2018 W. Water Polo Roster
Sydney Cheong
- Position:
- 2MD
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Harvard-Westlake
- Hometown:
- Los Angeles, Calif.
At Princeton
2018: Appeared in 28 games, making 27 starts … Scored 10 goals, added eight assists and stole 26 passes … Registered a goal vs. No. 5 Arizona State (Feb. 2) … Contributed a goal, assist and a steal vs. George Washington (Feb. 17) … Added a tally vs. No. 18 San Jose State (Mar. 4) … Stole two passes and scored a goal vs. Brown (Mar. 11) ... Swiped two passes vs. No. 3 USC (Mar. 22) … Posted two goals vs. St. Francis (Apr. 7) … Had three steals vs. George Washington (Apr. 14) and Bucknell (Apr. 15) .. Stretch of three straight games with a goal (Apr. 15-27).
2017: Did not miss a game … Recorded 13 goals, 12 assists and 31 steals …. Scored a goal in the season-opener vs. Iona (Feb. 4) … Streak of four straight games with at least two steals (Feb. 11-25) … Stole three passes, drew an ejection and scored vs. St. Francis-Brooklyn (Feb. 11) … Assisted on three tallies vs. George Washington (Feb. 12) … Had a goal in back-to-back games vs. No. 22 CSU Bakersfield (Mar. 19) and Cal State East Bay (Mar. 19) … Season-best five steals vs. No. 15 Long Beach State … First career hat trick vs. Brown (Apr. 8) along with two steals … Helped Princeton with two goals in the CWPA Championships Semifinal vs. No. 15 Hartwick (Apr. 29).
2016: Did not miss a game … Amassed 15 goals, 15 steals, 10 assists and four drawn ejections … Collected three steals vs. Iona (Feb. 14) … Contributed two goals vs. VMI (Feb. 27) … Back-to-back two-goal outings vs. No. 16 Harvard (Mar. 5) and Iona (Mar. 6) … Played the final quarter in goal in the team’s 13-6 win over Brown (Apr. 16) … Rattled off two goals vs. No. 5 Michigan (Apr. 30) in the semifinals of the CWPA Championship.
2015: Appeared in 29 games during her rookie season … posted 16 goals, seven assists, 10 steals, and five blocks while drawing 10 ejections … scored her first collegiate goal and dished out her first assist in the opener against Villanova (Feb. 7) … factored into the scoring in 19 games.
Before Princeton
Harvard-Westlake: Four-year varsity letterwinner… served as a team captain during her senior season… helped lead team to four league championships and two CIF titles… three-time All-CIF selection… Mission League Most Valuable Player as a senior… also lettered in swimming and softball.
Club: Played for the Rose Bowl Water Polo Club ... Team won the 18U Olympics Championship and placed third at the Calif. Cup State Championship in 2014.
Personal: National Merit finalist… Harvard-Westlake Cuscade-Blackwood award winner as the school’s outstanding junior… concert violinist who has performed at Carnegie Hall… nationally ranked equestrienne ... Member of the National and Chinese Honor Societies.
Career Stats:
| Season | GP | Goals | Shots | Assists | Steals | Sprints (W-L) | Ej. Drawn | Blocks |
| 2015 | 29 | 16 | 52 | 7 | 10 | 0-0 | 10 | 5 |
| 2016 | 26 | 15 | 37 | 10 | 15 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 |
| 2017 | 28 | 13 | 34 | 12 | 31 | 0-1 | 5 | 3 |
| 2018 | 28 | 10 | 29 | 8 | 26 | 0-0 | 11 | 5 |
| Career | 112 | 54 | 157 | 37 | 82 | 0-1 | 30 | 15 |
Career Highs:
| Goals | 3, vs. Brown (4/8/17) |
| Assists | 3, 2x - MR - vs. St. Francis (4/7/18) |
| Steals | 5, vs. No. 15 Long Beach State (3/22/17) |
| Ejections Drawn | 2, 3x - MR vs. Hartwick (4/25/15) |
| Blocks | 5, 5x MR vs. UC-Irvine (5/10/15) |
