Cassi Bych

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Class:
Senior
Position:
D
Hometown:
Phoenix, AZ
Height:
5-5
High School:
Desert Vista
Squadron:
24 / Phantoms

2022 (Junior): Appeared in all 18 games, including 15 starts...Her 1,377 minutes was third-most on Air Force...Tied for the team lead with two assists, both coming against Nevada on Oct. 20...Registered 21 shots, including 8 on goal...Tallied season-high four shots and three attempts on goal at UNLV on October 23...Named to Mountain West All-Academic Team....Superintendent's List....Participated in a research program for the Space Security and Defense Program during the summer of 2023, a partner of the U.S. Space Force that focuses on wargaming and predicting future conflicts with our adversaries...Also worked Basic Cadet Training as an Assistant Flight Commander for Cobras Bravo (CS-12).

2021 (Sophomore): Saw action in 17 games, making nine starts...Scored first-career goal in Falcons 2-1 win over Boise State...Posted 11 shots on goal in 24 attempts...Totaled 761 minutes on the pitch...Mountain West Scholar Athlete...Named to Academic All-Mountain West Team...Selected to Dean's List and Superintendent's List...Spent three weeks in Latvia studying Russian for the Cadet Summer Language Immersion Program...Also visited Aviano Air Base in Italy for two weeks for OPS and was able to fly in both the F-16 and the HH-60...Concluded her summer at Basic Training as the Executioners Squadron Superintendent.

2020-21 (Freshman): Appeared in seven of eight matches, all as a reserve…Totaled 209 minutes, including a season-high 46 against New Mexico, March 21…Registered eight shots, tied for the third-most on the team, with five of them on net, most on the team…Named to both the Academic All-MW team and the MW Scholar-Athlete Team.

Club/High School: Attended Desert Vista High School and lettered three years as a member of the Thunder under Head Coach Marvin Hypolite…Was named a team captain as a senior…Scored the most goals on the team each year she played…Named offensive MVP as a junior…Named all-city twice…Nominated for the AZ Republic Player of the Year award as a senior…Member of the National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, Rho Kappa Social Studies Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Honor Society, and Spanish Honor Society…Was VP of the Science NHS…Graduated 35^th in a class of over 750…Played for two different club teams and was the leading goal scorer for both each year.

Personal: Member of cadet squadron 24…Daughter of Rob Bych and Debra Wickman…Father was a 1976 USAFA grad…Full name is Cassandra…Has two sisters, twin Cammi and Carly…Cammi is a goalie on the Falcon soccer team…Was born in Seattle…Majoring in astronautical engineering with a minor in Russian…Intends on becoming a pilot upon graduation...Hobbies include running, hiking, reading, and swimming…Started playing soccer at four years old…Greatest individual moment in sports was scoring a hat trick on her senior night…Greatest team moment was representing Arizona and winning the Olympic Develop Program Region IV Championships…Credits coach Barb Chura as having the greatest impact on her sports career…Pregame ritual is eating a breakfast burrito before a match…Favorite soccer player and role model is Cristiano Ronaldo…Has taken lessons and completed solo flights in a Cessna-152…Favorite class subject is match or science…Chose the Academy because “I have always dreamed of attending the Academy because of the amazing opportunities available to cadets. Additionally, I have always wanted to serve in the military as well as attend college, and going to a Service Academy lets me do both.”