Colleen Cheng

Class: Senior Hometown: Hillsborough, Calif. High School: Burlingame

Height: 5-4

Fall 2000: Advanced to the qualifying round of the Riviera Women’s All-America Championships … Fell in the second round of the Championships to UNC’s Marlene Mejia … Advanced to the semifinals of the ITA Midwest Championships … Won the Eck Classic Flight A Singles title, defeating teammate Lia Jackson for the crown.

1999-2000: Compiled a 33-12 overall record, including 22-7 in dual matches at the No. 3 spot … Defeated Stanford’s Teryn Ashley, 6-4, 6-2 in the ’Cats loss in the Round of 16 at the NCAA Championships … Won 11 consecutive matches from Feb. 18 to April 1 … Was 8-2 in the Big Ten … Teamed with Katherine Nasser at No. 1 doubles … The duo’s biggest win of the season came when they upset the then-No. 1 ranked team of Martina Ondrejkova and Iva Puflerova of South Alabama, 8-3 … Nasser and Cheng were ranked No. 32 in the nation and earned a bid to the NCAA Doubles Championships.

1998-99: Advanced through the pre-qualifying rounds of the ITA All-America Tournament to the Qualifying Round of 64 … Compiled a 27-11 overall record, including 17-7 in dual matches at the No. 4 singles spot … Tied for a team-high with nine Big Ten wins … Won 11 consecutive matches from March 25 to May 2 … Academic All-Big Ten selection.

1997-98: Went 27-15 mainly in the No. 3 singles slot … Won No. 2 singles flight at the UIC Invite.

High School: Three-time first-team all-region and two-time team MVP … Played No. 1 singles and went undefeated in the Peninsula Athletic League during freshman and junior seasons … 1997 Girls 18 National Junior Doubles Indoor Champion … Ranked 51st nationally in Girls 18s … Was 24th nationally in singles and 14th in doubles in Girls 16 and under division.

Personal: Born Colleen Cheng on February 12, 1979 … Daughter of Kee and Mei-Lin Cheng … Mom swam for Stanford and competed in the 1972 Olympics representing Malaysia … Majoring in computer science.

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