
- Led the NEWMAC in assists and assists per set (10.11)
- Ranked 13th in the nation in assists

2022:
- Played in 60 sets, recording 637 assists, 142 digs, 15 aces, and 10 blocks
- Ranked seventh in the NEWMAC in assists

2021:
- Played in 105 sets, recording 1,095 assists, 215 digs, 38 blocks, and 34 aces
- Led the NEWMAC in assists and assists per set (10.41)

2020:
- Did not play as the season was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Favorite Sports Memory:
- Winning the NCAA Regional the last 2 years surrounded by friends and family!

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Traveling to St. Louis and Pittsburgh for the Elite 8!

Off the Court at MIT:
- Majoring in mathematics and artificial intelligence
- Internships: Tesla; Google; BitGo
- Research: Conducted a cybersecurity UROP in Sloan School of Management
- Baker Foundation chair
- Kappa Alpha Theta CAO, facilities management director, Panhel assistant
- Camp Kesem
- Council for Math Majors

Why I Chose MIT:
- I chose MIT because I loved the community that allows me to pursue my academic passions and play varsity volleyball in the beautiful city of Cambridge. I knew I could discover new hobbies through clubs, travel abroad, and research with top-notch professors and not have to compromise any of my athletic goals. More importantly, everyone on campus, from my teammates to students to professors, were not only incredibly welcoming and made time to talk to me, but also so passionate and innovative. After my official visit, I knew for sure MIT is where I wanted to grow as both an athlete and a person for the next four years.

High School:
- Graduated from The Harker School
- Two-year captain
- Two-time All-League First Team
- CCS Division 4 first place (2019), CCS Division 4 second place (2018)
- NDB Tiger Cup second place (2018), NDB Tiger Cup All-Tournament Team (2018)
- PCA Triple Impact Competitor Scholarship finalist
- Two-time Team MVP
- Four-time varsity letterwinner
- National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society
- National Merit Commended Scholar, National AP Scholar
- ReachPotential tutor, Bollywood Dance Club, Dance Show member

Club:
- Mountain View Volleyball Club
- First place at the 2020 Sierra National Qualifier (18 USA) and the 2020 AVC Dallas Qualifier (18 USA)

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Historical Player Information

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    2021Sophomore

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    2022Junior

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    2023Senior

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