Sydney Cummings

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
Back
Height:
5-10
Hometown:
Millstone Township, N.J.
High School:
Saint John Vianney

Notes: Played 4,803 of a possible 4,822 minutes (99.6 percent) during her career … Helped Brown post 24 shutouts as a team in her career … Earned All-Ivy honors in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

2020: Served team as a captain … Season canceled due to COVID-19.

2019: Garnered Second Team All-America laurels … Earned First Team All-Ivy honors unanimously … Gained First Team All-East Region accolades … Took home First Team NEWISA All-New England laurels; top vote getter in Division I … Won Words Unlimited Female Athlete of the Year honors … Collected First Team Scholar All-America and First Team Scholar All-East Region laurels … Gained Academic All-Ivy plaudits … Served team as a captain … Gained a spot on Top Drawer Soccer’s Team of the Week on Oct. 8 and TDS’ Midseason Top-100 Watch List … Played all 1,790 minutes on the season … Started all 19 games as a center back … Led the team and ranked third in the Ivy League in assists (seven) … Played a season-high 110 minutes four times – at Texas A&M (Sept. 8), vs. Penn (Nov. 2), at Yale (Nov. 9), and vs. Monmouth (Nov. 16) in the first round of the NCAA Championship … Posted two assists twice – vs. Fairfield (Sept. 18) and vs. Merrimack (Nov. 5) … Notched one assist apiece in Ivy play vs. Dartmouth (Sept. 28) and at Cornell (Oct. 26) … Tallied 12 shots and seven shots on goal on the year … Helped Brown win its first Ivy League title and make its first NCAA Championship appearance since 1994 … Helped the Bears set single-season program records for wins (14), home wins (11), and shutouts (13) … Led a Brown defense that ranked second in the NCAA in goals allowed (eight), third in save percentage (.890), and fourth in GAA (0.40).

2018: Earned Second Team All-Ivy honors … Gained Second Team NEWISA All-New England accolades … Played 1,538 of a possible 1,557 minutes (98.8 percent) on the year … Started all 17 games as a center back … Scored two goals on the year … Tallied 12 shots and seven shots on goal on the season … Played 625 of a possible 630 minutes in Ivy play … Did not leave the field in each of 15 games … Scored the game-winning goal vs. Rhode Island (Sept. 16) … Netted a goal vs. UMass Lowell (Sept. 18).

2017: Earned Second Team All-Ivy honors … Played all 1,475 minutes on the season ... Started all 16 games as a center back … Gained Ivy League Rookie of the Week on Oct. 16 … Tallied an assist at Rhode Island (Aug. 27) … Posted 15 shots and eight shots on goal on the year … Helped the Bears post four shutouts in Ivy League play for the first time since 1992 … Helped Brown post its most wins (11) since 2000 (13 wins) … Earned the team’s Arlene Gorton ’52 Rookie of the Year Award … Played with the Guyana National Team in 2019 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in May 2018.

Before Brown: Earned First Team All-Conference honors … Gained Second Team All-Shore accolades … Served team as captain for three years … Played for coaches Ted Ritter and Francesca Yaccarine … Competed on the club level for FC Copa … Helped lead FC Copa to No. 1 ranking in state and region and No. 3 ranking in the nation … Member of the National Honor Society, National English Honor Society, and National Spanish Honor Society.

Personal: Sydney is the daughter of Lori and Gavin Cummings … Has two older siblings, Sean and Max … Born on March 5, 1999 … English concentrator.

Why Brown? “I chose Brown because of the highly regarded learning environment, the open curriculum, and the diverse student body.”

CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 1, 2x, last vs. UMass Lowell (Sept. 18, 2018)
Assists: 2, 2x, last vs. Merrimack (Nov. 5, 2019)
Points: 2, 4x, last vs. Merrimack (Nov. 5, 2019)
Shots: 3, 2x, last vs. UMass Lowell (Sept. 18, 2018)
Shots on Goal: 2, 3x, last at Yale (Nov. 9, 2019)