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2021 MIT Field Hockey Roster

3 Helen Liu

  • Position F/M
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Junior
  • High School Millburn
  • Hometown Short Hills, N.J.
  • Major Computer Science

Biography

Career Highs
Goals 1 vs. WPI (Oct. 30, 2021)
Assists 1 vs. Wheaton (Oct. 8, 2019)
vs. Gordon (Sept. 1, 2021)
Points 2 vs. WPI (Oct. 30, 2021)

Accolades:
- NFHCA Scholar of Distinction (2020, 2021)
- NFHCA National Academic Squad (2020, 2021)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2020, 2021)


2021: [SEASON STATISTICS]
- Played in 12 games, started two
- Recorded one goal and one assist for three points


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


2019: [SEASON STATISTICS]
- Played in 15 games
- Only point of the season was an assist against Wheaton (Oct 8)


Favorite Sports Memory:
- Winning the NEWMAC Championship in my freshman season and celebrating our collective excitement with the team.


Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Same as above


Off the Field at MIT:
- Majoring in computer science and business analytics with a concentration in economics
- Was a software engineering intern at Klaviyo
- Was a data science intern at GardenStar Capital
- Was a data and policy intern at Peace Rising
- Conducted a UROP with the Viral Communications Group in the MIT Media Lab, helping develop an application to show short news clips from channels with biases opposite to them
- Conducted a UROP with the Mobile Technology Lab within MIT D-Lab, updating predictive models for a Google Play Store app that screens for pulmonary diseases
- Conducted a UROP with the Laboratory for Biologically-Inspired Photonic Engineering within the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering department, using lasers to synthesize color-changing stretchable materials
- Sigma Kappa Kate Hunter Scholarship
- Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion for the Theta Lambda chapter of Sigma Kappa
- Chinese Students' Club treasurer
- MIT Step Ahead Little Beavers Running Team finance and operations manager
- Society of Women Engineers
- Terrascope first-year learning community (associate advisor)
- Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
- MIT Recreation Ambassador
- DAPER Advisory Board


High School:
- Was a captain of the field hockey team at Millburn High School
- All-Union/Essex County First Team, All-Union/Essex County White Division Second Team
- Super Essex Conference (SEC) American Division Second Team
- Northern New Jersey Senior All-Star Game participant
- 2019 NJSIAA Scholar-Athlete Award
- 2019 Men of Essex Scholar-Athlete Award
- 2018 Group 3, North 2 sectional champions
- Three-time varsity letterwinner
- Was also a member of the golf team
- Valedictorian
- National Merit finalist
- Princeton Book Award
- 2017 USA Biology Olympiad semifinalist
- 2018 USA Chemistry Olympiad national finalist
- Scholastic Awards in Writing (2018 Silver Key and Honorable Mention in Personal Essay/Memoir category, 2019 Silver Key in Personal Essay/Memoir category)
- American Red Cross Elise Berg Scholarship
- Red Cross Club president
- Class treasurer
- Habitat for Humanity Club co-president
- Student Liaison Committee
- Quiz Bowl Team

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2019First Year

    F
    5'3"
    3
  • 3

    2020Sophomore

    F
    5'3"
    3
  • 3

    2021Junior

    F/M
    5'3"
    3