2020
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar … Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll for the second-straight year … Did not play due to injury.
2019
Selected to the Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll … Did not play due to injury.
2018
Redshirted the season due to injury.
High School/Club
Four-year starter at Carondelet HS … Won the 2018 Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame Student-Athlete Award … High school All-American in 2017 and 2018 … Two-time Team MVP and Offensive Player of the Year … Won the 2017 Wendy’s High School Heisman … Three-time NCS Scholar Athlete … 2018 Carondelet High School Athlete of the Year after setting the school’s single-season record for goals scored … Named to the SOCCERLIST top 100 players in America List … Winner of the 2018 U.S. Youth Soccer William J. “Billy” Goaziou Award … Participated in U.S. Soccer National Training ID camp in 2013 … Member of state and regional PDP teams (2012-14) and ODP teams (2014-16) … Played club soccer with California Thorns and DeAnza Force.
Personal
Full name is Cassidy K. Tshimbalanga … Born in California … Parents are Didier and Cheree Tshimbalanga … Has an older sister, Sydney … Father attended UCLA … Uncle Keidane McAlpine is the head women’s soccer coach at USC … Aunt Kanika McAlpine played soccer at the University of South Carolina … Wanted to attend UCLA since she first visited the campus with her family at age 7 … Lists her greatest athletic thrill as getting the blue and gold jersey with No. 25 … Admires Megan Rapinoe, Serena Williams and Kylian Mbappe … Interests are tourism, community service and live music … Founder and director of ASISTERSPROJECT.org, which is devoted to women and children living in poverty and violence globally … Has won many major service awards, including the nation’s highest award for service, the US President’s Volunteer Service Award, and the nation’s oldest award for service, the Jefferson Award … International development studies major.