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California Institute of Technology

2013-14 Women's Basketball

14 Tiffany Huang

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Bellaire Senior
  • Hometown Houston, TX

Biography

As a Junior (2012-2013):

Participated in 13 games…Accumulated two points againstChapman University, making both of her free throwattempts…Played season high six minutes against Chapman(1/24) and La Verne (1/17/13)...Grabbed a defensive rebound againstEmerson College (12/29/12), Chapman University (1/24/13),Occidental College (1/31/13) and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps(2/18/13).

As a Sophomore(2011-2012):

Played in 18 games for theBeavers...Scored four points against Texas Lutheran on12/16/11...Compiled two rebounds againsnt Ealham on 12/20/11 andagainsnt Pacific Union College on 12/18/11...Tallied her firststeal in a conference game in a 1/5/12 contest againstOccidental...Played 20 minutes against Earlham on 12/20/11


As a Freshman (2010-2011):

Played in 11 contests for Caltech...Had a rebound againstOccidental on 2/22/11 and against Marietta on 12/30/10...Had herfirst career steal against CMSW on 1/22/11

 
Personal:

Mechanical Engineering major...named anAmgen Scholar...Named to the SCIAC All-Academic team...Lists herhobbies as movie making, reading, piano, and basketball...CaltechSWE Vice President...Tour guide for Caltech...Named most improvedplayer her freshman season on the Caltech basketball team...Herfavorite athletes are Nathan Adrian, the US Olympic swimmer andJonathan Horton the US Olympian gymnast...Her biggest influenceshave been her middle school basketball teammates, Caltech teammatesand her college friends...Her most exciting research project wasthe ME72 competition for the treatment of dry eye...Daughter ofSteve and Chennie...has a sibling named Terry

 


If you could spend just one year doing a job outside of yourfield, and there was no limits on what it would be, what job wouldyou want for the year?
Food taster

If you had TIVO in your room,what is the TV show you set it for? The Office

If Hollywood was making a movieabout you, who would play you and what would the name of the moviebe? Jamie Chung would play me and the name of the moviewould be It All Works Out in the End.

If you were a superhero, whatwould your hero name be and what would your power be? Myhero name would be Transformer and my power would be transforminginto other things.

Your favorite comic bookseries? Calvin and Hobbes

What is the last book you readjust for fun? Freakonomics

If you found a magic lantern,complete with magic genie, what would your three wishesbe? To have world peace, to keep my family healthy andhappy, and to be taller.

What is the one invention thatyou wish you had been the person to invent? The piano.

Favorite athlete andwhy? Rajon Rondo because he’s (relatively) short,very fast, and a guard who reads the court very well.

Favorite scientist andwhy? Benjamin Franklin because he invented so many usefulthings we still use today.

Favorite Quote and who saidit? “The supreme happiness of life is the convictionthat we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spiteof ourselves.” -Victor Hugo

Why is math or science soyou? Math or science is so me because we need math andscience to improve the world we live in and I want to change theworld for the better!

If you could meet anyone (past,present, or future) who would you want to have coffeewith? JFK

Favorite familytradition? Playing ultimate frisbee with a shoe instead ofa frisbee on holidays.

What makes you laugh so hard youcan’t stop or you end up doubled over? Tina Feyimpersonating Sarah Palin.

What is the best advice yourparents have ever given you? Be strong and don’t beafraid to defend yourself.

What was your favorite thing todo on the playground in elementary school? Swing on thetire swing

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2010-11First-Year

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    5'2"
    14
  • 14

    2011-12Sophomore

    G
    5'2"
    14
  • 14

    2012-13Junior

    G
    5'3"
    14
  • 14

    2013-14Senior

    G
    5'3"
    14