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8 Audrey Cheng

  • Position S
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • High School Fairview
  • Hometown Superior, Colo.
  • School CC

Biography

- 2019 Honorable Mention All-Ivy League

2020 (Senior):
Season canceled (COVID-19).

2019 (Junior): Started 22 out of 24 matches, but saw action in all 24 matches ... Finished the season sitting third all-time in program history in career assists with 2,254 ... Earned Honorable Mention All-Ivy League honors ... Was first on the team in total assists with 873 and averaged 9.59 assists per set ... The 873 assists were the third most in a single season in Columbia history ... Racked up 229 digs, second-most on the team and averaged 2.52 digs per set ... Added 102 total kills on the season (career-high), averaged 1.12 kills per set and hit .267 ... Was fourth on the team in total points with 131.0, averaging 1.44 points per set ... Was second in the Ivy League in total assists and third in assists per set ... Was one of 26 student-athletes in the nation, and only member of the Ivy League, to record at least one triple-double during the season ... Recorded 13 double doubles during the season ... Opened the year with a double-double, racking up 30 assists and 11 digs against Howard (Sept. 6) ... From Sept. 13 (vs. Lehigh) to Sept. 21 (at LIU) recorded a double-double in six straight matches ... Locked up first-career triple-double, and first in Lion history since 2002, with 13 kill, 47 assist and 12 dig performance against Fordham (Sept. 19) ... Had a pair of back-to-back matches with double doubles, starting with a 44 assist 10 dig performance at Penn (Oct. 5) and a 31 assist 13 dig night against Harvard (Oct. 11) ... Recorded second back-to-back double-double stretch with 48 assists and 11 digs against Penn (Nov. 1) and 46 assists and 11 digs against Princeton (Nov. 2) ... Recorded final double-double of the season with 42 assists and 12 digs at Dartmouth (Nov. 15).

2018 (Sophomore): Started 21 out of Columbia's 24 matches played ... Tied for the team-lead in sets played with 87 ... Led the team with a career-high 743 total assists, averaging a team-high 8.54 assists per set ... Finished fourth in the Ivy League in assists and assists per set ... Recorded eight double-doubles during the season ... Racked up 194 digs, finishing with the third-most on the team ... Was in on 42 blocks and had three solo blocks to finish with 45 total blocks, putting her third on the team ... Added 89 kills, averaging 1.02 kills per set ... Began the season with 44 assists and 15 digs, her first career double-double, against URI (Aug. 31) ... Notched another double-double at Delaware (Sept. 8), finishing with 39 assists and 10 digs ... Had back-to-back double-doubles starting with 27 assists and 11 digs against Fordham (Sept. 14), before following up that match with 29 assists and 14 digs at Hofstra (Sept. 15) ... Snagged first conference double-double with 25 assists and 12 digs against Yale (Oct. 5) ... Recorded a career-high 47 assists at Cornell (Oct. 20), adding 12 digs for yet another double-double ... Finished the season with second back-to-back double-double stretch, starting with 42 assists, a career-high 19 digs and a season-high nine kills at Brown (Nov. 9), before wrapping up the season with 26 assists and 10 digs at Yale (Nov. 10).

2017 (First-Year): Played in 22 of 23 matches, starting in 13, and totaled 72 sets...Averaged 8.86 assists per set and 1.99 digs per set...Made 36 assists and 12 digs towards Columbia's victory against St. Francis Brooklyn (Sept. 16)..Ended the season with a total of 20 kills, 143 digs and 47 total points...

High School: Four-year floor captain and two-year team captain at Fairview High School in Boulder, Colorado ... Led Fairview to league titles her junior and senior seasons, as well as a runner-up finish in the 2015 5A state tournament as a junior ... Three-time First Team All-Front Range League selection ... 2016 Front Range League Player of the Year ... 2015 BoCoPreps Player of the Year ... Named to PrepVolleyball.com's Soph 79 list in the spring of 2015 ... Received First Team Academic All-State honors all four years at Fairview ... Competed for Colorado Juniors Volleyball Club for five years, leading her team to first place in the Rocky Mountain Region (RMR) every single year ... Club team placed first in the 16 Open and 17 Open Divisions at the Pacific Northwest Qualifier, as well as second in the 17 Open at the Reno Qualifier.

Personal: Born July 2, 1999 in Boulder, Colorado ... Daughter of Xiaomin Li and Zhenguo Cheng ... Chose Columbia over Penn, Brown, Northeastern, Virginia Tech, Wyoming, and UC San Diego ... Undecided on a major ... Enrolled at Columbia College.

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2017Graduate Student

    Setter
    5'9"
    8
  • 8

    2018Sophomore

    Setter
    5'9"
    8
  • 8

    2019Junior

    Setter
    5'9"
    8
  • 8

    2020Senior

    Setter
    5'9"
    8