Victor Chien
| Height: | 5'10" |
| Weight: | 145 |
| Year: | FR |
| Hometown: | Diamond Bar, CA |
| High School: | Diamond Bar HS |
| College: | Claremont McKenna |
| Major: | Economics |
On Court: Played #1 singles for Diamond Bar High School, which won CIF team championship his senior year...named San Gabriel Valley Player of the Year as both a junior and senior...accomplished Southern California junior player who won the SCTA Sportsmanship Award...this season...had impressive debut at ITA West Regionals, going 4-1 in singles and winning the 2nd round consolation tournament...finished fall season ranked #36 in the west...partnered Russell Brockett in doubles and defeated #3 seeds in the first round before losing in the round of sixteen.
Tools: Wilson K Factor KSix-One 95 strung with Solinco Tour Bite 16 gauge at 52 lbs
Personal: Only native Californian represented in the Stags Tennis class of 2012...favorite player is Novak Djokovic because of his clean strokes ...plays ping pong whenever he has free time...older brother Chris also played junior tennis in Southern California and now attends UC Berkeley.
City you like to visit: Tokyo
Film you could watch over and over:
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Artist whose work you respect: Ne-Yo
The book that has affected you the most:
Breaking Back: How I Lost Everything and Won Back My Life
by James Blake
A book you read recently that you liked, and why:
The Odyssey - Odysseus slaughters all the bad people in
the end.
Where you'd want to live some day and why: Japan
because it is clean and I love the culture.
Three people you consider to be geniuses: Steve
Jobs, Bill Gates, Michael Dell
Something most people don't know about you: I am
addicted to Entourage
Something most people wouldn't guess about you: I
hate bugs.
Three words to describe how others view you:
Laid-back, quiet, chill
Three things for which you are thankful: Parents,
Brother, CMC
Something you wish you could learn at the snap of your
fingers: To play guitar
Hero: Kobe Bryant
Your tennis fantasy: Clinching the win for the
team.
One thing you cook pretty well: I can't cook at
all.
Two interesting things you did last summer: Went
to Taiwan, shrimp fishing
Favorite Breakfast Item: Scrambled Eggs
Motto: "Go Hard or Go Home."
Something hidden under your bed or in your
closet: If I tell you then it wouldn't be a secret.
Three things you admire about your parents:
dedicated, hardworking, and loving.
Most recent selfless act: Donated to Unicef
Three favorite childhood toys: dinosaur action
figures, remote control car and Gameboy
Three charities or people to whom you would donate
money: children hospitals, American Breast Cancer
Foundation, Action Against Hunger
One piece of wisdom you would pass on to a child:
"Go Hard or Go Home."
