Austin Peay State University Athletics

Awards and Honors:

Dean's List: S23, F24, S25
Athletic Director’s Honor Roll: F21, S22, F22, F23

Career Recap: Austin Peay

As a senior in 2024-25

• Had a 13-7 overall singles record, with a 5-0 ASUN record. 
• Won her last seven matches of the season, including a 6-2, 6-1 win over North Alabama’s Lena Karlovcan in the first round of the ASUN Championship, April 17.
• Went 14-9 in doubles matches, with a 9-7 fall record and 5-2 spring record. 
• Primarily played the No. 1 doubles position, where she went 7-5.
• Had an 8-5 record when playing with Denise Torrealba, with a 7-5 record from the No. 1 position and a 3-3 record in ASUN play.

As a junior in 2023-24

• Had a 4-10 overall singles record, going 1-3 in spring matches and 3-7 in fall matches.
• Went 10-15 in doubles play, going 6-10 in spring matches and 4-5 in fall matches. 
• Went 6-7 in doubles play from the third court, going 2-3 in ASUN play.
• Played fall doubles matches with Asia Fontana, compiling a 3-1 record.
• Competed in spring doubles matches with Pauline Bruns on the third court, going 5-4 overall and 2-3 in ASUN play. 

As a sophomore in 2022-23

• Went 9-8 in singles play and 11-6 in doubles action.
• Allowed just one game in two matches against Doane (6-0, 6-0), March 14, and Queens (6-0, 6-1), March 17.
• Opened ASUN Conference play winning 3-of-4 singles match.
• Won her final two singles matches of the season, with the final coming in a 6-1, 6-1 victory against Libert’s Elsa Kirch in the ASUN Women’s Tennis Championship Quarterfinals.
• Opened the season pairing with Denise Torrealba in doubles play, where the pair went 4-2 from the No. 2 position.
• Finished the season playing on the No. 3 doubles court while exclusively playing alongside Asia Fontana, where they went 7-4.

As a freshman in 2021-22:

Spring Season

• Tied for the second most total victories with 11 singles and 10 doubles victories, exclusively playing the No. 6 singles and No. 3 doubles position.
• Her 11 singles victories were tied for a team-best mark.
• Became the first Governor since 2019 to finish perfect in conference singles and doubles action with six and four victories, respectively.
• After beginning 1-4 in singles play, won 10-straight matches from March 4 to April 30 – the second-longest streak by a freshman in program history.
• Picked up the match-clinching point in the OVC Championship semifinals against Murray State to send the Governors to their fourth-straight title appearance.
• Earned six victories while playing nonconference doubles alongside Martina Paladini-Jennings, before earning four wins with Aleks Topalovic during OVC play.

Fall Season

• Went 4-5 in singles and 5-2 in doubles through four tournaments – tied for the second-most doubles victories on the team during the fall season.
• Picked up a pair of doubles victories alongside teammate Aleks Topalovic at the UCA 2nd Fall Invitational.
• Finished the fall season winning her final three doubles matches, with two alongside teammate Martina Paladini-Jennings and the final with fellow freshman Denise Torrealba.
• Won three of her final four singles matches, with all three being decisive, straight-set victories.

Prior to Austin Peay
Prepped at Taipei Municipal Nangang Vocational High School and helped her team capture a National High School Team Championship in 2020… Was elected to represent Taiwan in the 2019 Junior Fed Cup, where she clinched a victory for Taiwan with a win over No. 1 seed Australia in the Asia/Oceania Qualifying Group to advance to the Junior Fed Cup World Group… Competed only in doubles at the Junior Fed Cup World Group in Lake Nona, Florida and picked up wins over Serbia and South Korea… Reach a career-high of No. 557 in the ITF Junior Rankings a week before turning 15.

Personal
Daughter of Chao-Jih and Ya-Hui Cheng… has two siblings, Ju-Ting and Yu-Chia… born Jan. 12.